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Does anyone know where i can find some useful sites on reduction to canonical form? none of the sites above say much about them. thanks!

Hi, I'll be taking Quantum Mechanics A, Electromagnetic Theory I and PDE next semester. However, in the course description, PDE is a corequisite for QM and Electromagnetic. I wanted to know what PDE topic should I read up on during the holiday that i might encounter in QM or EM before the...

yah, i don't mind taking two at once, just hoping that they will allow me to register for them.

The classes are quite big actually. for this year. statistical physics - roughly 48 students enrolled of a total of 60 spots computational physics - 30 out of 40 spots. the conflict was created during my second year and there is nothing i can do to fix this even before scheduling for my...

I'm just afraid that the department won't let me take them both at the same time.

Computational physics II both are required for my program. Just say i informed them but they can't/won't do anything about, then what other options do i have?

Hi, I just discovered that next year, i will have two courses in the same time slot. I supposed to take one of them (statistical physics) this year (third year) but due missing prerequesite which I'm taking now, I'm unable to. These courses are offered only once a year. i can't graduate next...

Most physics programs in Canada i have seen requires PDE and Complex Analysis. Real Analysis is required if you're doing mathematical physics.

At your University, PDE and linear algebra is not required for physics major?

thanks for the reply! Kernahan is still here, but doesn't seem like he still teaching astro anymore.

Hi, I'm a third year computational physics student at UofA. I started looking into grad school for physics but I'm not so sure if i can make it into any good grad school with my not so good gpa (around 3.4 ish). I have no research experience, however I'm planning on being an assistant for...

& is the bitwise and operator, x &= x-1; is the same as x = x & (x-1); if an unsigned int x = 5; then 5 = 101 in binary and (x-1) = 4 = 100 so after evaluating, x = 100 in binary or x = 4 in decimal.

Hi, After hrs of googling still couldn't find the answer to my question. I'm hoping i get better luck positng it here. Any C/C++ out there please help! 1) a) Given an unsigned int x, what does x &= x-1; do and why does it work? I know what x &= x-1 does but to explain why does it work...

nvm solved it. thanks for viewing anyway...

Hi, i'm stuck on this question for my hw, please do give any advice/suggestions .. thanks! For Berthelot equation of state P = RT/(v-b) - a/(Tv^2) where T is the thermodynamic temp, a and b are constants, R is the Universal gas constant. a) Show that Lim_(T->infinity) v/T = R/P...