Sign up ×       share|cite|improve this question I think
concerning the topics you are interested in, mathematicians and
physicists help each other to make large progress in both
fields. Mathematicians like it to see when their work has
implications for fundamental physics questions, and the
physicists appreciate it when the mathematicians can help with
rigorously proofing their findings. Both fields gain a lot from
these "positive" interactions. Shing-Tung Yau beautifully
describes this in his "Shape of Inner Space" book, spiced with
interesting and funny anecdotes and personal experiance. – 
Dilaton Apr 13 '12 at 19:04 So it is probably not that important
if you approach these topics from the mathematicians or
physicists side (and it is probably not irreversible?) and you
should just do what feels best for you personally and interests
you most. –  Dilaton Apr 13 '12 at 19:11 Just a comment about
the last thoughts, my experience is exactly the opposite; I know
many physicist (all theoreticians) that love to