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jedishrfu replied to the thread Schools Seeking advice on choosing between Manchester, Durham, and Nottingham.From what I read Manchester will give you the best foundation and broadest exposure to many areas of physics. It has the largest... -
jedishrfu replied to the thread Need some advice on my future career.Yeah, that's my feeling too. Now, since I have the opportunity, I need to persevere while enjoying the journey. You'll always have... -
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jedishrfu replied to the thread Need some advice on my future career.Okay, so what happened. I had a student who dropped out the the math PhD from Texas A&M. I don't know why but it sounded like politics... -
jedishrfu replied to the thread Need some advice on my future career.For a PhD you must show a genuine curiosity about your field and a willingness to persevere through courses, and later the research. My... -
jedishrfu replied to the thread Kapil Kaisare, programmer looking to relearn the sciences.Welcome to PF! What are your fields on interest? What programming family? For the last 25 years itwas java but the previous 20 years... -
jedishrfu posted the thread Challenge MIT Announces the Largest Collection of Olympiad Math Problems in General Math.https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-scientists-build-worlds-largest-collection-olympiad-level-math-problems-open-0424 MIT researchers have... -
jedishrfu replied to the thread Undergrad Odd coincidence: two people with same name living on the same street.I had an eerie experience when I moved to Poughkeepsie, NY, to start a new job. My manager's name was Carl M. I was out in my yard... -
jedishrfu replied to the thread Undergrad Odd coincidence: two people with same name living on the same street.There are a couple of semi-related variations of this problem. —- The amazing Randy gave a class on the validity of astrological... -
jedishrfu replied to the thread Undergrad Odd coincidence: two people with same name living on the same street.Interesting, let's hope your cousin wasn't pranking you, knowing your math background. -
jedishrfu replied to the thread Undergrad Odd coincidence: two people with same name living on the same street.I based it on the top twenty names in the US in the 1980s. The top name, Smith, was 1%, the top ten names covered 6-7%, and the top 100... -
jedishrfu replied to the thread Undergrad Odd coincidence: two people with same name living on the same street.Wouldn't this be solved in the same manner as the birthday problem? You know the one where you're at a party of 20 guests, and the... -
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I'm unaware of practical examples of your function:$$f_{k}\left(x\right)\equiv x^{k/x}$$but a transformation of that... -
jedishrfu replied to the thread High School Example of a model for a function.Have you done any googling to find examples?