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Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I certainly have a better idea of how to get started here!

Hello, I am a first year graduate student in physics who is interested in getting involved in the field of lattice QCD. I purchased the text "Lattice methods for quantum chromodynamics" by DeGrand and Detar. I have never taken a course on quantum field theory, but I hoped that having...

the infinity norm of x* = (x1*, x2*, ... , xn*)^T is max|xj*| where 1≤j≤n if that makes sense. Sorry, not good with latex on here. I think I might see now the infinity and one norm of a complex vector x may not be equal. However, they are equal if x is a real vector correct?

Hi, I was wondering why the one and infinity norm of a complex vector x are not equal to the the one and infinity norm of x* (the conjugate transpose of x)? This seems to be true for the 2-norm, but I am not sure why for these other norms.

Yes, I understand scenarios where it makes little differences such as the one you have described. But what about cosmological scales? I assume it's the same routine. You are right, there would never be any detectable difference, so in all practical purposes it's the most logical thing to do as...

This is something that has bothered me for some time, and I can't seem to find any threads on here about it. In a lot of my undergraduate courses in physics, we talk about integrating something physical to infinity. For example, in electrostatics, we talk about the work needed to assemble a...

Check this guy out. He was my quantum professor and is a great guy. http://physics.ncsu.edu/people/faculty_thomas.html

Aerospace engineers said not to get an aerospace engineering degree? That sure sounds odd, especially when astrophysics is so different than aerospace engineering. How about speak to aerospace engineers yourself? Just email lots of people in the field and ask what you should do. I would imagine...

Oh, and I would have to pass the qualifiers like all the other graduate students.

So the main "thing" about the accelerated masters program is that it enables you to count 12 credit hours of graduate courses in your senior year of undergraduate coursework towards a masters degree. So basically, here are the physics courses I will take senior year (regardless if I do the...

I see. Sounds kind of risky. Thanks for the information

Why would I have to take the core classes again? A number of institutions I have looked at accept transfer credit for the core physics classes. I certainly wouldn't consider doing this if I would just have to repeat the same year again. Is it really that common to start your PhD research your...

Thanks for the advice. I would *think* it would make you appear to be a more qualified applicant than someone with just a bachelors, but this may not be the case. I decided to meet with my schools graduate program advisor about it. Still, if anyone has any advice/experience I would like to hear.

Math: Real Analysis Physics: Classical Mechanics 2 (Lagrangian/Hamiltonian/etc) But its really hard to say what the "hardest" as been. CM 2 was hard because it was a different professor than the first course, and was much more demanding on the homework. Real analysis is just a hard topic in...

Hi, I am heading into my senior year this fall double majoring in physics and mathematics at NC State University. The university offers an accelerated bachelors/masters, where basically you can count up to 12 hours of graduate courses taken your senior year towards a masters. The non-thesis...