[QIP-Sem] MIT QIP Seminar Announcement

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The following Applied Math Colloquium, which will take place on 
Monday September 20 at 4:15 PM in MIT room 2-105 (refreshments at 
3:30 in 2-349), should be of interest to subscribers to this list:


The Hydrogen Atom and Representation Theory,
Or "Look, Ma, No Schroedinger Equation!"

by Stephanie Singer (http://www.symmetrysinger.com)

ABSTRACT

Mathematicians love theorems; experimental scientists love 
predictions. Can theorems ever make testable predictions?  The answer 
is yes.  In this talk, we discuss one powerful kind of predictive 
theorem (classification of representations).  For example, from the 
basic principles of quantum mechanics and the inherent spherical 
symmetry of the hydrogen atom it is possible to predict much of the 
electronic structure of the hydrogen atom. This is not an isolated 
example; rather, it is a simple case of a wide-ranging method.
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