Recent content by rcw110131

I got the job! :D Indeed.com searches most other job sites, but not all. I know Monster listings don't show up on it, so check that often too. I just searched for 'physics bs' (no quotes), set the radius to 50 miles, and checked it almost daily. For NYC...

Well, looks like I was just nervous for no reason. Submitted my resume and cover letter to a recent job posting, got a call the next day saying they were very interested. Had an interview 2 days later (yesterday) and things went fairly well. They said I was a strong candidate and that they...

I graduated with my BS in Physics last May (2010). Since then I've just been working my barely-pays-the-bills security guard job while trying to figure out what to do with my life. I haven't had any physics classes since Spring 2008 (almost 3 years now...) because of transferring to 3...

my minor in Math isn't "official", don't know how to explain it on resume I took all the required classes needed to obtain a minor in Math from my graduating school, but unfortunately more than half the classes were transfer credits from my first school I transferred out of after my first year...

Thank you so much, I can't even tell you how much I appreciate your help! I finally got it; using the initial conditions, C ends up as 1-L, and then taking the derivative and using the initial conditions again, D has to equal zero, leaving only the cosine term and the L. Thanks again!

Just when I thought I had this problem, turns out the 2.5 years of no differential equations has caught up to me. Can anyone help me on how to solve d^2\alpha/dt^2+ (g/L) \alpha= g? I've been searching online and through books for the past 2 hours and can't get it :confused:. Thanks.

It's the problem a few posts below about a father pushing a child on a swing. If you have any other help I'd greatly appreciate it.

Homework Statement How do I go about solving d^2\theta/dt^2+ (g/L) \theta= g? It's been 2.5 years since I had diff eq. Homework Equations ^ The Attempt at a Solution I don't know. I've spent the past 2 hours going through old books and searching online and still can't figure it out :frown:

You're a lifesaver, thank you so much for your help!

Yes, the disc pivots around a point on its circumference, according the very unhelpful diagram my professor gave me. She's also Sri Lankan so her English isn't great, which would explain the "surface" part. And the question is a direct quote, that's all I have. :confused: ^ 100000 EDIT...

Homework Statement Find the angular velocity and period of oscillation of a solid disc of mass m and radius R about a point on it’s surface. Homework Equations ? The Attempt at a Solution This is really giving me trouble because it seems like a SHO problem mixed with a rotational motion...

Homework Statement A father is about to push his child on the swing. He pulls the swing back by 1 radian, and start pushing the child with a constant force perpendicular to the swing's chain and with a magnitude equal to mg, where m is the mass of the child and the swing seat. The father...