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Einstein and the Canon of Mathematical Simplicity [pdf] (pitt.edu)
2 points by DavidSJ on April 22, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


"Your chain of reasoning is so wonderfully self-contained. The deduction of the dimension number 4 impressed me very much as well. The decomposition of your invariant of 'weight' zero is also very striking. Except for the agreement with reality, it is in any case a grand intellectual achievement." -- Einstein to Weyl


Date: 2000




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