Mathematical physics sits at the fascinating intersection where abstract equations meet the fundamental laws of our universe. This field uses rigorous mathematical tools to model everything from the behavior of subatomic particles to the curvature of spacetime, turning complex theories into testable predictions. It is the language through which physicists describe reality, bridging the gap between pure mathematics and physical observation.

On Gist.Science, we process every new preprint published in this category on arXiv to make these dense studies accessible to everyone. Whether you are a specialist or a curious reader, you will find both plain-language overviews and detailed technical summaries for each paper. Below are the latest mathematical physics papers from arXiv, curated to help you explore the cutting edge of theoretical science.

Unbounded banded matrices, shifted positive bidiagonal factorizations, and mixed-type multiple orthogonality

This paper extends Favard-type spectral representations to unbounded banded matrices by utilizing NN-dependent shifts to ensure positive bidiagonal factorizations of truncated operators, thereby establishing a limiting matrix-valued measure and mixed-type multiple biorthogonality relations that recover the classical spectral theory for Jacobi matrices as a special case.

Amílcar Branquinho, Ana Foulquié-Moreno, Manuel Mañas2026-02-04🔢 math-ph

Verlinde lines, anyon permutations and commutant pairs inside E8,1E_{8,1} CFT

This paper proposes an equatorial projection framework that refines meromorphic 2D CFTs by encoding genus-one couplings via modular-invariant matrices, demonstrating how Verlinde lines and anyon-permuting defects act on commutant pairs within the E8,1E_{8,1} theory to generate new modular-invariant non-meromorphic theories beyond the c=24c=24 landscape.

Naveen Balaji Umasankar, Arpit Das2026-02-04🔢 math-ph

Adiabatic Solutions of the Haydys-Witten Equations and Symplectic Khovanov Homology

This paper proposes a novel approach to proving Witten's conjecture on the isomorphism between instanton Floer homology and Khovanov homology by demonstrating that adiabatic solutions of decoupled Haydys-Witten equations correspond to non-vertical paths in a moduli space of extended Bogomolny equations, which can be modeled by the Grothendieck-Springer resolution and suggests a deep connection to symplectic Khovanov homology.

Michael Bleher2026-02-03🔢 math-ph