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J. Scott Carter from The University of Southern Alabama is a great new QG-TQFT blues performer
See and listen here:
http://scienceblogs.com/pontiff/2007/12/quantum_gravity_topological_qu.php
Thanks to Dave Bacon!
Here is the song text:
The Quantum Gravity Topological Quantum Field Theory Blues
I've been calculating
I said I've been calculating
calculating all night long
Got a quasi- triangular Hopf algebra
and I wrote down the coproduct wrong.
I've been integrating
integrating the whole day through
I said I've been integrating
integrating the whole day through
Got a Chern-Simons functional integral
and its convergent, too.
I've been writing down knot diagrams
converting them to braids
Using the Alexander isotopy
you know I'm not afraid
I've been
assigning modules
to each of these six strings
been doin' it for weeks now
and I still don't understand a thing.
chorus:
I've got them old Quantum Gravity
Topological Quantum Field Theory Blues
I've got them old Quantum Gravity
Topological Quantum Field Theory Blues
And without NSF funding I think that you would, too.
I've been [gen'rul]-izing
to the higher dimensional case
I've been [gen'rul]-izing
to the higher dimensional case.
I've got two-categorical indices
running up and down the place.
(repeat chorus)
John Baez has some good words about Scott Carter's work (which helped to guide his own approach to Quantum Gravity back when he was actively doing QG research). He gives a link to the Youtube video and most of the lyrics as well.
http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2007/12/the_qgtqft_blues.html
See and listen here:
http://scienceblogs.com/pontiff/2007/12/quantum_gravity_topological_qu.php
Thanks to Dave Bacon!
Here is the song text:
The Quantum Gravity Topological Quantum Field Theory Blues
I've been calculating
I said I've been calculating
calculating all night long
Got a quasi- triangular Hopf algebra
and I wrote down the coproduct wrong.
I've been integrating
integrating the whole day through
I said I've been integrating
integrating the whole day through
Got a Chern-Simons functional integral
and its convergent, too.
I've been writing down knot diagrams
converting them to braids
Using the Alexander isotopy
you know I'm not afraid
I've been
assigning modules
to each of these six strings
been doin' it for weeks now
and I still don't understand a thing.
chorus:
I've got them old Quantum Gravity
Topological Quantum Field Theory Blues
I've got them old Quantum Gravity
Topological Quantum Field Theory Blues
And without NSF funding I think that you would, too.
I've been [gen'rul]-izing
to the higher dimensional case
I've been [gen'rul]-izing
to the higher dimensional case.
I've got two-categorical indices
running up and down the place.
(repeat chorus)
John Baez has some good words about Scott Carter's work (which helped to guide his own approach to Quantum Gravity back when he was actively doing QG research). He gives a link to the Youtube video and most of the lyrics as well.
http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2007/12/the_qgtqft_blues.html
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