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The Mathematics of Quantum Neutrino Fields; Tuesday, Period 4 [ 07/27 ].

"I see you've all survived our little adventure from last week," said Farnsworth at the beginning of class, not even bothering to mask his disappointment. If giant caves and monsters couldn't kill them, he'd just have to revert back to good old fashioned boring them to death.

He went to the blackboard and wrote: Today's Lesson: Superduper Symmetrical String Theory and, below it, a great mass of goobledy gock formulas, and a diagram of what looked like dog, but a dog covered in a giant dog-sized sock tied with string.

He went on to explain a whole mess of information regarding how the superduper symettrical string theory, or SD SdT from here on in, is all about a quantum theory of gravity, which is different than a quantum theory of, say, electromagneticism, nuclear forces, or your mom. Essentially, it is focused on the idea that the universe could never be smaller than the size of a string, at which point it would actually begin expanding, and that no measurable differences can be detected between strings that wrap around dimensions smaller than themselves and those that move along larger dimensions.

Which all made enough sense a baby could figure it out and was surely helped along by Farnsworth's drawings, which appeared like they belonged more on a Rorchacht test than a science classroom.

"Now," Farnsworth continued without pause, "our physical space is observed by complete idiots to have only three large dimensions and, taken together with duration as the fourth dimension, a physical theory must take this into account. However, nothing prevents a theory from including more than 4 dimensions, you know. String theory here consistency requires spacetime to have 10 dimensions. We have four here." He drew something on the board. "Where are the other six?"

"So your assignment today," he turned back to the class with such a deceptively kind smile, "is to create one of those missing six dimensions. Won't that be fun?"

"And when you're finished with that, I have this very informative video for you to watch and, next week, I'd like you to write a report about its main points and how it showcases the theories on the mathematics of quantum neutrino fields discussed thus far."


[[ wait for the OCD is all strung out man! ]]

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Re: Sign In -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[identity profile] youcantfollow.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Griffin O'Conner

Re: Video -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[identity profile] youcantfollow.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
...there was nothing to do but stare and wonder why in the hell pots kept falling on people's heads and setting off the laugh track.

Re: Assignment -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[identity profile] youcantfollow.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Griff drew an intricate design to represent all ten dimensions. And then he decorated the page with pictures of the professor dancing.

Re: Sign In -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[identity profile] mathletenomore.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Lindsay Weir

Re: Assignment -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[identity profile] mathletenomore.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Lindsay attempted to create a drawing of all the dimensions. It made sense. Sorta.

Re: Talk to the TA -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[identity profile] mathletenomore.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Lindsay was there and would be happy to try to tell you what the video was about. She may not have the right answer, but she could certainly attempt an explanation. Maybe.
notmyownage: (*sticks the landing*)

Re: Sign In -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[personal profile] notmyownage 2010-07-27 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Claudia Donovan
notmyownage: (*goes "uhhhh"*)

Re: Assignment -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[personal profile] notmyownage 2010-07-27 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Claudia's diagram involved bunches of dots with legs running a complex obstacle course around the lines of her paper.

What? It made about as much sense as the dog-sock thing.
angelo_wings: ([lb] angel wing)

Re: Sign In -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[personal profile] angelo_wings 2010-07-27 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Rinoa Heartilly
angelo_wings: ([ros] you've gotta be effing kidding me)

Re: During the Lecture -- M.o.Q.N.F.. 07/27.

[personal profile] angelo_wings 2010-07-27 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Ten dimensions? Rinoa was not following. At all. There were only three. Except there were ten. Fine, then, where were they?

This class didn't make any sense.
angelo_wings: ([ang] girl's best friend)

Re: Assignment -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[personal profile] angelo_wings 2010-07-27 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Somehow, Rinoa's illustrations of the fifth through tenth dimensions bore a strange resemblance to her dog.
weldedtomyspine: (oh so heroic)

Re: Sign In -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[personal profile] weldedtomyspine 2010-07-27 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Jaime Reyes
weldedtomyspine: (know something you don't know)

Re: During the Lecture -- M.o.Q.N.F.. 07/27.

[personal profile] weldedtomyspine 2010-07-27 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Jaime's face exploded. Oh, wait, that's just what it felt like. What his face actually did was look very, very confused. He'd managed to follow at least some of the earlier lectures. Or, well, he thought so, but... this one was.

What?
weldedtomyspine: (Default)

Re: OOC -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[personal profile] weldedtomyspine 2010-07-27 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I just felt the need to go on record with the fact that this class is consistently genius.

The end.

Re: Sign In -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Dana Scully

Re: Assignment -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Scully leaned over to see what Claudia was doing. "So, the missing dimensions have tire-swings?"
notmyownage: (Default)

Re: Assignment -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[personal profile] notmyownage 2010-07-28 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
"That's what they need all the strings for."

Re: Assignment -- M.o.Q.N.F., 07/27.

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-07-28 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
"So gravity works on it as a point of reference?" Scully paused. "Or is gravity the tree? ... My ball of yarn pales in comparison."

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