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Finishing up my B.S. in Computer Science, with a minor in physics. My GPA is only about 2.5 and very little academic research experience. Yea, I agree I messed up. But I'm fixing things now, reading up hard and practicing for GRE. I plan to attend George Mason's computational science M.S...

The definition of subsequential limit point.

Homework Statement Determine all subsequential limit points of the sequence X_n = cos(n) Homework Equations Unsure of any. The Attempt at a Solution Tried determining subsequences of cos(n) but, having trouble finding any. Can anyone tell me the definition and how to...

so I can write |x_1 + x_2 + x_3| ≤ |x_1| + |x_2| + |x_3| since |x_1 + x_2| ≤ |x_1| + |x_2| but how do I cover all the "n" cases?

Homework Statement Show that |x_1 + x_2 + · · · + x_n | ≤ |x_1 | + |x_2 | + · · · + |x_n | for any numbers x_1 , x_2 , . . . , x_n Homework Equations |x_1 + x_2| ≤ |x_1| + |x_2| (Triangle inequality)The Attempt at a Solution I tried using the principle of induction here, but to no avail...

Do you think committing to a startup internship will limit my options for working with more established companies like Google down the road?

I have a chance to work for a very small software startup in San Francisco that develops mobile games. They're doing pretty well as a startup even they only have 7 employees (one of their apps has over 1,000,000+ downloads on the Android market and high ratings = 4.7) However, I'm also debating...

The difference in the departments is, well, the departments. Comp neuroscience programs housed in mathematics tend to be, thus, more mathematics driven. There are of course many different approaches to neuroscience so it's not surprising that the research tend to show up in different fields...

Your teachers were very wise to tell you to become an electrical engineer. They likely realize we're in a crappy economy, (especially given their circumstance as high school faculty) and that electrical engineering, while still reconciling your love of math/natural science, will keep you in very...

This is going to sound cut and dry, but my best advice for you is to explore other related college majors, now. You're only a freshman, and by the list of names you give (Greene, Kaku), who are popularizers of science, it seems that you've become attracted to the romanticized view of physics...

Depends on what you mean for something to have a mind. I think the OP has a valid argument going for him if an electron can "sense" it's being watched en route to a slit, thus collapsing its wave function.

Would you consider a computer scientist (someone with a PhD & doing research) as a traditional scientist? I mean, there's no rigorous method that defines computer science as a "science" in the proper sense that is guided by the scientific method of making hypotheses, gathering evidence...

I'm a layman but I'd think that since the both particles are being annihilated, that no energy is released; don't they just cancel each other out?

He's probably referring to the inescapably strange results of the double-slit experiment; but I agree, vague question.

I agree with twofish here, and with what he said about settling for a good enough life instead of aggravatingly trying to pick out the "best" one for you. That's probably the best way for you to have a mental burnout. Believe me, I'm speaking from first-hand experience. Also, if you look at...