Recent content by seanm1

Thanks a lot! On both accounts, I was both getting the axis wrong (if the ring is in the xz plane I should use the y axis, which would actually make "the ring axis" make more sense now that I think about it), and should have been using vectors. I always end up missing the really obvious stuff...

I was going back to a previous chapter to study for my finals, and came across the field of charge around a ring problem. Basically, it's designed to show how using a special case can make a problem easier. This was one of those equations I just kind of had to memorize and use. I'm the kind of...

"Fake hard" aggrevation, and an appeal for advice. I love math. And logic. And modeling things. Outside of class, I even love physics. Inside of class, I feel like someone playing Street Fighter for the first time against someone who has owned the game for a year. Every time I get a...