Recent content by th5418

Hey guys, I need some help on my research assignment which was dumped upon me during finals week. Thank you research leader for unloading your anger upon this poor undergrad. Anyways, I'm in a project to construct an electrostatic trap... and to model it in matlab. I figure I should try to do...

Homework Statement We know that free charges inside a conductor will eventually move to the conductor surface. Consider a free charge initially placed inside a conductor at t=0. Show that the free charge density \rho_f will dissolve exponentially with time. Express the characteristic time...

Homework Statement E>V_1 & V_2 So it's a step potential wave, setup. Let's set it up along the x axis. At x=0, there is the first step where it is V_1. At x=a, there is another step, where V_2>V_1. Show that the transmission coefficient is...

Homework Statement Alright, well this is more of a math problem I guess... but here it is. \frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial x{2}} V = - \frac{I}{A\epsilon_o} \sqrt{\frac{m}{2e}} \frac{1}{\sqrt{V}} Everything besides the V is constant. Homework Equations Trying to solve for the potentialThe...

I am still lost. Sorry ><

In the case of \nu_o momentum isn't conserved right? My main question is if I need to do like two situations, one where we take into account the recoil, and another we dont. And we do a momentum and energy conservation equation for both situations...

Homework Statement Show that the fractional change in frequency of a photon absorbed or emitted by an atom initially at rest is \frac{\nu - \nu_o}{\nu} = \pm \frac{h\nu}{2Mc^{2}} where M is the mass of the atom, \nu_o is the frequency of the transition uncorrected for the recoil of the atom. In...

Aiy, I never know how to study for a physics test, I just end up doing problems to get more accurate with my computation. There isn't really "studying" for more understanding of a problem if you already understand it..

I'm interested in doing high particle theoretical research by the way, if that is any help. I'd like to take a numerical analysis class too. You think I should just skip abstract algebra then Fredrik?

http://sis.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Mathematics&p_dept_cd=MATH There's the link to all the math major courses. 100-199 are upper division courses. The thing is I don't hate it. I'm just struggling because my background in mathematical proofs is pretty weak. I'm...

I hate pure math. But there are a limited number of applied mathematics courses here.

I see, what classes are suggested to take? I'm currently taking Linear Algebra, plan on taking Analysis and Abstract Algebra and later on Complex Algebra to get a minor.

So, I'm currently a 3rd year in the Physics program at Berkeley, and this is my first semester transitioning into upper division mathematics. I never knew it would be so theoretical, does any of this theoretical math actually help me do physics problems? Also, I plan on applying for theoretical...

I just transferred this year.

I did, I did made robotics competition with them, but then afterwards I stopped attending since the project that they were doing was kind of stupid.