Monthly Archives: November 2011

Well, as I often do, I’ve watched some more popular physics and cosmology shows on the science and science-related TV channels over the last week or two.  These shows star wonderful physics personalities and are fascinating to a wannabe physicist … Continue reading →

Well, after all is said and done, perhaps I should be happy with the usual way of “choicelessly” defining absolute value, namely, simply setting Abs(a) = Sqrt(a*(conj(a))      (1) where Sqrt means the positive square root.  I delayed accepting this because … Continue reading →

The more I think about it, the more I think I should put my tail between my legs and humbly admit that I have failed to avoid the “choice” conundrum when defining the absolute value of a number.  Even with … Continue reading →