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DO NOT USE THIS TAG just because your question involves math! If your question is on simplification of a mathematical expression, please ask it at math.stackexchange.com. Mathematical physics is the mathematically rigorous study of the foundations of physics, and the application of advanced mathematical methods to problems in physics. Examples include partial differential equations (PDEs), variational calculus, functional analysis, and potential theory.

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Impressions of Topological field theories in mathematics

Hold on there now: don't be too hasteful in declaring TQFT's some artificial construct only benificial for abstract mathematics. This is simply not true, as there are examples of physical systems exhi …
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What are the uses of Hopf algebras in physics?

This is essentially an addition to the list of @4tnemele I'd like to add some earlier work to this list, namely Discrete Gauge Theory. Discrete gauge theory in 2+1 dimensions arises by breaking a ga …
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Other processes than formal power series expansions in quantum field theory calculations

I think you raise a very important question, but I think you make it sound more trivial than it is. The point is: a lot of physicists would like to have alternative expansions, but it is very difficul …
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Quantum mechanics on a manifold

As far as I understand it there are essentially two ways in which you can study quantum mechanics on a manifold with some curvature. Classically speaking these two ways lead to the same physics but in …
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Reading list in topological QFT

The relation is very deep and has a rich mathematical structure, so (unfortunately) most stuff will be written in a more formal, mathematical way. I can't say anything about Donaldson theory or Floer …