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SUMMARY:Hilbert’s 6th problem and the quest for mathematical foundations
  in physics  - Prof. Clément Mouhot
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DESCRIPTION:Can physics really be mathematically "proved" from first princ
 iples? And why is this question interesting at all? The "mathematical trea
 tment of the axioms of physics" was one of Hilbert's grand goals\; it rema
 ins the core of mathematical physics and has been intensively studied for 
 probability theory\, statistical mechanics\, quantum mechanics\, quantum f
 ield theory... I will explain Hilbert's question and then focus more speci
 fically on "the problem of developing mathematically the limiting processe
 s [...] which lead from the atomistic view to the laws of motion of contin
 ua".
LOCATION:MR2 in the CMS
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