Adventures in physics

In the 1970s Gérard Toulouse and myself we wrote three papers on how the homotopy groups of the manifold of internal states influenced the defects of ordered media. Specifically, we showed how the algebra of homotopy groups acted on the dynamics of defects.

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Main Author: Poénaru, Valentin
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Language:English
Published: Académie des sciences 2025-01-01
Series:Comptes Rendus. Physique
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Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.5802/crphys.223/
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Adventures in physics
Comptes Rendus. Physique
Symmetry breaking
Non-commutativity
Bouligand rings
title Adventures in physics
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title_short Adventures in physics
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topic Symmetry breaking
Non-commutativity
Bouligand rings
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