Timeline for Can pure maths create new theories in physics or does the "idea" ALWAYS come before the math?
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| Dec 2, 2015 at 15:14 | history | edited | user36790 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 26, 2013 at 16:39 | comment | added | user20250 | This is a clear question with definite answers, he's asking for examples for crying out loud, there are many questions asking for examples on this site! | |
| Apr 7, 2013 at 20:13 | answer | added | Kostya | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 7, 2013 at 10:43 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 7, 2013 at 10:28 | history | protected | Qmechanic♦ | ||
| Apr 7, 2013 at 9:48 | answer | added | Xaqron | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 6, 2012 at 0:40 | answer | added | joseph f. johnson | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 10, 2011 at 2:13 | answer | added | Carl Brannen | timeline score: -3 | |
| Feb 10, 2011 at 0:40 | history | edited | David Z |
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| Feb 9, 2011 at 20:18 | comment | added | andrewfd | I apologise to those who felt my question was not appropriate for this forum. I still think there is an important question which many people below have provided me (and others who might read) with valuable references for further study. That in itself promotes learning amongst us all. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 19:31 | answer | added | Gordon | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 19:28 | comment | added | Gordon | I wasnt sure whether or not to put this in comments or answers. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 19:27 | answer | added | Gordon | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 19:03 | comment | added | user566 | The question is vague, and it is asking for an opinion, not for a set of known facts. I also think that it is not well defined - theoretical physics is spoken in mathematese, there is no sense you can separate the "idea" from the language it is spoken in. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 18:32 | answer | added | Roy Simpson | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 16:17 | comment | added | TROLLHUNTER | Why close? The question is, has math lead to new physics? It's a clear yes/no question. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 15:41 | answer | added | user1355 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 15:35 | comment | added | user346 | Riemannian geometry => General Relativity. That's one example where the math preceded the theory by about 70 years. The ten year gap between 1905 and 1915 when Einstein unveiled GR was in large part spent by him in learning Riemannian geometry. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 15:28 | comment | added | user566 | Seconded the sentiment of closing this question, it doesn't have a right or wrong answer. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 15:20 | answer | added | pho | timeline score: 21 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 14:58 | comment | added | Marek | Georg: so, "until recently" means something like 100 years ago? Because e.g. QFT (which is some 80 years old in first formulations) still isn't even defined mathematically. Not to mention the methods employed therein... | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 14:44 | answer | added | Daniel Grumiller | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 12:35 | comment | added | Georg | "with math lagging behind" is not the typical situation. Until recently, physicists realized often that appropriate "math tools" existed since long. EG Riemanns manyfolds or matrix calculations for Heisenberg. I think/assume that merely some % of all math is really used in physics. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 12:28 | answer | added | anna v | timeline score: 18 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 11:22 | answer | added | Tim van Beek | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 11:16 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhysics/status/35296030065037312 | ||
| Feb 9, 2011 at 10:40 | answer | added | QGR | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 10:21 | answer | added | Pratik Deoghare | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 10:18 | answer | added | Vladimir Kalitvianski | timeline score: -1 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 10:17 | answer | added | TROLLHUNTER | timeline score: 10 | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 10:10 | comment | added | QGR | Historically, it can happen either way, but for most discoveries in physics, physical concepts come first, with math lagging behind. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 10:03 | history | asked | andrewfd | CC BY-SA 2.5 |