Quantum Gravity - Topological Quantum Field Theory Blues

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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 :-)

Who is that?

Let me try again. Who is the guy in the video? It is clearly not Clapton.

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.

By Karl E. Hoffmann (not verified) on 28 Dec 2007 #permalink