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    Studying Need some advice: dive straight into physics, or do math first?

    I have an undergraduate degree in physics, but that was several years ago. It depends on what you mean by stick. I remember Maxwell's Laws and what they mean. From a mathematical perspective, when I hit Chapter 3, I can probably re-learn how to do a basic separation of variables with a couple...
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    Studying Need some advice: dive straight into physics, or do math first?

    OK, thank you for all your help. I slept on it some and decided to continue on with Griffiths for the time being, because things are going fairly well and I don't want to mess with a good thing for now. I'll see how things proceed over the next few months. If it becomes apparent down the road...
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    Studying Need some advice: dive straight into physics, or do math first?

    Well... yeah, that is another issue, considering I have had shoddy study habits all my life. I am doing my best to schedule a daily routine to my work. Not as easy as it should be with the pandemic going on, but possible. Combining exercises with Feynman processes where I try to teach the...
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    Studying Need some advice: dive straight into physics, or do math first?

    Absolutely! Sorry, I should have made this clear: I am using more tried and true methods like seeing a professional for the most part. But as another poster here commented, having a purpose to your days is nothing to sneeze at in terms of psychological effect. Put another way: would getting...
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    Studying Need some advice: dive straight into physics, or do math first?

    Hello, So, I'm looking for some advice from people here who have experience studying physics outside of an academic program. Recently, I've started Griffiths E&M. Although it hasn't been long, I've been having an absolute blast: like, heart-fluttering, "helping me with suicidal depression"...
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    Studying Share self-studying mathematics tips

    You are probably not going to see this, given that you haven't been active for a while-from what I can tell-but if the offer is on the table, let me know.
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    What is the Importance of Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange in Science?

    We're all ignorant. Just on different levels. :)
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    Insights What Are Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues? - Comments

    This is not *at all* a rigorous, well-thought definition, but... I personally like to think of it this way: whenever a linear operator acts on some vector space, it transforms the vector subspaces inside, right? There might be some subspaces that aren't rotated or manipulated in any other...
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    What is the Proper Etiquette for Introducing Yourself in a Professional Setting?

    I suppose it is only polite to post an introduction here before I get to business.
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