Comment on Mathematicians trace source of Rogers-Ramanujan identities, find algebraic goldComments−iandanforth12yCan someone enlighten me as to how, as the article states, the Rogers-Ramanujan identities have played a role in Physics?−IvyMike12yConsidering statistical mechanics as a branch of physics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_hexagon_model−anigbrowl12yYes, I am curious to understand what sort of problems may be solved with this result. I know just enough number theory to be impressed by the finding, but I'm no mathematician and had to stop reading around page 6 of the paper :(
Comments
Can someone enlighten me as to how, as the article states, the Rogers-Ramanujan identities have played a role in Physics?
Considering statistical mechanics as a branch of physics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_hexagon_model
Yes, I am curious to understand what sort of problems may be solved with this result. I know just enough number theory to be impressed by the finding, but I'm no mathematician and had to stop reading around page 6 of the paper :(