Recent content by carpe deum

p.s., i know this is a cliche, but it bears repeating: the real world does not work the way you think it does while you're in school. it's not necessarily worse than what you're expecting, it's just... different. and it's hard to fully grasp how it's different without actually experiencing...

if you're wondering specifically what the job market is like for someone with a physics BS, fresh out of college, here's what i found: you might think you could step into fields like engineering with relative ease, since there's so much overlap, but i was not able to. in most cases, when i...

sounds like a tough situation. given the specific goals you have in mind, i can't offer much beyond sympathy. however, if you're willing to be flexible, you might try what i did: leave school after your bachelor's degree, go work for a while, and save money until you have a decent amount of...

, he said, replying to me and if you argue with this, you'll be replying to me again. you can't win. muhuhahaha

thanks for the replies. i think i need to reformulate my question. OK, so there's usually a way to find a smaller or related problem that is far more tractable. what worries me is that if you switch to a problem that is too small, you can easily stray into territory where no one will ever...

differential equations is not a neat and tidy subject. there is no generally-applicable method for finding closed-form exact solutions in terms of familiar "elementary" functions, such as polynomials, sine, cosine, etc. the techniques that do exist are very ad hoc, and are always limited to...

my first post, and already I've stumped you guys? i guess people around here aren't as bright as I've been led to believe. *folds arms*

what fields of math progress the most "continuously"? i have a physics BS, and have left acamedia to work. but i have an interest in going back some day and doing research, probably in math. i do some amateur math tinkering on my own, but i try hard to keep it valid and to avoid straying into...