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Gauge Theory and the Geometrisation of Physics

by Henrique de Andrade Gomes

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Why physics makes room for redundant descriptions

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Why physics makes room for redundant descriptions

Gauge Theory and the Geometrisation of Physics examines a central conceptual feature of modern physics: the use of multiple mathematically distinct descriptions connected by gauge symmetry. In a compact format, Henrique de Andrade Gomes frames gauge theory not simply as technical machinery behind the Standard Model, but as a philosophical question about why descriptive redundancy helps scientific models work. The discussion develops three linked responses: a pragmatic or methodological account, a geometrical account, and a broadly relational one. With its emphasis on explanation and conceptual foundations, the book places gauge theories within the larger project of understanding how geometry informs physical description.

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  • Students and scholars interested in philosophy of physics
  • Readers seeking a conceptual introduction to gauge theories
  • Those interested in geometry’s role in modern physics

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Gauge theoryGeometrisation of physicsGauge symmetryScientific representationRelational approaches to physics

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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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