http://dkwise.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/explaining-cartan-geometry/ Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dkwise.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/explaining-cartan-geometry/#comment-20 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:31:47 +0000 http://dkwise.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-20 Thanks for this post; the hamster example makes the connection a bit more imaginable to me. I am looking forward to your explanation of generalized hamsters!

]]> http://dkwise.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/explaining-cartan-geometry/#comment-10 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:33:23 +0000 http://dkwise.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-10 Thanks, Blake. It may well be that my most important contribution to Cartan geometry so far is introducing hamsters to the subject. :-)

]]> http://dkwise.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/explaining-cartan-geometry/#comment-9 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:32:54 +0000 http://dkwise.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-9 I love the term ‘hamster geometry.’

]]> http://dkwise.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/explaining-cartan-geometry/#comment-6 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:40:30 +0000 http://dkwise.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-6 [...] – this is the next natural step after Klein geometry (Edit:  Derek’s blog now has a visual explanation of Cartan geometry new since I originally posted this).  We can say that Cartan is to Klein as Riemann is to [...]

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