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12:22 AM
@JohnRennie Can you do me a favor and forward this little dope ass gem to Kaumudi?
(Not really, it's a silly meme)
 
@BalarkaSen you think she knows who Alex Jones is?
 
Who doesn't?!
 
@heather i bet
 
who's alex jones?
is it safe to google?
 
yes
 
12:27 AM
sigh
 
listen to the one on frogs
 
ugh, Alex Jones
 
@0celo7 You're making me lose my faith in humanity
 
the time from looking him up to a facepalm was about 2 seconds
a conspiracy theorist?
 
Probably the greatest American alive
Not a popular opinion, I know
 
12:30 AM
not just an ordinary conspiracy theorist, an actual hardcore one
who believes in lizard people
Just watch this
 
he's either a lunatic or a very convincing performance artist
 
I believe him. Not really, but if what he's saying is true it makes sense.
It is a possible answer. Occam's razor basically destroys everything he says sadly :/
 
@0celo7 l m a o
 
@BalarkaSen that podcast is absolutely amazing
Alex gets high AF and stupid drunk
 
that's a feature, not a bug
 
12:59 AM
@Blue I'm going to partially disagree with @ACuriousMind. You can derive the Lagrangian for certain classes of system. In particular Lagrange had found the proper approach for holonomic systems before Hamilton gave us the modern framework with $L = T - U$.
In the 2nd edition its done in section 1-4.
 
1:25 AM
I think there's at least one hole in that logic: $L$ and $L'=L+\frac{d}{dt}f(\mathbf{q},t)$ should have the same e.o.m.
(it's a gauge transformation)
 
1:37 AM
@Semiclassical That's not a gauge transformation (but your point is valid).
 
hmm. not sure why I thought it was.
more discussion on that here: physics.stackexchange.com/q/112036/55641
 
I have no clue what a gauge transformation is
 
with one major point being that while $L,L'$ have the same e.o.m. they needn't involve the same boundary conditions
 
 
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3:04 AM
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Q: Why can't "bounties" be awarded to a question?

DvijI understand that bounties are mostly used to attract better answers but one of the reasons to award a bounty to an answer, as recognized by the PSE, is to reward an existing beautiful answer. I wonder that if a beautiful answer is accepted as an appropriate reason to reward the user with some po...

 
3:56 AM
Imagine being able to see $\beth_2$ many dimensions all at once. Then figuring out Lagrangians will not be too hard
 
4:37 AM
@JohnRennie do you remember how to calculate nuclear magnetic moments?
 
If you mean how to calculate the spin from the number of protons and neutrons then I'm not sure there is an easy way.
 
I don't
The nuclear magnetic moment is the magnetic moment of an atomic nucleus and arises from the spin of the protons and neutrons. It is mainly a magnetic dipole moment; the quadrupole moment does cause some small shifts in the hyperfine structure as well. All nuclei that have nonzero spin also possess a nonzero magnetic moment and vice versa, although the connection between the two quantities is not straightforward or easy to calculate. The nuclear magnetic moment varies from isotope to isotope of an element. For a nucleus of which the numbers of protons and of neutrons are both even in its ground...
 
If you just mean calculate the moment from a known nuclear spin it's just ... erm ... $s(s+1)$ times the nuclear magnetron or something ...
 
nope
"something"
 
Bohr magneton
 
4:46 AM
Erm .. OK, I give up.
 
I cannot get it for 35Cl for the life of me
I have the right spin
I should have the right orbital
But I'm off by a lot
I have no idea why
 
5:00 AM
@JohnRennie Tomorrow I'm going to slow cook a butternut squash curry
with some chicken and rice
ooooooo it's gon be gud
 
I don't think I've ever cooked sqash but I'm surprised it needs slow cooking. I'd have guessed it would cook very quickly. Wouldn't slow cooking reduce it to a pulp?
 
5:27 AM
0
Q: How Does the Electron Detector Detect Electrons? Dbl Slit

MikeLThe double slit experiment is famous for the electron acting like a particle rather than a wave when observed. Is it the case that the nature of the detection apparatus rather than passively taking readings actively interfered with the behavior of the electron in order to report, thus changing th...

