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I'd say I enjoy the latter. Would self studying include independent self studying outside of academia?

Just finished my Bs.c with a minor in CS. At the end of my degree I did a reserch project where I numerically solved a nonlinear PDE and enjoyed the numerical simulation work. What is the best path to do similar work in the industry? I don't mind simulating models from outside of physics, such...

Hey, I am a physics major and a new semester is about to begin. I think my biggest problem study wise is that I would go over the lecture notes and sometimes the textbook too, yet always feel ill equipped to tackle the homework problems. Currently my strategy is to go over the text...

Homework Statement Show that the normal derivative of the coulomb gauge vector suffers a jump discontinuity at a surface endowed with a current density K(\vec r_s ) Homework Equations The vector potential A is given by: A=\frac{\mu_0}{4\pi}\int{\frac{J(x')}{|x-x'|}d^3x} The magnetic...

I am a physics major and what helped me in the basic introductory courses (E&M and Mechanics) was a lecturer from Yale with great online classes. He basically teaches a two part course called "Fundamentals of Physics" concentrating on E&M and Mechanics, with some thermodynamics and even some...

I have have Dysgraphia, like dyslexia with writing, and I get an extended time accommodation in exams. It does help because it gives me more time to go over errors. I would still like to make less errors because I'd rather use the time to think about the problems rather than do algebra most of...

Thanks. I do realize everyone makes mistakes, but no matter how much I practice I don't seem to manage to do as well as my classmates seem to do in this area. This is frustrating for me because it puts me at a disadvantage.

Thank you for your response. I do ok when I need to solve classes of problems I am already familiar with. For example I can usually do Fourier transforms ok because I am familiar with the theorems like the shift and convolution theorem, which allows me to skip a lot of algebra. I am also...

Hey, I guess anyone in physics have seen it a lot but I have trouble looking for tips and strategies for solving my problem so I thought I'll try here. Problem: I currently take Waves and Optics. I already passed Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Analytical Mechanics, Thermodynamics and...

Hey, we have learned in class that if you partialy insert a dielectric slab into a capacitor where voltage is held constant, there is a force pulling the dielectric farther into the capacitor. This gets me consfued. I know the more dielectric material there is in the capacitor, the capacitence...

Thank you, this was helpfull to me.

Almeisan: Your entire premise is wrong. I took one year in Uni then I spent the last 7 years outside of school due to cicumstances I do not wish to discuss. It's not like I spent 7 years trying to get a BS.c. As to why I think I can do well in physics: I already am. Right now I'm on track to...

unfortunately, I can not do this. I failed this course 7 years ago, and failed it last year. My university gives two chances to pass and the department head is unresponsive to my reasoning that the last time was 7 years ago. As I said she's pretty strict. It is partly my fault, I took too high a...

Hey, there. I am reading this forum for close to a year and it seems to have knowlagable people. I am in a little academic crisis right now. I'll start by saying I was enrolled in a CS/Physics double major. I actually started University 7 years ago, and returned just now, at age 26. I was...