Spectral Theory

[Pigwidgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Pigwidgeon" <simon at h...> wrote:
> 
> > I think that I should instead get back 
> > to the wonders of Analytic Topology, followed a little later in  
> > the afternoon with Spectral Theory.
> 
> Is that the area of knowledge that deals with questions such 
> as "what's the difference between a ghost and a poltergeist," "why 
> do ghosts haunt the places they do," "who is the Widow and why is  
> Nick's party such an event that she'd come all the way from Kent," 
> and "why are the Shrieking Shack's putative ghosts scary but the   
> Hogwarts ghosts aren't"?

No. Instead it deals with some horrible areas of mathematics that end 
up with pages and pages of incomprehensible notes. I never got around 
to studying it this afternoon as something happened to distract me 
from my revision. I should be looking a it tomorrow and so will 
possibly be looking for more distractions then ;)



Simon (10 days to go, or possibly 13 - depends what I have a 
countdown for)