Recent content by rcompton

Yeah, it looks like "maximum excursion" means max(V) - min(V). They must have a typo in their paper, which is upsetting as it's J comp. physics and has ~1000 citations.

Yeah, that's what I think as well. But it's not lining up so I'm confused.

What is "excursion" of a potential well? I think it means maximum depth of the well, but I've never heard this term before and I might be wrong. I don't have much of a quantum mechanics background. Details: I'm reading and implementing "Solution of the Schrödinger Equation by a Spectral...

Yeah, you probably do. He wasn't there last week as he was visiting Susan (have you met her also). I guess you're around UCLA a lot. If you're into graphics you should stop by the math dept. and meet some grad students who have worked in the industry.

Hey cool, my roommate Mike teaches math circle often.

Hmm, looks like bad news ahead. I should really start thinking about slowing down the pace.

Some of my industry (non PhD) friends talk about this. They spend lots of time planning their vacations out down to the day. Just so that we use the same units: 2 weeks = 10 days

Yes, you can go into movies as well. Lots of people in my department do this and it's about the most competitive field one can get into. If you really really love video games and C++ then go for it. You do get to make cool videos: http://physbam.stanford.edu/~fedkiw/...

I'm in the final leg of an applied math PhD and I won't be getting an academic job. Does anyone know about career paths that involve more than 10 days off each year?