My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Groups of Fire
Johnny Cash sang about a "Ring of Fire".
Big Country sang about "Fields of Fire".
Clearly, somebody has to record a song about Groups of Fire. It would provide a sense of completion.
This is what I think about when I am dazed, and I am seeing rings and other algebraic structures show up in a talk. It also reminds me of comments I made as an undergrad about Killing fields.
Update: Also, "ring of functions" naturally makes my mind blurt "ring of fire".
A killing field? Sounds like an ideal annihilator :)
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