7 Replies to “Quantum Gravity – Topological Quantum Field Theory Blues”

  1. Very good! Not exactly slow hand caliber, but good. One small flaw however; that is it should have been performed a Capella. That is such presentations are suppose to be background-independent 🙂

  2. He’s J. Scott Carter from The University of Southern Alabama!
    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.
    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.
    Karl E.

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