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Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 18837940-n
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 472 pages. 8.50x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __9812382062
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 18837940-n
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A discussion of some ways of doing mathematical work and the subject matter that is being worked upon and created. It argues that the conventions we adopt, the subject areas we delimit, what we can prove and calculate about the physical world, and the analogies that work for mathematicians - all depend on mathematics, what will work out and what won't. And the mathematics, as it is done, is shaped and supported, or not, by convention, subject matter, calculation, and analogy. The cases studied include the central limit theorem of statistics, the sound of the shape of a drum, the connection between algebra and topology, the stability of matter, the Ising model, and the Langlands Program in number theory and representation theory. Discusses some ways of doing mathematical work and the subject matter that is being worked upon and created. It argues that the conventions we adopt, the subject areas we delimit, what we can prove and calculate about the physical world, and the annalogies that work for mathematicians - all depend on mathematics. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9789812382061