Unlikely Connections Between Prime Numbers and Quantum Physics (2006)(seedmagazine.com)
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Unlikely Connections Between Prime Numbers and Quantum Physics (2006)
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Is this a long winded rant about the link between prime numbers and group structure (which shows up all over physics as symmetries and the like)?
It sounds like you worry that this might be sort of crankish, but Marcus du Sautoy is a respected expositor, and a professor of mathematics at Oxford. In fact, according to Wikipedia, his title is "Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science", so it's hard to think of a person who, in title at least, is better qualified to offer this sort of exposition.
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