Physical law and the quest for mathematical understanding

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-02-00969-2zbMath1014.81039MaRDI QIDQ4780387

Edward Witten

Publication date: 19 November 2002

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

mass gapmathematical physicsquantum Yang Mills theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to global analysis (58-01) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01)

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