Monthly Archives: September 2020

Quick Links

Posted on September 10, 2020 by woit

A few quick links: I was sorry to hear of the recent death of Vaughan Jones. A few things about his life and work have started to appear, see here, here and here. For a wonderful in-depth article about the … Continue reading →

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Fall Quantum Mechanics Class

Posted on September 7, 2020 by woit

I’ll be teaching a course on quantum mechanics this year here at Columbia, from a point of view aimed somewhat at mathematicians, emphasizing the role of Lie groups and their representations. For more details, the course webpage is here. The … Continue reading →

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AMS Open Math Notes

Posted on September 6, 2020 by woit

The AMS for the last few years has had a valuable project called AMS Open Math Notes, a site to gather and make available course notes for math classes, documents of the sort that people sometimes make available on their … Continue reading →

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Quantum Reality

Posted on September 2, 2020 by woit

Jim Baggott’s new book, Quantum Reality, is now out here in US, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the issues surrounding the interpretation of quantum mechanics. Starting next week I’ll be teaching a course on quantum mechanics … Continue reading →

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