Symmetric polynomials in physics
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We give two examples where symmetric polynomials play an important role in physics: First, the partition functions of ideal quantum gases are closely related to certain symmetric polynomials, and a part of the corresponding theory has a thermodynamical interpretation. Further, the same symmetric polynomials also occur in Berezin's theory of quantization of phase spaces with constant curvature.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0209397,
title = {Symmetric polynomials in physics},
author = {Heinz-Juergen Schmidt and Juergen Schnack},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0209397},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Plenary talk at the G24 conference in Paris 2002