Connection
Original: Connection on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman scientist: My god a deep connection at the heart of complexity theory AND quantum field theory.
Panel 2:
Man scientist: We must never publish. For the dignity of our fields.
Panel 3 (the two scientists face each other across a chalkboard; on the board is written an equation):
Chalkboard: ∫ Dφ e^{iS[φ]} ⟹ ⋃_{k≥1} DSPACE(n^k)
Caption below the comic: The link between PSpace and Fock Space remains a scientific secret.
Votey:
A face (drawn in loose black brush strokes) gazes upward, awestruck.
Speech bubble: I feel I've seen... the PSpace of God.
Woman scientist: My god a deep connection at the heart of complexity theory AND quantum field theory.
Panel 2:
Man scientist: We must never publish. For the dignity of our fields.
Panel 3 (the two scientists face each other across a chalkboard; on the board is written an equation):
Chalkboard: ∫ Dφ e^{iS[φ]} ⟹ ⋃_{k≥1} DSPACE(n^k)
Caption below the comic: The link between PSpace and Fock Space remains a scientific secret.
Votey:
A face (drawn in loose black brush strokes) gazes upward, awestruck.
Speech bubble: I feel I've seen... the PSpace of God.
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Two scientists stand on either side of a green chalkboard. Panel 1: a woman with gray hair says, "My god a deep connection at the heart of complexity theory AND quantum field theory." Panel 2: a man with glasses replies, "We must never publish. For the dignity of our fields." In the main wide panel they face each other across the chalkboard, which shows an equation linking a quantum field theory path integral to a union of complexity classes: the integral ∫ Dφ e^{iS[φ]} implies the union over k≥1 of DSPACE(n^k). A caption reads: "The link between PSpace and Fock Space remains a scientific secret" — a pun joining the complexity class PSpace with Fock space from quantum field theory. Votey (bonus panel): a loosely brush-drawn face gazes upward in awe, saying, "I feel I've seen... the PSpace of God."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.