There is a rich and historical relationship between theoretical physics and number theory. This volume presents a selection of problems which are currently in full development and inspire a lot of research. Each of the seven contributions starts with an introductory survey which makes it possible even for non-specialists to understand the results and to gain an idea of the great variety of subjects and techniques used. Topics covered are: phase locking in oscillating systems, crystallography, Hopf algebras and renormalisation theory, Zeta-function and random matrices, Kloosterman sums and the local Langlands correspondence. Intended for research mathematicians and theoretical physicists as well as graduate students, this volume gives an overview of recent developments in an exciting subject crossing several disciplines. A publication of the European Mathematical Society. Distributed within the Americas by the American Mathematical Society.
Author(s): Nyssen L. (ed.)
Series: Iema Lectures in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Publisher: EMS
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 275
Tags: Физика;Матметоды и моделирование в физике;
Preface......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 9
The phase of oscillations and prime numbers: classical and quantum......Page 11
On self-similar finitely generated uniformly discrete (SFU-)sets and sphere packings......Page 49
Nested quasicrystalline discretisations of the line......Page 89
Hopf algebras in renormalization theory: locality and Dyson–Schwinger equations from Hochschild cohomology......Page 143
Fonction zeta et matrices aléatoires......Page 175
Some recent applications of Kloostermania......Page 235
Introduction à la correspondance de Langlands locale......Page 263