The first thing that pops up when I read the title:
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck is an American English-language tongue-twister. The woodchuck from the Algonquian word "wejack" is a kind of marmot regionally called a groundhog. The complete beginning of the tongue-twister usually goes: "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" The tongue-twister relies primarily on alliteration to achieve its effects, with five "w" sounds interspersed among five "ch" sounds. == Answers == The traditional "response" to the question is: "A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck...
 
 
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8:37 AM
@Secret Depends on whether it's a European or African woodchuck
 
Oi, only we old farts are allowed to make Monty Python jokes! :-)
 
9:32 AM
in Mathematics, 5 mins ago, by Maneesh Narayanan
How can I write statement of purpose by understanding the subject. I roughly check the area of research. it founded interesting. How do I get deep insigt in the subject. where will I get current papers in that subject?
Someone is asking for advice on reading up research quantum. You guys are better people than I on this topic
 
Anonymous
That's soo vague. :P
 
in Mathematics, 9 secs ago, by Maneesh Narayanan
best journal for Quantum Physics
Is there even one?
 
Anonymous
There's one for quantum information. Don't know about QM
 
Anonymous
The International Journal of Quantum Information was established in 2003 and is published by World Scientific. It covers the field of quantum information science, with topics on areas such as quantum metrology, quantum cryptography, quantum computation, and quantum mechanics. == Abstracting and indexing == The journal is abstracted and indexed in Zentralblatt MATH, Science Citation Index Expanded, CompuMath Citation Index, Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences, Inspec, and Scopus. == References == == External links == Official website...
 
Anonymous
Anyhow I don't think reading random papers is going to give any extra insight. They'll end up getting more confused.
 
9:38 AM
I am not interested in computer science oriented mathematics
I am interested in Mathematical Physics
@Blue
 
Anonymous
0celo7 and ACuriousMind are the people you should ask about these things actually
 
Anonymous
I'm just a beginner in mathematical QM. But from what I know, you'll need functional analysis if you're interested in Mathematical QM (i.e. from a mathematician's perspective)
 
Anonymous
(And linear algebra....of course)
 
Anonymous
Oh, and Lagrangian, Hamiltonian formulations...
 
Anonymous
And sorry, I don't have much idea about papers on QM
 
9:46 AM
@0celo7 @ACuriousMind Please help me. I am Interested in Mathematical physics. i have done a course in Functional anlysis, Classical mechanics, linear algebra and harmonic analysis. what else require to study for enrolling in a research on Mathematics for Quantum Mechanu
Mechanics?
In order to get admission, i need to write a statement of purpose, After studying, How do i write a satement of purpose?
Thank you in advance
Also I have done a course in Non relativistic quantum mechanics
What else shall i study to enroll in PhD?
What are the journal paper should I approach?
 
Anonymous
Depends on where you want to do your PhD.
 
@MathematicsAminPhysics
Please tell me. how do i know the current research areas?
@Bl
@Blue
 
Anonymous
@ManeeshNarayanan Perhaps you could check the websites of universities which have active research groups in theoretical physics. Contacting professors in those areas might help they as they know what the hot topics are.
 
Anonymous
Anyhow, your question is too vague (about getting a PhD admit). It is impossible for people here to tell you what else you need to study. You better contact the research groups you want to join and talk to the people there.
 
user84215
9:59 AM
@ManeeshNarayanan You have pinged because you wanted me to answer your question or it was hard for you to type "Mathematics and "Physics"? Or a linear combination of them?
 
please help me
@MathematicsAminPhysics I get to know you were the right person for mathematical Physics.
I wanted to know recent recsearches in Mathematics for Q.M
Which journal is top in this area?
 
user84215
@ManeeshNarayanan I think Journal of Mathematical Physics is a good journal in this field.
 
