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    MATLAB MATLABCan it do Symbolic Manipulations?

    there is MATLAB for the linux environment? got have that...
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    Which Laptop Should I Buy for Programming?

    wasn't able to visit this forum when we got the laptop. thanks for the advise though. I hope this can help others. Got a Dell Inspiron. Running with ubuntu 9.04 and vista. so far so good. enjoying open source software and apps very much.
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    Which Laptop Should I Buy for Programming?

    i'm planning to buy a new laptop... i'll be using it for programming and other computing applications like matlab... friend's recommend 4gb RAM, dell, hp or mac... but another friend tells me that toshiba is better... what I'm sure right now is that i must get a laptop with 4gb RAM and...
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    Schools Achieving Theoretical Astrophysics at 15: Challenges & Opportunities

    I go with Feldoh... take advanced classes in school... i hope you can fulfill this plan...
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    Programs Beginning Physics Major, what could I stuyd/do over the summer?

    definitely skim your math book and mechanics book... and start learning programming. there are a lot of references on the web for programming. you can start on something easy like python just to get the feel of programming. hope you do well this summer. i just wish i had the same advices you...
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    Questions about Problem Solving and Original Ideas

    on research... in physics, especially if you're going to go into experimental research. people usually do it in collaborations.
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    What are some recommended readings for precalculus and lower level calculus?

    leithold... the calculus 7. pretty much the standard calculus book. explains things so well without losing the proofs and such.
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    Plans on creating an organization/pol of tech enthusiasts

    i'm in college and I'm studying applied physics. me and a bunch of guys from materials engineering and geography are interested in a special interest/hobbyist collective of tech enthusiasts. we are interested in sharing our tech experiences in programming, electronics, robotics and other...
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    Python Help with Python RK4: Solving Error Plotting 1st Order ODE

    i have been attempting to plot a first order ODE with pyhton's rk4 i can't display the graph and i have been having this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Documents and Settings\AP155user38\Desktop\gladys python codes\differential equations and runge-kutta\1ODE.py"...
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    How nice is your lab? Does nice equipment and work space really matter?

    in our university physics gets a lot of funding compared to other institutes... i think...
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    Schools Which US Universities Offer Top Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Programs?

    to rocketboy i'm also interested in aerospace related jobs... I'm currently studying physics in the philippines. given the chance to study in the states after physics, i'd choose caltech. they have NASA's JPL. so what happened to your application?
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    How nice is your lab? Does nice equipment and work space really matter?

    work spaces really matter... some people get comfortable with cramped spaces... but having the laboratories regularly cleaned and stuff saves a lot of time to look for stuff. last time we spent 30 mins looking for methylyne... hahahah. we found out the next day that we didn't have supplies of...
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    What made you want to study physics?

    I'm an applied physics undergrad here in the Philippines... I went to a science high school so we had a lot of physics courses then... a regular school here would only take 1 physics subject, I had four in high school (3 required and 1 as elective). We pretty much covered mechanics...
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    Schools Find the Best College Physics Textbook for Physics 112 and Beyond

    Young and Freedman is definitely very helpful... my classmates have downloaded a solutions manual of that book over the internet and it has definitely helped in studying... if you want to self-study in physics... there's this book entitled CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS and it teaches physics in a very...
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    How nice is your lab? Does nice equipment and work space really matter?

    hey... well I'm from the philippines... we've got a lot of, equipments tossed in the closet kind of thing... we've got a lot of labs for physics in my university - photonics, plasma, semicon, etc... their actually kind of different in a lot of ways. some labs have a lot of modern equipment...
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