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I live in an area that actually doesn't have any local universities, and the community college dosn't even offer one science course [one of the reasons I turned to the internet]. However, if I understand the website correctly, Thomas Edison State College is rather reasonable in cost if you...

Oh wow fast fingers. Those post all showed up while I was typing my reply. What you were saying about trying to turn OCW work into credit is VERY interesting to me. I've said from the beggining of that program that there should be some way of testing or somthing to gain credit. I'm googleing...

Thank you so much for your help. I'm going to go check out those websites tomorrow. Other than getting a bachelors degree, do you have any other suggestions for encouraging them to take me seriously? I'm only 19. Alternatively, what do you know of as very VERY inexpensive bachelors programs if...

And to answer you quick questions, I'm pretty sure I do know the answers (if I am wrong, please correct me. I'd rather fix the gaps in my knowledge than not.) 1. You mean like: P(t)y"+q(t)y'+r(t)y=0? It needs to equal 0 for all values of t to be homogeonous. Y"+5y'+6y=0. Y(0)=2. And...

And to answer you quick questions, I'm pretty sure I do know the answers (if I am wrong, please correct me. I'd rather fix the gaps in my knowledge than not.) 1. You mean like: P(t)y"+q(t)y'+r(t)y=0? It needs to equal 0 for all values of t to be homogeonous. Y"+5y'+6y=0. Y(0)=2. And...

@two-fish quant: The list I've gone through is: 8.01- classical mechanics, 8.02- electicity and magnetisim, 8.03-vibrations and waves, 18.01- single variable calculus, 18.02i multi variable calculus, 18.03- differential equations, 8.04 quantum mechanics 1, 8.044, statistical physics 1, 8.05...

Or also, part of my original question, is there a sub-specialty within astrophysics where I should focus my study?

Also a lot of times the library can order a book from another library

You can get a lot of free ebooks as textbooks for the more advanced math try googling free ebooks calculus or free ebooks linear algebra, ect. There are more than I expected to find.

On the topic of learning how to do research, I know that a one-on-one advisor is of course best, but if i cannot make that happen [or in the meantime until i find one], are there any resourses i could look into that could give me a head start in this direction as far as the methods and skills i...

yeah I'm sure, especially since i live in the middle of nowhere with no schools around. I'm definately looking into taking the GRE. Thanks for that Info it helped alot. And also on a tangental note, I am quite interested in that pioneer anomally. does anyone know if any work has been done on...

And like you said, they have many years preparing them in the proscess of doing research. I am dying to get my hands into doing some research on an unsolved problem, even if it just means working it out mathematically with the variables i can gather from the internet and physics journals that i...

I don't actually have a bachelors in anything, unfourtunatly. I had no idea that graduate school was free in physics and astronomy. is that in the US? I'm sure i could score well on any tests, and i would love nothing more than learning more about doing the research. I have a really good...

neat. I'm investigating the pioneer anomaly. that's interesting. any others?

Hello Everybody, It's been a very long time since i posted on here last but hopefully this is the start of a long-term involvement on this site. I'm trying to self-teach myself Astrophysics and so far I have gone through all the courses on th MIT OCW website that are "required subjects" for a...