Recent content by blindconsole

Hello, I'm trying to find a fast way to solve the matrix equation (A+pI)x=b, where A is a large matrix, I is the identity matrix, and p is a parameter whose value needs to be swept. Obviously I could just use mldivide or matrix inversion for every value of p, but this seems inefficient. Does...

I find it interesting that you've bought into the argument that copyright infringement is stealing. I'd argue that big business has so distorted our copyright system as to make it completely unrecognizable to the founding fathers, and by swallowing their assertion that infringement is...

You know that the solution isn't unique, right? You can add e^x times any constant to your answer and still have a valid solution.

I'm a first-year EE grad student at a prominent university, and I feel like I'm at an impasse. Basically, I've lost all interest in my research, as well as my (once strong) peripheral interests in physics and math. I have no more motivation. At the risk of sounding like I'm venting, I really...

I want to relearn QM within a rigorous mathematical framework. What classes should I take? Off the top of my head, I expect that I'll need to know functional analysis and group theory. What else?

I'm 20, and have never had a girlfriend. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that I haven't even had any friends since I started college two years ago. At college, I've never even been in anyone else's residence for social reasons (i.e., no parties, no hanging out, etc.). I'm really very sad...