Mathematics and the physicist's conception of nature

Mukunda, N. (1999) Mathematics and the physicist's conception of nature Current Science, 76 (05). pp. 634-639. ISSN 0011-3891

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Abstract

The many roles of mathematics in the continual evolution of the physicist's picture of nature are recalled. Examples and situations from classical and modern physics, mathematical formulation versus physical interpretation, and mathematics as the language of nature are considered.

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