Near Matches
Ignore Exact
Full Text
mathematical physics
created by
KrazyHorse
(
idea
) by
KrazyHorse
(3.1 y)
(
print
)
?
(
I like it!
)
Thu Aug 12 2004 at 6:33:59
It's a
physicist
! No, it's a
mathematician
!
Actually
, it's a
mathematical
physicist
.
As I see it, mathematical physics has two main
areas
of
focus
. The
first
is to find new
applications
of
mathematics
to
physics
. The
mathematical
methods
employed
in this
quest
tend to be slightly too
esoteric
to be part of the
average
physicist's
knowledge base
. One
example
of such a
breakthrough
is
Einstein's
General Theory of Relativity
, which utilised
differential geometry
at a
time
when
hardly
any
physicists
received
training
in what
seemed
to be such a
useless
topic
.
The
second
branch
of mathematical physics is
concerned
with finding more mathematically
rigorous
frameworks
for existing
physical
theories
. It is
interesting
to note that
several
major
branches of
mathematical
study
have been
inspired
by a cobbled-together physical
theory
. One of the foremost examples of this is
functional analysis
, which finds much of its
historical
motivation
in
quantum mechanics
.
It is
difficult
to
classify
scientists
who lived less-
recently
as mathematical physicists since such
fine
distinctions
were not
drawn
until the
latter
half of the
twentieth century
, but I would
include
the
following
as mathematical physicists:
Albert Einstein
,
Emmy Noether
,
Paul Dirac
,
Adrien-Marie Legendre
,
George Gabriel Stokes
,
Isaac Newton
,
Lev Davidovich Landau
,
Julian Schwinger
and
Jean Fourier
.
printable version
chaos
Albert Einstein
365 Surprising Scientific Facts, Breakthroughs, and Discoveries
Legendre polynomials
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
George Gabriel Stokes
Paul Dirac
Lev Davidovich Landau
Emmy Noether
Fourier transform
Twentieth Century
Drawn
motivation
General Relativity
Esoteric
employ
focus
differential geometry
Julian Schwinger
useless
Rigorous
Citation for employee misconduct on Friday, May 21st
vector calculus
Physics Chic
elliptic integral standard forms
Y'know, if you
log in
, you can write something here, or contact authors directly on the site.
Create a New User
if you don't already have an account.
Login
Password
remember me
password reminder
register
Everything2 Help
Little presents from the Node Fairy:
We don't write poetry because it's cute
Jacó
Vaclav Havel's address to the US Congress, 21 February 1990
Watching Robyn Hitchcock
A Public Execution Is No Picnic
I reserve the right to club you and eat your bones
Cries and Whispers
False Memory Syndrome Foundation
Celtic Mythology
Death of a Yuppie
Lesbian conspiracy
node
Goth vs. Gothic
antigravpussy
One fly amongst many
(
person
)
sam512
Moon Base Shackleton, 1978
(
fiction
)
Pavlovna
toy boy
(
person
)
XWiz
tear jerker
(
review
)
Heitah
Anarchy is Order
(
idea
)
jessicaj
July 26, 2008
(
dream
)
Berek
ABBA
(
person
)
devolution
k-hole
(
place
)
Nadine_2
The Sound Of Madness
(
review
)
SwimmingMonkey
Conversations with Fo Fo, the Loneliest dog in Purgatory
(
fiction
)
locke baron
lynx
(
thing
)
Simulacron3
Reality, Dimensions and the Natural Ontology
(
essay
)
SubSane
Making Love to a 9-Foot Woman
(
person
)
Ouzo
Thoughts
(
idea
)
antigravpussy
I fall silent, listening. The breadcrumbs are talking about us
(
person
)
E2 is a by-product of the existence of
The Everything Development Company
