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If one wants to summarize our knowledge of physics in the briefest possible terms, there are four really fundamental observations:
If one wants to summarize our knowledge of physics in the briefest possible terms, there are four really fundamental observations:


1. Space-time is a pseudo-Riemannian manifold <math>M</math>, endowed with a metric tensor and governed by geometrical laws
1. Space-time is a pseudo-Riemannian manifold `M`, endowed with a metric tensor and governed by geometrical laws


2. Over <math>M</math> is a principal G-bundle <math>P_{G}</math> with a nonabelian structure group <math>G</math>.
2. Over `M` is a principal G-bundle `P_{G}` with a nonabelian structure group `G`.


3. Fermions are sections of <math>(\hat{S}_+ \otimes V_R) \oplus (\hat{S}_- \otimes V_{\tilde{R}})</math>. <math>R</math> and <math>\tilde{R}</math> are complex linear representations of <math>G</math> and thus are not isomorphic. Their failure to be isomorphic explains why the light fermions are light.
3. Fermions are sections of `(\hat{S}_+ \otimes V_R) \oplus (\hat{S}_- \otimes V_{\tilde{R}})`. `R` and `\tilde{R}` are complex linear representations of `G` and thus are not isomorphic. Their failure to be isomorphic explains why the light fermions are light.


4. Yukawa couplings between the fermion field and the Higgs field endow fermions with the property of mass. Massive bosons also acquire their mass through this Higgs mechanism.
4. Yukawa couplings between the fermion field and the Higgs field endow fermions with the property of mass. Massive bosons also acquire their mass through this Higgs mechanism.
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