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Why do we define Lagrangians on the tangent bundle and not on the phase space?

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What are some interesting but lesser known results, theorems, and topics in QFT that aren’t usually touched upon in a standard QFT course?

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How does the non geometric viewpoint of GR espoused by Weinberg and Feynman differ from the geometric viewpoint espoused by Wald, and why has it fallen out of favour?

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If we consider two spacetime manifolds equivalent in GR if there exists a diffeomorphism between them, why is it that although the sphere and the general ellipsiod are diffeomorphic, there is a metric that can distinguish between them?

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How does the non geometric viewpoint of GR espoused by Weinberg and Feynman differ from the geometric viewpoint espoused by Wald, and why has it fallen out of favour?

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Why is the diffeomorphism group of the circle Diff_k (S^1) relevant in conformal field theory?

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Why do we define Lagrangians on the tangent bundle and not on the phase space?	7	AskPhysics
What are some interesting but lesser known results, theorems, and topics in QFT that aren’t usually touched upon in a standard QFT course?	7	Physics
How does the non geometric viewpoint of GR espoused by Weinberg and Feynman differ from the geometric viewpoint espoused by Wald, and why has it fallen out of favour?	5	Physics
If we consider two spacetime manifolds equivalent in GR if there exists a diffeomorphism between them, why is it that although the sphere and the general ellipsiod are diffeomorphic, there is a metric that can distinguish between them?	4	AskPhysics
How does the non geometric viewpoint of GR espoused by Weinberg and Feynman differ from the geometric viewpoint espoused by Wald, and why has it fallen out of favour?	4	AskPhysics
Why is the diffeomorphism group of the circle Diff_k (S^1) relevant in conformal field theory?	2	AskPhysics