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Homework Statement Consider a particle of mass m in a harmonic potential: If the particle is in the first excited state (n = 1), what is the probability of finding the particle in the classically excluded region? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I sub in...

Well I feel like a dummy. Got it now, obviously. Sometimes the problem is made so much more difficult in your own mind!

I feel like I'm probably just making myself problems here, but I can't for the life of me get past this still. I was minimizing for the distance squared, which gave the two partials. But how can I solve if I have y in terms of x and x in terms of y?!

Homework Statement Find the first-octant point P(x,y,z) on the surface closest to the given fixed point Q (0,0,0). The surface x2y2z=4 Homework Equations is the distance along PQ. EDIT: The Attempt at a Solution I get stuck here every time. I feel like I'm just selling myself...

You are very likely right. The point was that 18 hours isn't as crazy as some may make it out to be. I still find the most difficult thing grappling with study habits after spending so much time working in the private sector to pay the bills! Coming from an environment where study is the...

I recently completed a semester which included: Calculus II - 3 hours + 1 hour tutorial Hons. Physics II - 3 hours + 3 hours lab General Chemistry II - 3 hours + 3 hours lab Introductory Programming II - 3 hours + 2 hours lab introductory Astrophysics - 3 hours + 3 hours lab I had 27...

Would there be any major benefit to taking the upper-level linear algebra course that the abstract course leads to? I'll be taking a mathematical physics course in senior year, but I'm not sure how much that will cover.

To be perfectly honest, I'm surprised by your second comment. No university I applied for (as a high school student and again as a mature student) had a requirement of the algebra course I described in their physics programs, let alone for entrance. I'm also just as surprised as thou...

I've got some spare room in my fall schedule, so I'm looking to get an extra course in. My options are two introductory courses: Statistics and Algebra. Topics in statistics are: probability theory, random variables, marginal and condition distributions, discrete and continuous probability...

I'm intrigued by this. What do you think the cause of this could be? The combined physics/astronomy honours degree program at the major Canadian university I attend has identical physics and mathematics course requirements to the honours physics, but with several upper-level astronomy...

How have you gotten to be "almost done with [your] physics degree" and still be "making up reasonable data points"? Seems bizarre to me...I wouldn't have passed my very first course by doing that!

I REALLY enjoyed linear algebra. As a matter of fact, it may be my favourite course I've taken so far at university (15 ish?). The discrete math course I took was a pain, but I feel it was very beneficial. I can see applications for it everywhere. I also found that linear algebra was...

Last semester I carried four courses for roughly a 3.0: Calculus I Physics I Fundamentals of Programming I Introductory Discrete Mathematics Physics I at my university definitely involved more calculus than was mentioned elsewhere. We made heavy use of derivatives (no indeterminate...

New semester, new opportunities. Calculus II Physics II General Chemistry II Fundamental Programming II (Java) Modern Astronomy Hoping for a 3.5 this semester. Goals are important.