Towards a Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics and Physics
History and Philosophy of Physics
2015-06-26 v1
Abstract
Wigner's "unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" in physics can be understood as a reflection of a deep and unexpected unity between the fundamental structures of mathematics and of physics. Some of the history of evidence for this is reviewed, emphasizing developments since Wigner's time and still poorly understood analogies between number theory and quantum field theory.
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@article{arxiv.1506.07576,
title = {Towards a Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics and Physics},
author = {Peter Woit},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.07576},
year = {2015}
}
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9 pages. Submitted to a 2015 FQXi essay contest