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Jan 31, 2016 at 13:51 history edited Danu
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Feb 7, 2015 at 19:30 history closed Brandon Enright
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Apr 1, 2014 at 11:47 comment added Davidmh Groups appear everywhere (cristalographic forms, families of particles...) and the number of possible groups, or their sizes (see the number of possible symmetries in 3D) are usually tightly connected to number theory.
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Feb 2, 2014 at 3:24 comment added user28355 @WaqarAhmad: That's not really physics - it's more of engineering.
Dec 20, 2013 at 16:40 comment added user28737 In squirrel cage motors the bars are employed in prime numbers.
Dec 18, 2012 at 18:36 answer added lurscher timeline score: 7
Dec 17, 2012 at 23:13 comment added cubetwo1729 If you are interested in analytic number theory, look at the paper Eisenstein series for higher-rank groups and string theory amplitudes by Michael Green (one of the founders of string theory), Stephen Miller (a number theorist), Jorge Russo (a physicist), and Pierre Vanhove (a physicist).
Dec 2, 2012 at 7:19 comment added TreyK As if the Riemann Zeta function wasn't already cool enough, it has plenty of applications to physics. The temperature at which matter changes phase to be a Bose-Einstein condensate uses $\zeta(3/2)$ in its calculation. Also, this may be of interest: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_zeta_function#Specific_values
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Dec 2, 2011 at 1:23 comment added Qmechanic Related question on TP.SE: theoreticalphysics.stackexchange.com/q/609/189 now physics.stackexchange.com/q/26856/2451
Oct 27, 2011 at 13:07 vote accept C.S.
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Sep 18, 2011 at 20:21 answer added TheoreticalMinimum timeline score: 3
Jul 10, 2011 at 14:35 history edited Qmechanic
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Jul 10, 2011 at 14:27 answer added Jose Javier Garcia timeline score: 0
Jun 20, 2011 at 5:11 answer added grautur timeline score: 10
Feb 13, 2011 at 3:53 comment added C.S. Here is a nice article from a news channel: - sciencemag.org/content/274/5295/2014.full
Feb 13, 2011 at 2:48 answer added Marcel timeline score: 5
Feb 12, 2011 at 5:45 comment added Johannes Quantum chaos has some deep links to the Riemann hypothesis: ams.org/samplings/math-history/prime-chaos.pdf
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Nov 10, 2010 at 6:04 answer added Daniel timeline score: 47
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Nov 9, 2010 at 13:35 comment added M.C. Good question, I was wondering the same when I was writing a question or answer recently. I had to take number theory out because I realized I did not know of any obvious connections to physics.
Nov 9, 2010 at 12:26 comment added Eric Zaslow Here's a journal link (full disclosure: I'm on the editorial board). Communications in Number Theory and Physics
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