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On critical reviews of Hawking's lecture "Gödel and the end of the universe"
The search for a neat Theory of Everything (ToE) which unifies the entire set of fundamental forces of the universe (as well as the rules which govern dark energy, dark matter and anti-matter realms) ...
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Digital physics and "Gandy-like" machines
Various physicists, famously John Wheeler, have asserted that physical information is the central object of study in physics, in the sense that an object or concept is "physically meaningful" if it ...
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Companion to theoretical physics for working mathematicians
In the Princeton Companion to Mathematics one reads that even pure mathematicians should know some theoretical physics and applied mathematics. What are some well-organized comprehensive companions to ...
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Sites for seeking possible collaborations [closed]
As a material scientist, I have recently constructed algorithms for solving ground state of arbitrary cluster interactions models and prepared publications in the field of physics and material science....
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Optical methods for number theory?
I found a paper: 'A New Method of Finding the Distribution of Prime Number', saying
We stack discs and annuluses with certain rules then turn on the light to illuminate. The projection of ...
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Derivation of Bessel functions
I am writing a summary on a work on Fluid Dynamics that develops irrotational flow states that appear to interact amongst each other according to the equations of Electromagnetism http://arxiv.org/abs/...
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Impact of LHC on math ? [closed]
LHC (Large Hadron Collider) "... remains one of the largest and most complex experimental facilities ever built". May be it is even the most complex project in humankind's history(?).
Such projects ...
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Why is the physical space equivalent to $\mathbb{R}^3$ [closed]
I am trying to understand what would be the logical reasons behind our assumption that our physical space is equivalent to $\mathbb{R}^3$ or 'physical straight line' is equivalent to $\mathbb{R}$.
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Is symplectic reduction interesting from a physical point of view?
Do you think that symplectic reduction (Marsden Weinstein reduction) is interesting from a physical point of view? If so, why? Does it give you some new physical insights?
There are some possible ...
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Derived Physics
Hello to all,
This question will probably be closed down as being off-topic faster than one can say "string theory", but here it goes: I've noticed that the problems I'm working on -the structure of ...
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What is the meaning of symplectic structure? [closed]
Answers can come in mathematical, physical, and philosophical flavors.
Edit: There seems to be a consensus that this question is not formulated well. I must respectfully disagree. My interest in the ...
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Something like mathoverflow in other sciences [closed]
Are the sites similar to mathoverflow in other sciences related to mathematics? statistics, computer science, physics, economics, etc?
Let me explain what I mean by "similar": those are sites devoted ...