11:48 AM
Baum-Connes Conjecture, topological K-theory of the group C*-algebra
From where will I get good insight in these subject?
@MathematicsAminPhysics
KK-Theory
 
user84215
@ManeeshNarayanan Have you tried searching them on the Wikipedia? I think it would suggest you good references.
 
My teacher advised me, don't go with wikipedia. only trust journals or standard books
@MathematicsAminPhysics
Is he right?
 
Anonymous
Gosh.
 
?
Who is Gosh?
@Blue
 
user84215
@ManeeshNarayanan I did not mean learning them from the Wikipedia. I meant that by searching those keywords on the Wikipedia you can find good references at the end of the articles.
 
11:57 AM
ok
 
12:41 PM
@ManeeshNarayanan In general, only the institution where you want to enroll can tell you what they require for their courses. Likewise, no one can tell you what to write in your statement of purpose - it's about your purpose, after all. Usually, in such statements they're looking for interesting and "authentic" reasons why you want to study what you want to study, and what sort of background relevant to that you have.
@Blue I would advise against contacting random professors and asking them what the hot topics in their field are.
 
@ACuriousMind But it works better for mediocre students who don't really know what they want, other than getting a PhD
 
@ManeeshNarayanan Mathematical physics is a large field, even if you truly mean mathematical physics and not "merely" theoretical physics. If you want to see what current research looks like, a good way is to subscribe to the relevant categories on the arXiv. You shouldn't expect to understand much of it at the outset, though.
 
May I know, should I have a deep insight in the subject that I am going to pursue? I have done the basic courses required for the doing a research.
 
If you send 200 emails, you can be sure at least a couple of them will write back :)
 
@lılostafa You are right :)
 
12:45 PM
@lılostafa Yes, and a sizable portion of the rest will blacklist you for being annoying. Not sure that's worth it.
In the end, most theoretical physics fields are small enough that you don't want to piss off the wrong person by accident.
 
@ACuriousMind screw them. All a mediocre student who doesn't really know what he wants wants is a PhD position :P
 
Anonymous
@ACuriousMind I didn't tell him to contact professors and ask them "What are the hot topics in your field?". I rather meant something like "I'm interested in <these fields> in which you are working and have read the papers you have mentioned on your personal webpage. Could you let me know about any current research projects you are working on?"
 
That's something that (unfortunately) I've seen people doing myself.
 
@ManeeshNarayanan If you already had a deep insight into the field, you wouldn't need to study it, right? :P You're supposed to have some basic knowledge and show "promise" or "potential" - what exactly that means is highly dependent on the instituiton and the supervisor.
 
Anonymous
I just said that the professors have an "good idea" of the hot topics. Not that you should ask them that directly. Lol
 
user84215
12:49 PM
@ACuriousMind I want to know whether I can continue posting my advertisement here or not.
 
@Blue It read to me that way though - your more elaborate advice is much better :) (given that one actually read their papers, of course :P)
yesterday, by ACuriousMind
@lılostafa They're free to inform people about what goes on in their chatrooms, but not in such a misleading manner.
("they" refers to you in that sentence, in case it isn't clear)
 
user84215
@ACuriousMind I think you and one of the room owners, JohnRennie, had accepted the format of my advertisements before.
 
@MathematicsAminPhysics That was before your "courses" started, so there was no way to determine whether they were truthful or not. Now it is evident, as I have already said, that they are highly misleading. Therefore I have changed my opinion about them.
2
 
user84215
@ACuriousMind You and many users dislike me. Right?
 
No, I love you. What now?
 
Anonymous
12:58 PM
@lılostafa There's a thumb rule I follow while doing that. Never mail two professors from the same department about the same thing. Also, don't send them mails unrelated to the field they work in (and don't lie).
 
@dmckee ok I must be going insane. Do you remember how to compute nuclear magnetic moments? I'm getting a ridiculous error for one and don't know why
@ACuriousMind and @MathematicsAminPhysics sitting in a tree. K i s s i n g
6
 
Anonymous
AI love :D
 
@MathematicsAminPhysics ^ (S)He's an AI. (S)He simply can't love/hate/like/dislike. (S)He just does its work.
 
