Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh, Fluids, and Noncommuting Fields

Abstract

Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh and his work are recalled; the connection between fluid mechanics -- his last research topic -- and noncommuting gauge fields is explained.

9 pp., 1 photo, using LaTeX and BoxedEPSF macros; email to jackiw@lns.mit.edu; O'Raifeartaigh Memorial Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, September 2002