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The Role of Mathematics in Contemporary Theoretical Physics

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One of the subjects being discussed at this workshop is the role of mathematics in theoretical physics. As a physicist I have an idea of what theoretical physics is. Looking at it from my own field of research, I may be allowed in the present context to restrict myself to that part of theoretical physics which aims at a theoretical description of the basic elements of the physical world: elementary particles and their interactions.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik I Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9, D-48149, Münster, Germany

    Gernot Münster

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  1. Forschungsstätte der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft, Schmeilweg 5, D-69118, Heidelberg, Germany

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Münster, G. (1994). The Role of Mathematics in Contemporary Theoretical Physics. In: Rudolph, E., Stamatescu, IO. (eds) Philosophy, Mathematics and Modern Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78808-6_14

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