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Gauge Theory and the Geometrisation of Physics

Gomes, Henrique de Andrade

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This Element is broadly about the geometrization of physics, but mostly it is about gauge theories. Gauge theories lie at the heart of modern physics: in particular, they constitute the Standard Model of particle physics. At its simplest, the idea of gauge is that nature is best described using a descriptively redundant language; the different descriptions are said to be related by a gauge symmetry. The over-arching question this Element aims to answer is: why is descriptive redundancy fruitful for physics? I will provide three inter-related answers to the question: Why gauge theory?'', that is: why introduce redundancies in our models of nature in the first place? The first is pragmatic, or methodological; the second is based on geometrical considerations, and the third is broadly relational.

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CAMBRIDGE

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Philosophy

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Paperback

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9.0 Inches

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6.0 Inches

Publication Date

1970-01-01

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0.17 Inches

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1009014080

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0.27 Pounds

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9781009014083

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