On Saturday, January 18, 2014 6:52:29 AM UTC-5, darijgrinberg wrote: > > > - Combinatorics: "crystals" - I'm assuming this literally means > > 'crystals' and is related to physical structures. > No idea about this >
As a physicist by training, I'm always amused how mathematicians never seem to remember the original meaning of physics terms ;-) > BTW I am not very convinced about physical meaning (in this subject, > not even the word "quantum" tends to come from physics) It does have its origin in quantum integrable models and solutions of the quantum Yang Baxter equation, so at least that name is somewhat justified. But as far as I know "crystals" has no physical/chemical meaning... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-combinat-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-combinat-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-combinat-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-combinat-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
