End of Work!

[aethelfrith]

I gave my final presentation today. All went well, so all I have left to do is sit back, relax, and watch everybody else's reports

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abelian and non-abelian functions

[muralidhar]

abelian functions and such is what scares and keep people out of physics i guess. 10 years later i suspect i may have fallen off to the high-school level in terms of my mathematical abilities. i dont know what a non-abelian model of electromagnetism is.

but your post is funny

Re: abelian and non-abelian functions

[aethelfrith]

An Abelian function is one in which vector operations commute. For example, a+b=b+a. In a non-Abelian system, this is not necessarily true. Clearly, position, vector potential, and other such quantities are Abelian. You probably know this statement better as the principle of superposition. So a non-Abelian model of electromagnetism is...ahem...a lod of bull.

I'm glad I keep you amused.

Re: abelian and non-abelian functions

[muralidhar]

ah. the principle of superposition. omg i have become a dummy after switching to sofware development as a career. i think if i start from vector calculus i will probably be spared from alhzimers.

non-abelian model of electro-magnetism sounds like a fancy sounding fabrication.

thanks again for reminding me the commutative property and bringing back the memory of argand planes and so on.

btw. are you a research scholar or a grad student?

Re: abelian and non-abelian functions

[aethelfrith]

Ha! I'm flattered! None of the above, actually. I'm an undergrad physics major with a summer internship researching the diffusion of radon through non-porous membranes.

And, in fact, non-Abelain electromagnetism is precisely a fancy sounding fabrication.

[simplyshadowcat]

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