Elementary number theory in physics?

pivoxa15 · Jul 28, 2007

Does elementary number theory have any applications in physics? If so how?

mjsd · Jul 28, 2007

quantum computing, quantum information theory (well, stictly speaking, that's just information theory but it is hot topics in physics right now)

belliott4488 · Jul 28, 2007

There's a lot of overlap between number theory and symmetry, which is pretty central to Physics. There's a book called "Why Beauty is Truth" by Ian Stewart that traces the development of number theory and its various off-shoots with an eye to symmetry and how it applies in Physics. I recommend it to anyone interested in such things.

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