On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Volker Braun <vbraun.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 ;-)
Thanks for your physicist help. Also, a minor note -- the person who wrote the original question is a linguist (not a mathematician). -- William > >> >> 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. -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- 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.
