Douglas Sweetser '84
| Jan/23 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:00PM | 3-270 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Copernicus knew how to do calculations in the Ptolemaic system (not easy). He figured out how to transform that system to the Sun centered one using parallelograms. We know the symmetries of the Standard Model and General Relativity. Can we preserve most of those insights with a new view of the quaternion group Q8 as the foundation for mathematical analysis of spacetime physics? Tall tales, truffles and cheese doodles will be served.
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