Riemann, Topology, and Physics
Author:   M. Monastyrskii ,  Michael Monastyrsky ,  Roger Cooke
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9783764337896


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   April 1999
Replaced By:   9780817637897
Format:   Hardback
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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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Author:   M. Monastyrskii ,  Michael Monastyrsky ,  Roger Cooke
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9783764337896


ISBN 10:   3764337893
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   April 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9780817637897
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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.

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