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Beschreibung
This significantly expanded second edition of Riemann, Topology, and Physics combines a fascinating account of the life and work of Bernhard Riemann with a lucid discussion of current interaction between topology and physics. The author, a distinguished mathematical physicist, takes into account his own research at the Riemann archives of Göttingen University and developments over the last decade that connect Riemann with numerous significant ideas and methods reflected throughout contemporary mathematics and physics.
This significantly expanded second edition of Riemann, Topology, and Physics combines a fascinating account of the life and work of Bernhard Riemann with a lucid discussion of current interaction between topology and physics. The author, a distinguished mathematical physicist, takes into account his own research at the Riemann archives of Göttingen University and developments over the last decade that connect Riemann with numerous significant ideas and methods reflected throughout contemporary mathematics and physics.
Zusammenfassung

This significantly expanded second edition of Riemann, Topology, and Physics combines a fascinating account of the life and work of Bernhard Riemann with a lucid discussion of current interaction between topology and physics. The author, a distinguished mathematical physicist, takes into account his own research at the Riemann archives of Göttingen University and developments over the last decade that connect Riemann with numerous significant ideas and methods reflected throughout contemporary mathematics and physics.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Bernhard Riemann.- Beginnings.- Doctoral Dissertation.- Privatdozent at Göttingen.- Riemann and Dirichlet.- Full Professor in Göttingen.- Last Years.- Posthumous Fate.- Topological Themes in Contemporary Physics.- Topological Structures.- The Connectivity of a Manifold and Quantization of Magnetic Flux.- Systems with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking.- Topology and Liquid Crystals.- Theory of Gauge Fields.- Topological Particles.- Soliton Particles.- Knots, Links, and Physics.- What Next?.- A Brief Historical Survey.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Modern Birkhäuser Classics
Inhalt: xv
215 S.
ISBN-13: 9780817647780
ISBN-10: 0817647783
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 12190171
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Monastyrsky, Michael I.
Auflage: Second Edition 1999
Hersteller: Birkhäuser
Birkhäuser Boston
Modern Birkhäuser Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-14197 Berlin, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 235 x 155 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Michael I. Monastyrsky
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.01.2008
Gewicht: 0,365 kg
Artikel-ID: 101885606