Recent content by mcabbage

The IQC (institute for quantum computing) in Canada has a lot of research groups. I'd check them out.

I'm doing a USRA (Canadian equivalent of an NSF URA etc, fairly competitive) in the applied math department of my school, where i'll be working on mathematical/computational systems biology. I'll be learning lots of techniques for simulations, dynamical systems, etc and one of their models is...

My university offers a degree in Medical Physics - see here: https://ugradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/page/SCI-Honours-Life-Physics-Medical-Physics. For various reasons I think I can provide you with some insight. Many med phys students get out-competed for internships by regular physics students...

I'm interested in pursuing graduate studies in Relativistic Quantum Information (looking into universities affiliated with the ISRQI) as well as other fields related to quantum information theory (Quantum Computing - QKD protocols, Quantum Channels). I think it would be cool to apply QIP to...

American undergraduate degrees just have much different grading standards. A 90% is considered an A in the US because their courses are different from Canadian courses. Admissions people know this and will be able to interpret what a "canadian A" means. I don't know exactly how they do this...

I just practiced a lot and paid more attention to understanding the content on assignments rather than grinding through problems on a case-by-case basis. In calculus 2 I was able to grasp the "bigger picture" of the course a lot better. What challenged me in calculus 1 was applying taylor...

Its strange how grading differs throughout the world. In Canada an 80% is an A, a 70% is a B, and so on. In the UK a 70% is a "first" (equivalent to an A). Towards OP: I wouldn't worry. I got a C in calculus 1 but an A in calculus 2. Just keep working harder and find a more effective study...

I'm not from the southern US so I am not familiar with the accreditation system, but from looking at their department website I would say that due to the faculty they have there and the fact that they have so much involvement in the physics community that accreditation is completely irrelevant...

Makes sense! I may end up going into more experimental/developmental quantum computing work rather than all that grand high energy stuff. I'm also interested in working on computational physics in the study of galaxies, stellar interiors, or maybe biophysics (which might be my best bet as far as...

Just looking for extra critique here: I'm a 2nd year math and physics student at a good uni in Canada. My average is in the 70s (B range, hoping to bring up to an 80/A- by the end of second year). The good thing is that Canadian unis will only look at my most recent 4 semesters or so (though I'd...

MATH174 looks a lot more valuable - you can learn a lot of the circuitry stuff through classes on differential equations (input-response analysis is covered more generally there, and the rest of the stuff can likely be learned elsewhere). On the other hand 174 covers a lot of essential knowledge...

We do Fourier transforms in Partial Differential Equations as well as Calculus 4. Fourier analysis is also emphasized in Real Analysis 2 as well as in my Quantum Theory courses. I will check out this for good measure though! Thanks! Alright, I am definitely interested in cosmology, but I...

Some background: I'm a mathematical physics (it's not focused on the field titled mathematical physics specifically, but rather it's a general math and physics degree) student in Canada. (Update if you saw my last post about struggling in linear algebra 2 - I have been doing very well in groups...

I'm a physics student who has the option to take some advanced math courses (Real analysis through Rudin and beyond, functional analysis if I have time, as well as algebra through Artin). I'm only just going into my second year this term, and will either be retaking linear algebra 2, or taking...