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Let $(M,g,V)$ be a Riemannian manifold with potential $V\in\mathcal{C}^{\infty}(M)$. Let $\gamma : I\to M$ be a smooth curve, $I\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ an open interval. We say that $\gamma$ is the traj …

If a mathematician who doesn't know much about the physicist's jargon and conventions had the curiosity to learn how the so called Standard Model (of particle physics, including SUSY) works, where sho …

Chatting with an engineer, he suggested me to have a look to a certain book in order to understand what fluid mechanics is about (I know nothing about the subject). But this question is not about flu …

In this MO question it is stated that there is a relation between some aspects of condensed matter physics (namely the fractional quantum Hall effect) and the algebraic geometry of Hilbert schemes. H …

Let's say General Relativity is the study of the Einstein equation on smooth Lorentzian manifolds, i.e. pseudo-Riemannian manifolds of signature $(n-1,1)$. I've heard more than once people say that th …

Observing the behaviour of a few physicists "in nature", I had the impression that among the mathematical tools they use a lot (along with possibly much more sofisticated maths, of course), there is c …

Sometimes one bumps into the name "geometric algebra" (henceforth "GA"), in the sense of this Wikipedia article. Other names appear in that context such as "vector manifold", "pseudoscalar", and "spac …