This expanded second edition of this work combines an account of the life and work of Bernhard Riemann with a lucid discussion of current interaction between topology and physics. The author, a distinguished mathematical physicist, takes into account his own research at the Riemann archives of Goettingen University and developments over the last decade that connect Riemann with numerous significant ideas.
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Sprache
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 24.2 cm
Breite: 16.2 cm
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ISBN-13
978-3-7643-3789-6 (9783764337896)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 Bernhard Riemann: beginnings; doctoral dissertation; "privatdozent" at Gottingen; Riemann and Dirichlet; full professor in Gottingen; last years; posthumous fate. Part 2 Topological themes in contemporary physics: introduction; topological structures; the connectivity of a manifold and quantization of magnetic flux; systems with spontaneous symmetry breaking; topology and liquid crystals; theory of gauge fields; topological particles; soliton particles; knots, links and physics; what next?; a brief historical survey.
