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Re: No Spin in 2 Dimensions?

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From: Blair P. Houghton
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:13
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In article <92315.002515CCB104@psuvm.psu.edu> <CCB104@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>I heard it said by a former physics grad student that a certain professor
>of his said that it is *obvious* why there is "no spin in 2 dimensions"
>(i.e. in a 2-dimensional differentiable manifold of some sort?). What might
>they have meant, please? Any ideas?

Which way does the spin-vector point?

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From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
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Subject: Re: No Spin in 2 Dimensions?
Date: 10 Nov 1992 20:13:22 GMT
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