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|content=End/ An interpretation is that [[Ed Witten|Witten]], the greatest living mathematical physicist, was indicating to us that it was only these *abstractions* that were likely to survive, while the instantiations (i.e. the exact equations we still use) would likely perish. | |||
A msg never recieived. | |||
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|content=If I had but one paragraph to recommend as the most important in all of literature, it might well be this one. However, as you might imagine, unpacking it, could take up your entire life. | |||
[There is a 'flaw' in the paragraph. The word 'gauge' should be replaced by | |||
'structure'.] | |||
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|content=1/ Interesting esoteric features: </br> | |||
i) refers to Einstein Field Equation for the gravitational force. (only implicitly).</br> | |||
ii) refers to the Yang-Mills-Maxwell Equation for the other forces (only implicitly).</br> | |||
iii) refers to the Dirac Equation for matter (yet again, only implicitly). | |||
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|content=2/ The Quantum (e.g. quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, quantum measurement, etc...) is relegated to a *secondary* status below the key geometric insights. This was likely done very subtly when the paper was given in the 1980s, as it was, and remains, a revolutionary idea. | |||
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