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This is what I assumed. When I learned Calculus 1, we classified this as an essential discontinuity, compared to the removable discontinuity. Obviously we went over infinite discontinuities but they typically were asymptotic

Hello everyone. I am currently having trouble actually defining what qualifies as an infinite discontinuity. I have read several sources that state that both of the one sided limits must approach infinity (positive, negative or both). My problem is what happens when only one of the one sided...

I was reading my book and it states that the lack of anti-symmetry in the total wave function of the Δ++ particle led to the introduction of the missing degree of freedom, or color. It states that free particles are colorless so they must be in color singlet states. From there, it just lists the...

I know a high school student who has this question. My first thought was that it does not hold if the mass is changing with time. I was thinking of the situation of a snowball rolling down a mountain picking up more snow as it rolls to the bottom. There is obviously mass gained so does Newton's...

I am currently about to do this experiment in my lab class. I had a couple of questions as I was reading over papers on the experiment: 1) Why is it classically that the scattering of the electrons decrease monotonically when velocity increases? All of the papers and websites mentioned it...

This is what I did and it worked wonders. At the beginning of every week, write down what you have to get done (class, work, laundry, dishes, gym, etc). Then block off times throughout the day to for when they need to get done. Obvious some tasks are preset (like classes and work) but most...

This. In fact when filling out most applications, they specifically ask for your gpa on a 4.0 scale.

My response to this is: 1) how does one obtain a 4.01 gpa on a 4.0 scale? 2) How many classes are you planning on doing poorly into allow it to drop .03? 3) To answer your question, no a .03 difference makes very little difference to colleges. It would be beneficial though to have tried...

Usually Analysis is a junior/senior level math course. I am not saying you shouldn't understand them. By all means, if you can follow the proofs then go right ahead. What I am trying to say is there is a whole branch of mathematics devoted to studying Calculus. Also most of the time the...

Generally speaking, most teachers don't teach the proofs because they are complicated and they don't have time. Most calc 1 students do not have the background to fully grasp the proofs. This is why analysis was developed. If you want to learn the proofs, you should take an analysis course...

oh.. gotcha. Ya at University of Texas, they require at least 60 credit hours (which is two years for full time students) be taken at the university. I assume this is because they don't want people transferring in with only 3 classes to finish and getting a degree.

60 credit hours is about 20 classes, give or take. Are you saying to take 10 classes a semester? In my experince, 18 credit hours a semester is quite a task and my university actually wouldn't allow you to take more than 21 credit hours in any semester.

I actually have done a Practice Physics Subject Test (last year I believe) that he suggested and I didn't do too well. I found my problem was that I didn't know formulas or the theories behind the questions. This is why I was more leaning towards getting a BS in Physics first rather than trying...

Hello all. I am a long time lurker and I have recently run into a snag in my academic career. I was wondering if y'all could be of some help. First the background: I attended a very small university in Georgia and obtained a degree in mathematics last May (2011). I graduated with a 3.8 GPA...