PIRSA:11050024 Scientific Series Quantum Foundations

DOI10.48660/11050024

Series: Quantum Foundations

Porta Mana, P. (2011). Vectors and affine forms, straight and twisted. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/11050024

Porta Mana, PierGianLuca. Vectors and affine forms, straight and twisted. Perimeter Institute, May. 24, 2011, https://pirsa.org/11050024 

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  doi = {10.48660/11050024},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/11050024},
  author = {Porta Mana, PierGianLuca},
  keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
  language = {en},
  title = {Vectors and affine forms, straight and twisted},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2011},
  month = {may},
  note = {PIRSA:11050024 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}

Abstract

This is a geometric tutorial about straight and twisted vectors and forms (ie, de Rham currents) leading to some wild thoughts about the EM field as a *thing*, ie with properties similar to a piece of matter; and to some even wilder thoughts about a metric-free GR.

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