From number theory to physics
By: M. Waldschmidt ... [et al.] (eds.) ; with contributions by P. Cartier ... [et al.].
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 690
ISBN-13: 9783642080975; 9783662028384
Subjects: Mathematical physics; Congresses; Number theory
Description: Various developments in physics have involved many questions related to number theory, in an increasingly direct way. This trend is especially visible in two broad families of problems, namely, field theories, and dynamical systems and chaos. The 14 chapters of this book are extended, self-contained versions of expository lecture courses given at a school on "Number Theory and Physics" held at Les Houches for mathematicians and physicists. Most go as far as recent developments in the field. Some adapt an original pedagogical viewpoint.
Notes: "Lectures given at the meeting 'Number Theory and Physics' held at the Centre de physique, Les Houches, France, March 7-16, 1989"--T.p. verso.

Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York in 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.