Riemann, Topology, and Physics
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Book Description
This book combines a fascinating account of the work of Bernhard Riemann, one of history's foremost mathematicians and a lucid discussion of the contemporary interaction of topology and physics. In this second edition, the author has added some new results related to Riemann's work, such as a counter example to the Riemann-Hilbert problem and has corrected some historical errors that existed in the first edition.
The first part of the book deals with the life and research activity of Riemann, while the second part of the book discusses various applications of topology to contemporary physics, mainly pertaining to two of its branches: field theory and condensed matter. Together the two parts present an historical and, at the same time, a very contemporary perspective on the relation between topology and physics with the personage of Riemann, the founder of the theory of manifolds, serving as a key historical link. It will be of interest to a wide variety of research workers and graduate students in mathematics and physics.
Book Description
Combines an account of the life and work of Bernhard Riemann with a discussion of current interaction between topology and physics. Special attention is paid in part to new results on the Riemann-Hilbert problems and recent discoveries in field theory and condensed matter such as the Quantum Hall Effect. DLC: Riemann, Bernhard, 1826-1866.
Riemann, Topology, and Physics
Riemann, Topology, and Physics,Michael Monastyrsky,Birkhauser,0817637893,1826-1866,Biography,Geometry - General,Germany,Mathematical Physics,Mathematicians,Mathematics,Physics,Riemann, Bernhard,,Science,Science/Mathematics,Topology,Topology - General,Mathematics / Applied,Riemann, Bernhard,Differential Topology,Theoretical Physics
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