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QuarkyMeson replied to the thread I Antilinear Operators.Yes, it's going to seem rather silly I think when you see it: Write the general form of ##(<\phi|\hat{A})|\psi> = a\psi_1 + b\psi_2##... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread Insights What Exactly is Dirac’s Delta Function? - Insight.It's a distribution, or continuous linear functional. You're quoting the insight but didn't actually read it. The insight itself would... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread Admissions Statement of purpose critique request (high-energy theory PhD).Sure: https://www.niu.edu/clas/physics/academics/graduate/phd.shtml If you enter with a masters degree or a pgre score > 50% here... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread Admissions Statement of purpose critique request (high-energy theory PhD).Having a masters exempts you from quals in the US. You're assumed to have passed already. Unless the department has some PhD specific... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread I Antilinear Operators.I'm not seeing the minus sign, basically in your example you need to apply the given definition: $$\hat{A} = \hat{L} \hat{K}$$ $$\hat{L}... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread Physics Experimental undergrad research in SOP for theoretical grad research?.This is common advice and it's basically what you should do (minus the second part of lie like crazy). Your contributions, no matter how... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread Admissions Statement of purpose critique request (high-energy theory PhD).Graduate school applications in the US are a bit iffy at the moment. High energy theory is going to be very rough. You already have a... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread What Free Privacy-Focused AI Chatbots Don’t Use My Data for Training?.Here is a link to git repo I've used to play around with this: llama.cpp This is basically the framework you'll need to run GGUF files... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread What Free Privacy-Focused AI Chatbots Don’t Use My Data for Training?.Back in the early early days of chatgpt it was possible to prompt it to spit out active AWS keys. Secrets are only secret if you don't... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread What Free Privacy-Focused AI Chatbots Don’t Use My Data for Training?.You can download various LLM's and run them locally. That's probably your best bet. -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread I Some confusion with the Binding Energy graph of atoms.What's costing you energy in that case is your negative Q. The product has a lower binding energy (more mass) than its reactants. The... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread I Some confusion with the Binding Energy graph of atoms.What I mean by this is, either you get a positive Q or negative Q and that determines if a given reaction is exothermic or endothermic... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread Admissions PSA -- Contact PI's before applying to graduate school in the US.Maybe you can see if there are plans to limit the 2026 class of first year physics graduate students. :)... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread I Some confusion with the Binding Energy graph of atoms.Because you're fusing elements after the peak in binding energy your Q will be negative. You need to make up that budget with energy... -
QuarkyMeson replied to the thread I Some confusion with the Binding Energy graph of atoms.It doesn't get released, it was there all along generally as kinetic energy. No, again, the graph only includes binding energy Q...