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davidoff404 wrote:
> Franco wrote:
>> Most of people handle Einstein as he was the most physicist.
>>
>> I can't help thinking that most "that" people, IGNORE the history
>> of physics.
>>
>> For instance, there are a lot of physicists. Paul Dirac in my
>> opinion is better than Einstein. Of course that's only my opinion.
>>
>> But I can't stand that most of people do not know who Paul Dirac
>> was.
>>
>> Franco
>>
>>
>
> Instead of asking "Who is your favourite physicist," I find that
> better discussions arise out of asking "What's your favourite
> manifold?", "What's your favourite gauge group?", or "What's your
> favourite spacetime?"

a. Hyper-Kaehler manifold, or more generally Quaternion-Kaehler
manifolds.

b. G-structure and torsion-free G-connection: G -> GL(n,H)GL(1,H) of
GL(4n,R).

c. If I told you, I would have to kill you. We take our spacetimes
very seriously around here.

>
> Besides, everyone knows that Hamilton was the "best"
> physicist/mathematician...

Wasn't Hamilton in a duel with Burr?