tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post8376023168220912518..comments2023-08-16T08:02:29.630+00:00Comments on Noncommutative Geometry: The Ascona meeting on Pauli and JungUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-35769928785650518262007-06-07T07:03:00.000+00:002007-06-07T07:03:00.000+00:00hi Alain,thank you (and also Matilde) for keeping ...hi Alain,<BR/>thank you (and also Matilde) for keeping us updated on events in the NCG-conference circuit.<BR/>thanks also for the 'guest-blog' offer. i'll email you about it soon.<BR/>i agree there is a need for more communication across the algebraic/differential divide in noncommutative geometry and perhaps a group blog can make a contribution to it.<BR/>for now i'll continue to follow things Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-88618506247345446972007-06-06T20:11:00.000+00:002007-06-06T20:11:00.000+00:00Dear LievenThanks for your comment, it is quite di...Dear Lieven<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment, it is quite difficult to "maintain" the blog just Masoud and me. We really welcome comments like yours and would be happy to have you as a "guest" blogger. One basic concern I have is to try and bridge the gap between the various aspects of NCG. I really like the purely algebraic aspect (and did a bit of work with Michel Dubois-Violette on that). BothAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10951419541401211230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-24954499655617962132007-06-06T18:25:00.000+00:002007-06-06T18:25:00.000+00:00I was about to leave a message along the lines of ...I was about to leave a message along the lines of Masoud's response.<BR/>a) being a non-traveler myself, I'd welcome more info on new things happening in noncommutative geometry at Chicago (or any other place), or a link to papers or other online material.<BR/>b) the present blog has (at least to me) a clear purpose. Anyone disagreeing with it is invited to start a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-4270913733677576362007-06-06T17:59:00.000+00:002007-06-06T17:59:00.000+00:00Dear Anonymous,Thanks for your comment. As for the...Dear Anonymous,<BR/>Thanks for your comment. As for the Chicago conference that you mentioned and your statement that " it left no trace on your blog" I draw you attention<BR/>to this piece http://noncommutativegeometry.blogspot.com/2007/05/update-on-vanderbilt-conference.html where the conference is mentioned. The link to the conference page also appeared under the events section before the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-76314584194473009752007-06-06T16:11:00.000+00:002007-06-06T16:11:00.000+00:00There was in Chicago last month what was possibly ...There was in Chicago last month what was possibly one of the most interesting conferences in noncommutative geometry that happened in recent years. Strangely enough, it left no trace on your blog. Obviously, obscure speculations about synchronicity by Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Gustav Jung are considered to have more relevance to the field than a lot or really interesting and new mathematics. Weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-50468432931413143862007-06-06T13:59:00.000+00:002007-06-06T13:59:00.000+00:00Hi AC,Thanks for your report from Ascona. The Paul...Hi AC,<BR/>Thanks for your report from Ascona. The Pauli/Jung correspondence has generated a lot of interest since they were published in 2000 and I must confess that I fully agree that they make a fascinating read! There are a few books out about them such as those by Suzanne Gieser and by David Lindolff but I found these rather diappointing since these authors can't make much out of Pauli's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-31859474000268379362007-06-05T20:00:00.000+00:002007-06-05T20:00:00.000+00:00I follow the advice of Mr A.C, and I post a though...I follow the advice of Mr A.C, and I post a thought on reality in mathematics.<BR/><BR/>I was writing down the Newton's principle m.a = F when I remembered a question I asked my teacher: "Ms, what does mass represent exactly ?". Her answer was quite vague, but I<BR/>clearly understood that I was bothering her.<BR/><BR/>Now, I'm not even sure I could define it clearly, without refering to the Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351201047946499239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-20495262594232658952007-05-31T22:52:00.000+00:002007-05-31T22:52:00.000+00:00ac, yes, "cope" is the right word. I think we have...ac, yes, "cope" is the right word. I think we have much to learn from indigenous people. Perhaps from animals as well. There is a primatologist, Frans de Waal, who studies conflict resolution among chimpanzees. He also wrote a wonderful book called "Our Inner Ape".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-47344328881446516822007-05-30T16:41:00.000+00:002007-05-30T16:41:00.000+00:00Anonymous, the lecture of Arthur Miller was based ...Anonymous, the lecture of Arthur Miller was based on a book which is scheduled for publication next year. So one will have to wait for that one. <BR/><BR/>As far as I know it is true that Grothendieck has been writing a lot about dreams, but my information is not reliable and the only source is the "Grothendieck Circle" website at<BR/>http://www.grothendieckcircle.org/<BR/>from which you can get AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10951419541401211230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-90168893417412898702007-05-30T10:09:00.000+00:002007-05-30T10:09:00.000+00:00Dear nic, yes and this was a very nice point in th...Dear nic, yes and this was a very nice point in the talk. I completely share this view that the past is the only thing we control and in fact I believe we just keep trying to rearange the past in order to cope with whatever the present gives us...AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10951419541401211230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-90199915405396303042007-05-30T05:27:00.000+00:002007-05-30T05:27:00.000+00:00Did they talk about Rafael Nunez's research on Sou...Did they talk about Rafael Nunez's research on South America's indigenous Aymara and their "radically diferent metaphorical mapping of time"? The past is in front of them and the future behind them. The same word is used for "eye", "front", "sight", and "past". They gesture over their shoulder when talking about what will happen in the future. It's a beautiful idea: of course we can't see the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-65481020728510525902007-05-28T02:58:00.000+00:002007-05-28T02:58:00.000+00:00Thanks for this post. I am very intersted to know ...Thanks for this post. I am very intersted to know more about these images Jung was showing to Pauli after hearing his dreams....<BR/>I recently heared that Grothendieck have also written about his dreams and his interpretaions. Any relations here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com