We're trolling the poor boy
@ACuriousMind making curry today.
Butternut squash curry soup
 
1:01 PM
@0celo7 Nice
Ew, squash :P
 
@ACuriousMind ¿?
 
I don't like the taste of squash
 
Pffff
Germans
@ACuriousMind Should I make it with pork or chicken?
 
I generally prefer chicken in curries
 
@ACuriousMind alright
@ACuriousMind Ok, so to make squash soup it needs to be pureed. I want to put carrots in too. Should I try to take those out and not puree them?
I don't know how viable sorting the veggies will be
I should also probably put the carrots in later
 
1:09 PM
 
@0celo7 I'd say that's up to whether you want to have carrot chuncks or just the taste
 
Anonymous
@Loong That's a fake room. This is the real room for cooking advice.
 
Also, I gotta go, I have an RPG session in an hour.
 
Cheerio
 
fala ae galera
Hi people
Who are you from?
 
1:22 PM
tfw you enter the chat and the first thing you see is the first message on the star panel
 
@BalarkaSen Martin said I'm an applied mathematician in the FA room
PDE is shit-tier math, isn't it
 
yes it's low grade stuff
(Nah, not really)
 
He's a general topologist
everything is applied to him
...applied general topology
 
True. Martin is a great guy though.
 
Anonymous
Who's Martin? This person: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_A._Martin ?
 
Anonymous
Oh, yes. He's awesome
 
Anonymous
Too many Martins around
 
@ACuriousMind What are the pre-requisites for String theory?
doing PhD in String theory related topics
@ACuriousMind I have done a courses 1) Quantum Mechanics(Zettli), 2)Classical Mechanics(Goldstein) 3) Topology(shcuam's series, Munkres). 4) Fourier Analysis(Pinceton notes, Cora sadosky),Introduction to Manifold Theory(loring-Tu). Functions of Several variable(Rudin), Calculus of Variation(Gelfan Fomin), tensor Calculus. Is that enough. What extra topics should I cover?
Functional Analysis and Linear algebra
Measure theory I have done, but not interested.
 
1:46 PM
@ManeeshNarayanan abstrusegoose.com/272
 
2:03 PM
Moretti linked a recent paper : arxiv.org/pdf/1706.09666.pdf
Possibly interesting
 
@Slereah wow, that's huge.
I have indeed wondered on occasion what Moretti works on in his day job
 
He mostly does QFT and GR stuff
I encountered a lot of papers of his by coincidence
I plan on murdering him and stealing his job
Because it's a very nice job
(I assume that is how hiring works)
 
2:33 PM
Oh bloody hell
Laser doesn't work anymore
 
@Slereah chinese craftsmanship
 
yeah I guess I'll have to get the fancy german laser
For 300 bucks
That will have to wait
 
@0celo7 Jake Paul uploaded a roast on RiceGum lmap
lmap? Ok
 
@EmilioPisanty that website didn't help me. :'(
 
3:01 PM
@EmilioPisanty It seems that theory is safe. No one is going to attack :)
 
@BalarkaSen interracial Paul battle
 
@ManeeshNarayanan it's a web comic, of course it wouldn't.
@ManeeshNarayanan I have no idea why you say that, though. If you mean to imply that there is a shortage of clever people with informed viewpoints offering meaningful criticism of strong theory, then you haven't been paying attention.
 
@0celo7 This feels like the kind of playground drama that's more cringeworthy than amusing.
 
3:27 PM
Hopefully I had not make any quantum mistakes here...
in Logic, 9 mins ago, by Secret
nah quantum is nothing compared to unknown unknowns. Unknown unknown is by definition, something we don't have ideas on until we discover them and make them known (e.g. can you imagine some stone age people talk about the internet)

The physics community agrees on that particles are not pointlike entities. For $\psi$-ontic interpretations, the wavefunction is a physical entity uniquely associate to any quantum state including particles. But there are also $\psi$-epistemic interpretations which said $\psi$ is just a summary of our knowledge about the quantum system
 
i haven't listened to classical music in a while, but i'm reminded of why i enjoy it.
mozart's overture to the marriage of figaro is fabulous.
 
