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I offer no insights. Though, i do recall this; http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8B24C31197EC371C "Introduction To Algorithms" MIT lecture series (Very comp-sci based, apparently). Could give you an idea of what you're in for. P.S. I did watch the first lecture at some point...

I found this whilst browsing Tim Gowers blog. http://www.tricki.org/ Seems to be a project of Gowers, Tao and a couple of others and is just a week or two (?) old. The aim is for the site to act as a Wiki-style database of problem solving techniques/advice/tricks etc - rather than a...

I'll be spending at least 2 hours per day traveling to and from Uni when i begin. Thats 10 hours per week of lost (or greatly diminished) study time. Saving £4,000+ on accomodation, though, and probably the same again on food/random stuff. Although the cost of commute per year (train) will add...

Yes, sorry, i am stupid. I realized that 2 minutes after posting here. I'm pretty sure i have it now. It's just -(2+u)^{-1} for u=tanx, right? And thanks for the reply.

Solved. Thanks.

I had assumed he asked of the UK - not England.

No - it's not. Not in Scotland, at least. BSc Hons is a 4 year course - 5 years for Masters. [QUOUTE=cristo]The only difference between an honours degree and an ordinary degree is the number of credits/units (or whatever they're called at your university) taken per year.[\QUOTE] Again - in...

A BSc is 3 years in the UK, but a BSc Hons (which is what radhikak speaks of) is 4 years. I do see occasional MSc Studentships being advertised - though usually not from any of the 'top' UK Universities - and I'm not sure if they include funding for International Students.

If you love Physics then i guarantee you will despise a life as an accountant. You have a thirst for understanding which will never be met. (My eldest Sister is a chartered accountant, makes decent money, travels the world, and enjoys it only because she has no curiosity nor craving for...

I finally decided to Google REU and am now disgruntled. Appears to be an amazing oppurtunity; yet no UK equivalent? Pfft.

It's ill-informed speculation. Things arent as bad as mass-media depicts. Chill.

That does make sense. Thanks cristo, cleared some stuff up.

I'm hoping for a UK perspective on this; though perhaps there is little difference between that and a US one. The details of and difference between Studentship PHDs and Non-Studentship PHDs are vague in my mind - so, i'll offer my current understanding for you to annihilate...

http://math.dartmouth.edu/~euler/ 115 of Eulers papers, translated and written in LaTex.

A passion for or interest in the subject should be all you need. If you are sure you have that; remind yourself of it periodically. If you do not have that, then either: you are studying a subject tangential to your field - not directly related to, but required for; in which case, similarly...