The role of a posteriori mathematics in physics

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.09.002zbMath1387.00029OpenAlexW2756901162MaRDI QIDQ1752571

Edward MacKinnon

Publication date: 24 May 2018

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.09.002

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theorystandard modelMaxwellmathematicsphysics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Physics (00A79)

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