David Edwards
 
Mail: David Edwards 
Department of Mathematics
University of Georgia
Athens, GA, 30602
USA
Phone: (706)-542-2568
Fax: (706)-542-2573
Email: dedwards@math.uga.edu


I'm an associate professor of Mathematics at The University of Georgia. You may view my current Vita and Publication List in PDF Format, or as a PostScript file.

The following is a book I'm working on:

Unity, Disunity and Pluralism in Science

The following are papers on the foundations of Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory, and Quantum Geometrodynamics:

Phase transitions and Critical Phenomena
unpublished

The Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
published as: http://www.springerlink.com/content/g047367766j30t07/

The Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory
published as: http://www.springerlink.com/content/m474808n785m3491/

Atomic Discourse in the Feynman Lectures on Physics
published as: http://www.springerlink.com/content/v60l01k93n272141/

The Structure of Superspace
published in: Studies in Topology, Academic Press, 1975


The following is a survey article and book on pro-homotopy theory:

Čech Theory: Its Past, Present and Future
published in: The Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, 1976

Čech and Steenrod Homotopy Theories with Applications to Geometric Topology
Spring Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1976

The following are three unpublished works on the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem and related topics:

The Index Program for K-Theory with Local Coefficients

Lectures on Index Theory: Lecture I Operator Theory and Topology

Lectures on Index Theory: Lecture II Index Theory for Toeplitz Operators

The following are papers on the foundations and philosophy of mathematics and category theory:

The Category of Categories as a Model for the Platonic World of Forms
circulated notes, Battelle Memorial Institute, 1968

Aesthetic Considerations in the Foundations of Mathematics
circulated notes, Battelle Memorial Institute, 1968

The following is a paper on the psychology of perception:

Modern Physics and Gibsonian Psychology
published in: Act. Psychologia, 1981

The following is an unpublished paper on patent law:

Why Shouldn't the Laws of Nature be Patentable


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Direct questions and comments to dedwards@math.uga.edu