Recent content by Neil.yc

Yes, I don't know the faculty or that particular, hypothetical student. What I am trying to say is, if the faculty grants that student a permission to take certain class, it is not logical, nor sensible, to make him/ her take the introductory class simultaneously. Perhaps it is also worth...

This is not a valid hypothesis: either that freshman takes junior level E&M or the other. Taking both at the same time is not a sensible option. I mean, if that freshman knows the material of introduction course so well, what is the point of taking it? Even if that first year student has much...

There are many things in which one can gain recognition; if not having ones work recognised makes one suffers, one must do something else. After all, despite we're all humans, we have all but a limited amount of time to enjoy our lives, to appreciate things around us. While I am not one of...

learn classical mechanics first, then continue with electron dynamics, and then special relativity, continued with quantum mechanics and relativistic theory. For classical mechanics and quantum mechanics, it would be really helpful knowing some calculus of variation to begin with, but not...

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I read this thread twice. Being also 21, I had been through psychological issues of some sort similar to the OP. Here is a story:My friend's brother won national Olympiad, but he lost interest in math afterward. Do you know that there were many prodigies, for whatever the fields they were in...

exponent137, I was trying to type down all of your sentences in different cases, but I realized that would not help you much, certainly not in the long term. You will need to understand the usage and then you can use it appropriately; reading scientific paper will certainly help you to...