
The original ideas about noncommuting coordinates are recalled. The connection between U(1) gauge fields defined on noncommuting coordinates and fluid mechanics is explained.
8 pages; TH-2002, Paris, France, July 2002; email correspondence to jackiw@lns.mit.edu
Seiberg-Witten map, High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Noncommutative geometry methods in quantum field theory, Noncommutative geometry (à la Connes), Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory, Noncommutative geometry in quantum theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory
Seiberg-Witten map, High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Noncommutative geometry methods in quantum field theory, Noncommutative geometry (à la Connes), Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory, Noncommutative geometry in quantum theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory
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