@EmilioPisanty Actually, I was joking.
 
@BalarkaSen I've always gotten that feeling from YouTube beef.
 
3:46 PM
Howdy
 
4:27 PM
@heather The Méditation from Massanet's opera Thaïs is someting I always appreciate
@EmilioPisanty criticism of strong theory or string theory?
 
Anonymous
I know that the condition for a function $f(z)=u(x,y) + i v(x,y)$ to be complex differentiable at a point $a$ is i) $u_x=v_y$, $u_y=-v_x$ ii) $u,v$ are multivariable differentiable at the point $a$. For a function to be analytic at the point $a$, the Laplace equation must be satisfied by $u$ and $v$. Now, is that a sufficient and necessary condition for analyticity or only necessary condition?
 
5:35 PM
If f is an Analytic function \implies f satisfy laplacian equation
converse need not be true
see $\bar{z}$
@blue
@blue
proof can be done using C-R equation.
see $f(z)=\bar{z}$
satisfy Laplacian equation, but not analytic.
 
Anonymous
Right. I guess I got it cleared now. Complex differentiability at one point is not sufficient for Laplace equation to be satisfied. However, if it is complex differentiable in an open set around $a$ then that is sufficient (perhaps more stronger than sufficient)
 
Anonymous
And yes, of course analytic functions have both $u,v$ as harmonic
 
Anonymous
(So by definition they satisfy Laplace equation)
 
Anonymous
In fact laplace equation is a direct consequence of C-R equations, if the partials are derivable at the point $a$.
 
Anonymous
(I think it is just that $u$ and $v$ need to be $C^2$)
 
5:49 PM
Tidying up the flat
There's so many loose batteries around
 
6:46 PM
@ManeeshNarayanan But what is true is that if $\Re[f]$ satisfies the Laplace equation, there is some other holomorphic $g$ with $\Re[g] = \Re[f]$.
That is the "correct" converse, which is true (in complex dimension 1, note; in higher dimensions this is false and I think you need subharmonicity)
 
That's called the holomorphic conjugate theorem if you want to google it @Blue
 
Anonymous
@0celo7 Thanks
 
Anonymous
I'm checking
 
Anonymous
@DanielSank Do you happen to know any commercially sold ultrasound pulser similar to the Supertex HV7360 ? That one doesn't seem to be available for sale (online) at the moment.
 
7:02 PM
@dmckee I could really use a nuclear physicist right about now
 
I was always a transition-regime kind of 'nuclear physicist'. I'm sure I learned about nuclear magnetic moments, but I don't recall off the top of my head, and my texts for the subject are at the office.
 
@dmckee can you at least confirm that 35Cl has one valence proton in the $d_{3/2}$ orbital?
this seems to confirm
so why is the calculated magnetic moment so far off?
I get 0.12$\mu_B$ but they have $.82\mu_B$
something something Schmidt lines?
aha, wtf is up with that
@dmckee Remember anything about Schmidt lines?
 
@0celo7 Not a clue. What does wikipedia say?
 
I can't seem to find the page for it
 
Yeah. Damn all about it on the first page of google results.
 
7:13 PM
I have only this cryptic slide that I don't remember Yuri talking about
If I make that 0.6 correction I get the right moment
I guess you're supposed to do that for odd proton guys?
 
Hmmm ... looks like a phenomenological model for even-even even-odd and odd-odd nuclei.
Or something.
And from the quality of the fit I would guess it is a pretty early model not used much these days.
 
@dmckee it's a really basic model
smooth step potential + spin orbit perturbation
 
Anonymous
 
@dmckee Ah, the meson cloud around the nucleons reduces their effective magnetic moment
By about 40%
 
7:52 PM
@0celo7 this exam :o
it has questions like explain why
sweating
 
explain why what
 
I'll tell you after we turn in the exam :3
 
@GPhys explain why $+$ isn't a manifold
 
@GPhys I use three main types of exam questions.
The first is a straight calculation problem.
The second runs "Which of the following statements is always true about [situation or concept]? (Mark all that apply)".
And the third reads "Explain in words [...]".
At first students are glad to hear it won't be all calculations, but they quickly come to understand that the last two classes are hard.
 
