PPT-Quantum Field Theory and the Jones Polynomial

Dan Castillo A Brief H istory of Knots 1860s Lord Kelvin quantum vortices Lets tabulate them just in case First table of knots by Peter Tait Aye aye Mathematical Study of Knots. I. ntroduction to Knot Theory. Ana . Nora. Evans. University of Virginia Mathematics. 12 February 2010. Why study knots?. Used in. Biology. Chemistry. Physics. Graph Theory. ….. . 2. Rule Asia. Gordian Knot. /. gravity. and . condensed. matter. How string theory might say something about strong coupling. Wilke. van der Schee. June. 24, 2011. Outline. Introduction . AdS. /CFT. Gauge/gravity in general. . in de Sitter Space. Yoshihisa Kitazawa. KEK Theory Center and . Sokendai. H. . Kitamoto. and Y.K. . arXiv:1012:5930. Introduction. Scale invariant infra-red quantum fluctuations of . minimally coupled massless scalar field and gravitons . Associate Professor, EECS. MIT. Quantum Mechanics: What’s It Good For?. Some “Obvious” Things QM Is Good For. Allowing transistors and lasers to work. Helping to sell New Age books. Keeping atoms from disintegrating. The essence of Particle Physics. Particles are actually not like balls but essentially more fields!. Well, not quite.. Quantum Field Theory. They are . quantized fields.. Fields when quantized are not like fields any longer, but more like particles.. N. =2, Field Theory. and . Physical Mathematics. Gregory Moore. ICMP, Aalborg, Denmark, August 8, 2012. Rutgers University. This is a review talk. For my recent research results see my talk at . I. ntroduction to Knot Theory. Ana . Nora. Evans. University of Virginia Mathematics. 12 February 2010. Why study knots?. Used in. Biology. Chemistry. Physics. Graph Theory. ….. . 2. Rule Asia. Gordian Knot. Lecture . 3. Books Recommended:. Lectures on Quantum Field Theory by Ashok Das. Advanced Quantum Mechanics by . Schwabl. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics by Greiner. . Quantum Field Theory by Mark . Srednicki. What is empty space?. What is matter?.  . Homework 6 due April 10. Term paper draft due April 17. Classical world. : . "we have found portions of matter with changeless forces (indestructible qualities) and called them elements… The only changes that can remain possible in such a world are spatial changes, movements… SO at last the task of physics is to refer phenomena to inalterable attractive and repulsive forces whose intensity varies with distance. The solubility of this problem is the complete comprehensibility of nature." Helmholtz ~1890.. Physical Mathematics. Gregory Moore. Johns Hopkins, April 11. , 2016. Phys-. i. -. cal. Math-e-ma-tics, n.. . 1.. Physical . mathematics is a fusion of mathematical and physical ideas, motivated by . Vacuum Condensate . Picture . of . Quantum Gravitation. General reference: “Quantum Gravitation” (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 2009). [ with R.M. Williams and R. . Toriumi. ]. Like QED and QCD, Gravity is a . and . Physical Mathematics. Gregory Moore. Rutgers, Dec. 17, 2015. This is a revised version of a review talk from August 2012. … but you can never give the same talk twice …. Phys-. i. -. cal. Math-e-ma-tics, n.. Ana . Nora. Evans. University of Virginia Mathematics. 12 February 2010. Why study knots?. Used in. Biology. Chemistry. Physics. Graph Theory. ….. . 2. Rule Asia. Gordian Knot. “… Seeing . Gordius. Institute for Advanced Study. . November 2015. General Relativity produced . t. wo stunning predictions:. Black holes . Expanding universe. “Your math is great, but your physics is dismal”. . Both involve drastic stretching of space and/or time.