The Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics (ASC)
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Every semester the Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics invites a distinguished theoretical physicist in order to present a short series of lectures with increasing level of specialization. Usually it includes a public talk for a general audience, a theory colloquium and a specialized seminar.
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Every semester the Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics invites a distinguished theoretical physicist in order to present a short series of lectures with increasing level of specialization. Usually it includes a public talk for a general audience, a theory colloquium and a specialized seminar.
Public Lecture: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Quantum Physics in Mathematics
Sommerfeld Lecture Series (ASC)
1 hour 6 minutes 51 seconds
1 year ago
Public Lecture: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Quantum Physics in Mathematics
Mathematics has proven to be "unreasonably effective" in
understanding nature. The fundamental laws of physics can be captured in beautiful formulae. Remarkably, ideas
from quantum theory turn out to carry tremendous
mathematical power as well, even though we have little
daily experience dealing with elementary particles. The bizarre world of quantum physics not only represents a more fundamental description of nature than what preceded it, it also provides a rich context for modern mathematics. In recent years ideas from quantum field theory, elementary particles physics and string theory have completely transformed mathematics, leading to solutions of deep problems, suggesting new invariants in geometry and topology.
Could the logical structure of quantum theory, once fully
understood and absorbed, inspire a new realm of mathematics that might be called “quantum mathematics” and will this new language enable us to formulate the fundamental laws of physics?
Sommerfeld Lecture Series (ASC)
Every semester the Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics invites a distinguished theoretical physicist in order to present a short series of lectures with increasing level of specialization. Usually it includes a public talk for a general audience, a theory colloquium and a specialized seminar.
