Comment Feed for Channel 9 - C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/previewImages/100/490663_100x75.jpg Channel 9 - C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 By now, you know Brian Beckman given how many times he's been featured on Channel 9 and, well, just how amazing he is. Brian is an astrophysicist and software architect currently working on a technology we can't talk about...yet...  Stay tuned for that. Dr. Beckman is the perfect choice for a new lecture in the C9 Lectures series. This is a single lecture, but there will be more interesting conversations to come on this deep and beautiful topic (in some sense, this is all about symmetry).In the Rx interview with Brian and Erik Meijer, a short discussion on covariance and contravariance took place as a tangential topic (which often happens in real conversations - and we love that!). The concepts of co/contravariance can confuse and confound. Also, they are not just related to programming. Here, Dr. Beckman teaches us about covariance and contravariance in physics. Are these universal properties? Do they apply to the mathematics of physics (from quantum mechanics to black holes) in the same basic way they do for general purpose programming with objects and lists, for example? Tune in. This is a deep dive lecture and quite mathematical. Don't be scared. As usual, Brian explains complex things in a readily understandable fashion for mere mortals. If you have no experience with math and physics, this may be a bit challenging, but certainly not entirely over your head.Enjoy. NOTE: You should download the supporting document and slides (you should download the MathType fonts here). This will help you learn faster! en Tue, 21 May 2013 19:44:32 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 19:44:32 GMT Rev9 Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 I'm getting the error "Media Failure. Try reloading the page or visiting the main site for assistance." when watching throught the browser.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947792530000000 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:54:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947792530000000 N2Cheval Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 This could be due to transient networking issues on your network. It works fine for me on my home DSL via Earthlink... The files are on the servers Smiley

 

What version of Silverlight are you using? Which browser?

 

What happens when you click Media Downloads and choose WMV?

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posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947794940000000 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:58:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947794940000000 Charles Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Awesome! I never thought we'd actually get to hear Brian riff on this topic, it's great that MS and C9 give their uber brains the time and platform for these kinds of videos. This has been a vintage year for Channel 9 and it's merry band.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947835800000000 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:06:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947835800000000 tomkirbygreen Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 The video stops playing whenever I try to go full screen in the browser.  Windows 7, IE8.

posted by Richard.Hein

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947840930000000 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:14:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947840930000000 Richard.Hein Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 This may be a bug with our player. We will look into this. For now, download the high res version and enjoy full screen in Windows Media Player.

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posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947927160000000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:38:36 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947927160000000 Charles Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 This topic is entirely original, by the way. Brian wrote the attached document that provides much greater detail, mathematically, for the beautiful story Brian is telling. Do read it.

 

In some sense, the physical world is composed of monadic symmetric fractal structures. Well, that's what Brian's thinking and writing evoked in my simple mind Smiley

 

And thank you for the kind words. I have to agree with you: this is the best year in C9's history and the new team is the best ever. I've been a member of all iterations of the C9 Team and this group simply represents the most creative and capable to date. Further, the content quality (and quantity) that is created by folks not on the C9 Team is just stellar. I'm loving this.

 

You will see and hear Brian again on Friday as he talks to me about Complexity in the latest edition of C9 Conversations. C9 Conversations is a new series that will focus on big problems and the big brains trying to solve them - all in a conversational, well-produced, unscripted, real way. Consider it C9 Classic++

 

Cheers,

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posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947930300000000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:43:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947930300000000 Charles Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 His interview with Erik on Rx was wicked. Looking forward to this one!

posted by wil2300

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947986570000000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:17:37 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633947986570000000 wil2300 Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 I'm working on the concept that a monad is a "coordinate system," and that going from one monad to another is analogous to a coordinate transformation. If this concept is right, then covariance and contravariance will just "fall out" the way they do in physics. A good friend of mine has shown me how to do the "chain rule" in the lambda calculus, so I think we can close this all up. It will be a LOT of calculations, but calculations are fun and a really great way to do proofs Smiley  We'll see if this works out.

posted by brianbec

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633948057840000000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:16:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633948057840000000 brianbec Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 I sense more lectures, dear Brian Smiley

 

Cheers,

C

posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633948148490000000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633948148490000000 Charles Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 I do have the same problem.

The video isn't Silverlight.

 

When I click "open link in new tab" I get windows media player.
I can use that full screen.

posted by hthvdmeer

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633948205460000000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:22:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633948205460000000 hthvdmeer Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Oh my god... all this actually made sense to me.

posted by samov

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633948404390000000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:53:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633948404390000000 samov Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Slight correction -- the galaxy cluster on the first slide is a CL cluster, not a CT (Cerro Telolo) cluster. Here's the data dump

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090823.html

 

posted by brianbec

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633948548640000000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:54:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633948548640000000 brianbec Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 That makes the whole thing worthwhile for me.

posted by brianbec

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633949360280000000 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:27:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633949360280000000 brianbec Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 The docx file opens and displays fine, but a few characters in the pptx file show up as boxes. Could you upload a PDF version of the slides? Smiley

posted by ShinNoNoir

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633949516840000000 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:48:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633949516840000000 ShinNoNoir Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 I can't download this AVI. The downloading stops after a few minutes (Using IE). Same if I use the Silverlight player. I live in Australia and have no problems downloading AVI's from other sites (.NET Rocks, IT Conversations etc.)

posted by mntb

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633949608230000000 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:20:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633949608230000000 mntb Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 This could be due to our CDN. We will find out.