@dmckee My measure theory class had a fourth type. "Give a detailed statement of [theorem] and give a good sketch of the proof."
The key was knowing which parts you could omit and still count as a "good sketch"
 
7:57 PM
Ouch.
Though the "good sketch" bit will help to build a grown-up understanding of what mathematicians do.
 
@dmckee it was to test mathematical maturity: do you know how to recognize what the core of a proof is what are the superfluous details
 
I wonder if I can adapt that for the upper division?
 
So you had to identify the main idea(s) and give an idea of how to implement them. It's a good format because the things we were asked were completely nontrivial (each took an hour to prove fully in class), but the idea can be written down in a paragraph.
 
Would a $\mathcal S p a c e m a n$ in a box with constant proper acceleration just see the rest of the universe asymptotically approach the same near zero acceleration that observers on nearby planets watching him would see him approach?
 
@dmckee I'm not sure how that would work for a physics class
 
8:02 PM
Oh wait. Would he even 'see' the rest of the universe, given the velocities he'd be reaching. It would all be an increasingly shrinking circle wouldnt it
I guess that's what I get trying to get a shallow understanding from words. Best I can get atm though, since I haven't got the prereqs for GR. rip. Is any of the last two messages correct?
 
@0celo7 Well, I would ask them to explain how they would solve a problem in terms of what principles they would use and also ask them to indicate which section would involve either tedium or difficult math. Or something like that. I'm still working on it.
Certainly the problems would have to be moderately difficult.
 
@dmckee I think it has to be a problem that you can't expect anyone to solve completely during the test, but they should have a good idea of how to solve it. Given notes or the book + time, they should be able to do it completely.
So yeah, a difficult problem.
@BalarkaSen halp
 
@dmckee ::screams in terror::
 
8:17 PM
@BalarkaSen How do I find conjugacy classes for a group?
 
8:29 PM
@0celo7 Usually with a bunch of trickshittery
 
@BalarkaSen I can't even compute the order of this group
 
whats the group
 
@BalarkaSen $\zeta$ is a 6th root of unity. $a=diag(\zeta,\bar \zeta)$. $b$ is the matrix with 12 entry $\zeta$ and 21 entry $-\bar\zeta$ and zero otherwise
then the group generated by those
 
Ugh
I don't want to think about this
 
So I've got $1,a,\dotsc, a^5$
but $b^2=-1$ so you've also got $-a,\dotsc, -a^5$
and then $a^kb$ are also different
but supposedly it's of order 12
oh, $a^3=b^2$
wtf this is too hard
 
8:48 PM
@ManeeshNarayanan Doing string theory requires a firm understanding of quantum field theory, differential geometry and, in many areas, sort-of understanding of algebraic geometry. Though, again, it will depend on the exact circumstance how much of that you are already expected to know when "starting" to study string theory.
 
@ACuriousMind dear god I need algebra help
 
@0celo7 With the group described above?
 
@ACuriousMind I can't even write down the elements
 
@0celo7 Looks like $1,a,\dots,a^5,b,ba,ba^2,\dots,ba^5$ to me.
 
what, why?
I've literally never done this before
why the hell would you think to multiply by b on the right?
and how do you know that gets everything
 
8:53 PM
Well, a priori elements of the group are words in $a$ and $b$, i.e. finite strings $a^{i_1}b^{i_2}a^{i_3}b^{i_4}\dots$.
 
yes
 
Now, $b^2 = a^3$ means that any power of $b$ larger than 1 can just be absorbed into powers of $a$, so that gives us $a^{i_1}ba^{i_2}ba^{i_3}\dots$.
Now determine the commutator of $b$ and $a$ to put all the $b$s together, and reduce again in that fashion.
 
