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We construct a theory of fields living on continuous geometries with fractional hausdorff and spectral dimensions. Representation theory as gauge theory david benzvi university of texas at austin clay research conference oxford, september 2016. Curie in paris of a five volume encyclopedia of mathematical physics, published by elsevier, academic press, may, 2006. Foundations by greg naber, gregory l naber online at alibris. Mathematics is playing an ever more important role in the physical and biological sciences, provoking a blurring of boundaries between scientific disciplines and a resurgence of interest in the modern as well as the clas sical techniques of applied mathematics. Starinets4 1 department of physics and astronomy, the university of mississippi, university, ms 386771848, usa.
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