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I am doing a physics undergrad degree. I'm fairly settled now on applying for grad school in mathematical physics. Anyway, I want to have a fair amount of money to spare in my life and I'm considering quant jobs as a plausible career path for me. The question is should I use my spare credits in...

Maaaaaaan, you're right. I guess I'll have to find another way to solve this then. Thank you!

pXA = -AXp → pXA = (pXA + pXA)/2 = (-AXp + pXA)/2

Thank you! I got it now. But now I have another question: Is pXA = (-AXp + pXA)/2 or -AXp + pXA I need to use this result to end up the problem but it would only work if the sencod result is true. I used -AXp = pXA to develop it but the 1/2 is not letting me move on with the problem in...

Homework Statement In the Pauli theory of the electron, one encounters the expresion: (p - eA)X(p - eA)ψ where ψ is a scalar function, and A is the magnetic vector potential related to the magnetic induction B by B = ∇XA. Given that p = -i∇, show that this expression reduces to ieBψ...

Why not both?

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I want to go to grad. school in theoretical physics after I'm done with undergrad (aiming quite high: Perimeter Institue, Cambridge's DAMTP, MIT, etc. I know it's hard but I want to keep optimistic about it). Which pathway would be more appropiate/realistic? route 1: I self study math courses...

From what I heard about quantum chemistry courses, they tend to work towards a 'conceptual' understanding of experimental phenomena related to the quantum mechanical behavior of molecules and what not. A quantum mechanics course by the physics department would require, at the very least, a...

Thank you, Ibix! You answered my question and even more. I'll take this into account when registering my courses for the next semester.

I have such a "narrow focus" because I have only certain amount of credits for free electives and I would rather use them on courses more related to physics (atomic force microscopy, intro nuclear and particle physics, molecular modelling, that sort of stuff which isn't compulsory for the...

I've programmed some basic methods in C. Newton-Raphson, bisection, finite difference, romberg integration, matrix inversion, etc... I have also several numerical methods programmed in MATLAB. Maybe I've been doing OOP all along and I don't even know because I didn't know what the term exactly...

Thank you, BiP! Now could you give some insight as to whether or not it would be an advantage when taking computational physics courses? Would taking a course on object oriented programming be a waste of credits or would it actually improve my programming skills, regarding the implementation of...

I don't think I fully understand what "object oriented" actually means. Anyway, is it useful for a physics major hoping to get into grad. school to know object oriented programming? I have yet to take two compulsory computational physics courses where we will cover several numerical methods for...

What topics should a year-long course in mathematical methods for physicists for which the pre reqs are vector calculus, ode's and linear algebra cover?