@ACuriousMind what is it?
 
You can just compute the commutator of the two matrices, can't you? :P
 
not really, no
is it $a^2$?
so you get that the mixed $ab$ elements are all $ba^k$
got it
@ACuriousMind now how do I compute normal subgroups?
and conjugacy classes
 
9:03 PM
Howdy
 
@0celo7 Find the conjugacy classes first, and if they are not too many, use that any normal subgroup must be a union of conjugacy classes.
 
@ACuriousMind I have no idea how to do the first thing
 
To find the conjugacy classes, just go through the elements in order and conjugate them by every other element
 
that's 2376 arithmetic operations
there's got to be a trick
is there a mathematica function that does it?
 
Well, after you have done it for the first element, obviously you don't need to do it again for any other element you found to be in its class
 
9:06 PM
hmm
 
does anyone know if there's any limits for how magnetic field lines are in a material? I.e. is any combination of domains with alignments in a certain material allowed? Could you have a circular magnet with a north pole defined to be any point near the centre, and south pole any near the edge?
Obviously practically doing it will depend on the materials, but I'm just curious if there exists materials that you can do things like that with
 
@ACuriousMind there's got to be a way to do this in MMA
can I just define the matrices in it and punch in what I want to compute?
 
Probably? I've never used Mathematica much
 
Anonymous
Awesome
 
Anonymous
9:19 PM
And I'm creating Harry Potter's wand. Give me some data about it
 
@ACuriousMind this is hard work
 
9:32 PM
Hello
 
Math folks
Is the gamma matrix a solder form?
I forget
 
::hides::
 
You can't escape my eagle eye
 
So, I'm in need of an equation which describes how space is distorted by gravity.
 
@user8663905 $G=T$
 
9:38 PM
Pretty much
 
@ACuriousMind How does $$\{1\},\{a,a^5\}, \{a^2,a^4\}, \{a^3\}, \{b,ba^2,ba^4\}, \{ba,ba^3,ba^5\}$$ look?
 
Gravity = time?
 
"The object $\sigma^b_{AA'}$ is called a soldering form for it "solders" K to T."
Thank you Springer's Handbook of Spacetime
Too bad you cost 300 dollaridoos
 
@Slereah laser or handbook of spacetime?
 
they are about the same price
I could buy one (1) laser or one (1) Springer's handbook of spacetime
 
9:43 PM
@ACuriousMind I figured out which group it is
@ACuriousMind Ayy I think I'm doing this correctly
 
(So, it's my understanding that around a black hole, spacetime is distorted in such a way that the closer you get to the event horizon the more time you must travel through to move the same distance. Thus you effectively experience infinite time and the line "time experienced" is asymptotic to the event horizon. Is there an equation which accurately represents this behavior for any given value for the gravitational force?)
(Or is G=T that representation?)
 
10:09 PM
@user8663905 read some general relativity
@BernardoMeurer making chicken-butternut squash curry
 
@0celo7 Pics
 
Yeah, I'm reading up on Einstein's Field Equations right now.
 
Also, what happened to you? Why are you masterchef now?
 
hello
 
darkness my old friend
 
10:12 PM
@BernardoMeurer I've always liked to cook
@BernardoMeurer going to garnish with fresh chili and cilantro
it smells pretty great
 
@0celo7 I feel like you're approaching a complete meltdown
 
@BernardoMeurer what?
 
10:24 PM
@BernardoMeurer dude, explain
 
10:54 PM
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/10008/1/V%C3%A1k%C3%A1r_-Bachelor%27s_thesis-_‌​Principal_Bundles_and_Gauge_Theories.pdf
Mama mia
That's an unpleasant paper
also why is the link cutoff
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/10008/1/V%C3%A1k%C3%A1r_-Bachelor%27s_thesis-_Princip‌​al_Bundles_and_Gauge_Theories.pdf
If u wish for it
 
@Slereah 404
 
odd
It's Principal Bundles and Gauge Theories, by Matthijs Vakar
 
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