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posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633949608430000000 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:20:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633949608430000000 Charles Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Transient networking issues? Probably as my Australian ISP is currently upgrading their network and hijacking the DNS service.

 

Browser? Silverlight is 3 and it happens in both IE8 and Firefox 3.5.5.

 

> What happens when you click Media Downloads and choose WMV?

I only get 33MB of the file and the download quits.

 

Oh well, I was really looking forward to this.

posted by N2Cheval

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633949828040000000 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:26:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633949828040000000 N2Cheval Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 The boxes are supposed to be math symbols but aren't since the required font is not on your machine. You can get the font by installing a math program... Brian knows the exact one.

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posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633950301280000000 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:35:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633950301280000000 Charles Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 MathType from dessci dot com I believe will let you install the proper fonts for free. Turns out the boxes are just equals signs with little deltas on top, meaning "defined as," meaning it's not only an equation but a definition of the symbol on the left-hand-side.

posted by brianbec

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633950343940000000 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:46:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633950343940000000 brianbec Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Ah yes, searching for "MathType font installer" on the web and then install the found installer solves the problem. Smiley

posted by ShinNoNoir

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633950536750000000 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:07:55 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633950536750000000 ShinNoNoir Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Brian,

 

Hope this post isn't too late. I'm reading through the attached paper and having trouble in the "Transformations, Jacobians" section (and in the example that follows). your definitions of "bold x" and "bold y" look infinitely recursive to me:

 

  x = X . y

  y = Y . x

 

In the example, I find the same thing when defining x1 (squiggle) and x2 (eta). They are defined in terms of y1 (rho) and y2 (theta). y1 and y2 are then defined in terms of x1 and x2!

 

I am sure I am thinking too operationally here but any enlightment would be appreciated!

 

Justin

posted by Justin Bailey

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633954698550000000 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:44:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633954698550000000 Justin Bailey Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Hi, Justin -- think of these as formulas-to-evaluate or equations-to-solve rather than as definitions-qua-rewrite rules. If you happen to have the values of the coordinates of some point in rectangular coordinates, then use the rectangular-to-polar conversion equations to get the values of the coordinates of the same point in the polar coordinate system, and vice versa. Ditto the Jacobian equations. Operationally, use ONE of the pair as a definition and then think of the other of the pair as the inversion of the definition, that is, the solution of an equation. Since these coordinate transformations are one-to-one and "onto" functions; that is bijections; that is invertable (except at singularities), then you can invert these equations almost everywhere on a manifold, so it doesn't matter which of the pair you pick as the "definition". Hope that helps!

posted by brianbec

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633954936720000000 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:21:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633954936720000000 brianbec Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 That does help a lot - thank you!

posted by Justin Bailey

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633955380850000000 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:41:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633955380850000000 Justin Bailey Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Thanks for this wonderful lecture.

 

As a side effect  Wink , the lecture and the paper gave me a good enough refresher on derivatives that I was able to solve project Euler’s problem 262. http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=262

 

posted by paks8150

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633958170030000000 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:10:03 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633958170030000000 paks8150 Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Brian,

 

Have you seen Conal Elliot's paper "Beautiful Differnetation"? It doesn't talk about co- or contra-variance, but he does go over a lot of the same differentation you & Erik covered in your paper:

 

   http://conal.net/blog/posts/paper-beautiful-differentiation/

 

 

posted by Justin Bailey

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633964237930000000 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:43:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633964237930000000 Justin Bailey Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Thanks for the link, Justin. I haven't seen that paper and will take a look!

posted by brianbec

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633967835640000000 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:39:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633967835640000000 brianbec Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Uplifting experience to see concepts the software engineering  which is more than bunch of   “if thens  and while loop”. Thank you  Brain  and Charles

posted by Paul555

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633970759350000000 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:52:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633970759350000000 Paul555 Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Brian,

Can you satisfy my curiosity on this point ?

Can I supose that programming without Monad(s) is like using a "flat space"  (in your universe) ?

(The deal with "the gravitation and the relativity theory" seems like the  deal with "an effect/Rx system and a pure functional programming style").

???

 

Pascal

posted by paxal

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633972679360000000 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:12:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633972679360000000 paxal Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 This is great, but is there any way to read the supporting document on a Mac? Word 2008 complains it has "Word 2007 for Windows" equations in it, so it doesn't display the equations. PDF? Word 2008? 

posted by algal

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633975912070000000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:00:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Brian-Beckman-Covariance-and-Contravariance-in-Physics-1-of-1#c633975912070000000 algal Re: C9 Lectures: Dr. Brian Beckman - Covariance and Contravariance in Physics 1 of 1 Today7 the spacks jumped circuits and crosss polinated.  See my opst at: http://tinyurl.com/34eqrjv relateds to my unifide thery ofquantium tansidential fluid space mathematics.,

 

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