Erik Verlinde is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is the identical twin brother of Herman Verlinde. The Verlinde formula, which is important in Conformal field theory and Topological field theory, is named after him. Theoretical physics is physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions rather than experimental processes. ... An artists impression of a 6-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold, a leading model for extra dimensions in spacetime. ... Fraternal twin boys in the tub The term twin most notably refers to two individuals (or one of two individuals) who have shared the same uterus (womb) and usually, but not necessarily, born on the same day. ... Herman Verlinde is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist. ... A conformal field theory is a quantum field theory (or statistical mechanics model) that is invariant under the conformal group. ... Topological quantum field theory in theoretical physics provides an example of background-independent quantum theory, but with no local degrees of freedom, and only finitely many degrees of freedom globally. ...

It is rumored that he is an enthusiastic, but lousy, chess player. Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ...