I have to teach the physics of diving to some unfortunate people

Posted By: NCFC4life on April 18th 2008 at 12:49:44

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Physics is hard but jolly worth it. (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 18, 12:13:45
- Lie Groups (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 18, 12:22:46
  - I am revising them (General Chat) - Leamington Yellow, Apr 18, 12:38:43
    - Ahh yes - the "infinitesmial group" i.e. tangent space is what the Lie Algebra is (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Apr 18, 12:40:16
      - Yeah Lie Albegras and exponetial maps and stuff. (General Chat) - Leamington Yellow, Apr 18, 12:45:05
  - Me too - it's a group which is also a smooth manifold (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Apr 18, 12:25:11
    - Example: unit circle in complex plane is a 1-d Lie group under complex multiplication (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Apr 18, 12:29:12
      - googletastic! (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Apr 18, 12:31:03
        
        I had a degree in this stuff once (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Apr 18, 12:35:35
        
        I have to teach the physics of diving to some unfortunate people (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Apr 18, 12:49:44
        
        ...... (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 18, 13:06:28
        
        heavy stuff sinks but fish have got air in them so can go near the top (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Apr 18, 13:04:37
        
        Water is at its densest at four degrees and that's why ice floats (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Apr 18, 13:05:07
        
        plus if you put lead in a pond (where the water is about five degrees) it will make its (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Apr 18, 13:07:52
        
        whereas dead cats float (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Apr 18, 13:11:13
        
        shitarses (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Apr 18, 13:13:36
- Insane in the M-brane (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Apr 18, 12:14:58
  - Turnover is for vanity, profit is for sanity (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Apr 18, 12:16:14
    - Apple turnover is for tea. Discussing prophets can be dangerous. (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Apr 18, 12:26:51
    - Turnover is for jobs, excess profit is for greed (General Chat) - Cannydc, Apr 18, 12:22:23
      - excess profit is for (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 18, 12:26:45
      - Yeah, you tell 'em, Red. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 18, 12:24:18
        
        Presumably, under the Thatcher diktat (General Chat) - Cannydc, Apr 18, 12:27:02
        
        blimey that's at least two "diktat" appearances on here in less than a month (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 18, 12:49:52
    - Trebles for show, doubles for dough. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 18, 12:20:32
    - Everyone in Flatland is absolutely flat (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 18, 12:18:38
      - what style of property do they live in? (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Apr 18, 12:20:08
        
        Oddly enough... It looks like an Apple! (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 18, 12:22:06
        
        Ooh, I love Carl Sagan (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 18, 12:26:20

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