Monthly Archives: December 2025

It’s all about permutations

Permutations appear whenever “things are the same, but in a different order.” That simple idea hides a powerful engine that underlies physics, geometry, information, and even the notion of identity itself. In quantum mechanics, identical particles do not carry little … Continue reading

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Densities

This post introduces “densities”. There is a very nice book, available on arxiv, by Sean M. Carroll: “Lecture Notes on General Relativity“. There, on p. 52, Carroll writes “… we don’t like tensor densities, we like tensors.” Well, I do … Continue reading

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Tensors on a picnic

This series of posts is meant as a “gentle introduction to …”. It’s so gentle that some readers may even find it boring. They might say, “All this is well known—get to the point!” But I can’t think of another … Continue reading

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