Geometric quantization is often presented as a systematic recipe for starting with a classical mechanics problem and "quantizing" it. But in fact you have to add a lot of extra input before you can turn the crank! I explain here:https://tinyurl.com/baez-qg2
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Thanks! I'll see if I can check it out. To me one big attraction of Montpellier is that it was Grothendieck's base of operations after he didn't get that job in Paris (and before he ran away and hid out). But I don't know if there's any sign left of his presence there.
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Ruelle wrote about Grothendieck in this collection.Great read. I winced reading about this recent congressional meeting where they were asked pure math to be funded.I thought they should follow G & ask for all Pure Math back like he did.Starting with 0.http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/teaching/mathe320_2014/blog/butterfly.pdf …
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