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Fredric Schuller's Geometric anatomy of theoretical physics

This is the LaTeX source code for my lecture notes to accompany Frederic Schuller's course on the ``Geometric anatomy of theoretical physics'', taught in the summer of 2013/14 at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg as part of the Elite Graduate Programme.

The entire course is hosted on YouTube at the following address:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPH7f_7ZlzxTi6kS4vCmv4ZKm9u8g5yic

These lecture notes are not endorsed by Dr. Schuller or the University.

While I have tried to correct typos and errors made during the lectures (some helpfully pointed out by YouTube commenters), I have also taken the liberty to add and/or modify some of the material at various points in the notes. Any errors that may result from this are, of course, mine.

If you have any comments regarding these notes, feel free to get in touch. Visit my blog for the most up to date version of these notes

http://mathswithphysics.blogspot.com

My gratitude goes to Dr. Schuller for lecturing this course and for making it available on YouTube.

Simon Rea

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Definition in lecture 14

The definition of an algebra being "semisimple if it contains no non-trivial abelian ideals" on line 41 should be changed to "semi-simple if it contains no non-zero abelian ideals", or, mirroring the first phrase, "semi-simple if it is non-abelian and it contains no non-trivial ideals". Otherwise, remark 14.2 wouldn't make sense; as it stands, the one-dimensional Lie algebra si semisimple because it has no non-trivial ideals (in particular, no-nontrivial abelian ideals).

Publish a PDF that can be printed on lulu.com

Hi Simon! Thank you so much for these invaluable notes. I attempted printing them out on lulu.com and got this error-

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Would it be possible for you to update the PDF to satisfy these constraints or provide some pointers on how I could do the same?

Reserve \colon for ("type") signatures

The notes currently use, at several places, the \mapsto notation (which is used to define a "value" of the type "function") right after the \colon which is normally followed by a function's signature and can be read, more or less, as \in (assuming that the subsequent \to expression constructs a "type", or a set of appropriate functions).

An example of the offending sentence:

&f &\mapsto &\Phi^*(f) := f\circ \phi.

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A cleaner alternative:
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Or simply:
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P.S. This "issue" is not a call to action, but more of a remark. I'm leaving it because I think Frederic Schuller's lectures are a great example of the fine balance between what constitutes a "clear exposition" of a subject, and a "coarse-to-fine" one. The former means that the exposition is rigorous and accurate enough not be confusing, which includes notation. The latter means that (at most times) it's not overwhelming, and gives relevant pieces in a sensible order. These notes can serve an example and it would be only fair if we were to slightly adjust the style

Possible error on page 59

On page 59, we see the proof that the space of (1,1)-tensors is isomorphic to the endomorphisms on the dual space. The construction in the forwards direction takes a (1,1)-tensor T and maps it to the endomorphism mapping a covector \omega to the covector T(-, \omega). I believe it should be T(\omega, -), since T is a bilinear map V* x V -> K, and the covector \omega lives in V*.

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