Recent content by NeoZeon

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    Programs Programming for undergrad physics major

    C++, learning to read fortran, Python, and Matlab should serve you well. Maybe java.
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    Programs Physics or Engineering undergraduate major: Interest Fluid Dynamics

    Take physics. My graduate studies are in geophysical fluid dynamics ( mantle flow), and my undergrad was physics. My best suggestion is take as much Physics and computer science as humanly possible, including classes in supercomputing and C++. Most geophysical fluid dynamics often revolve...
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    Regular calculus vs calculus engineering?

    Calculus doesn't really differentiate itself until you get into advanced treatments of Calculus, such as Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, and Calculus of Variations. Also, there might be a course called Advanced Calculus, which is basically Calculus 3 on steroids. They also call that course...
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    Master in Physics vs. Bachelors in Engineering?

    Hello all, I'm guessing this question has been answered before but I couldn't find it for some reason. Anyway, my interests are in Geodynamics, and I gota 3.08 GPA in physics for my undergrad and Now a 3.8 GPA for my masters in geology. I am wondering if this will offset my undergrad gpa and...
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    Use change in variables and iterated integrals theorm to deduce Pappus

    solved it.. nvm
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    Use change in variables and iterated integrals theorm to deduce Pappus

    1. Homework Statement [/b] this problem is on page 267 of Advanced calculus of several variables by Edwards, I just can't seem to get a handle on it: Let aA be a contented set in the right half of the xz plane ,x>0. Define $$\hat{x}$$, the x-coordinates of the centroid of A, by...
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    Best Path for Ocean Engineering: ME, EE, or Physics?

    THis past summer I did an REU with an Oceanographer, he started as a ME if that helps. I think as long as you take E&M, Fluid Mechanics, Stat Therm physics, and PDE's you should be ok.
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    Charting a Career That Allows Working Outside of an Office

    Earth Science field work.
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    Finding REUs for Summer 2012? [Undergraduate Research Help]

    Well... I go to a small liberal arts school with active professors ( they are propionate in their fields) so while the choice of research isn't extensive (planetary science, atmospheric physics, lases are about it) pretty much everyone at my school starts from freshman year if they want to...
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    Finding REUs for Summer 2012? [Undergraduate Research Help]

    Look at Columbia's LDEO program... i just finished it. It was a lot of fun. I didn't have a great GPA but I had a lot of research experience.
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    Have you ever experienced academic burnout?

    Staying off the computer is something I always do. I go out with my camera take a bunch of pictures. Fresh air, exercise.
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    Linear Algebra Vs Mathematical Modeling -Importance in relation to physics

    If you have to take quantum, then u must take LA
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    Computer Science REU: Admissions & Acceptance Rates

    The REU I am in right now, an Earth science one, had 485 applicants for 10 or so spots (there are 30 ish interns but 20 came from the original school and were not included in the same applicant field). Suffice to say that REU's are super competitive, and they don't necessarily accept the best...
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    Schools Grad school: what can I study with a B.S in CS and Physics?

    You can go into almost any science.
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    Which math classes should I take if I want to do an REU next summer?

    I've been solving PDE's all summer at my REU... though its geophysics. I suggest taking that course.