Adv. Physics Homework Help Forum: Jr/Sr & Grad Level Q's

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The Advanced Physics Homework Help forum is specifically designed for upper-division (junior and senior) and graduate-level physics questions. Posts that do not meet these criteria, such as basic problems or introductory topics like electromagnetism, relativity, or quantum mechanics, will be redirected to the Introductory Physics or Engineering forum. This forum is intended for inquiries related to advanced physics courses typically taken by physics majors in their junior year or later.

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  • Knowledge of advanced topics such as electromagnetism, relativity, and quantum mechanics
  • Ability to formulate and solve complex physics problems
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  • Research advanced topics in electromagnetism for upper-division courses
  • Explore graduate-level coursework in quantum mechanics
  • Study the principles of relativity in advanced physics contexts
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This discussion is beneficial for upper-division physics students, graduate students, and educators seeking to clarify the appropriate context for advanced physics questions.

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The Advanced Physics Homework Help forum is for upper-division (college junior or senior) and graduate-level questions. Other schoolwork physics questions should go in the Intro Physics forum.

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If your thread mysteriously disappears without a trace from this forum, you probably didn't post it in the right place, so your thread was moved to the Introductory Physics or Engineering forum.

Advanced physics does not mean, among other things:
  • "I think this problem is really hard."
  • "I'm taking a college physics course."
  • "We're covering electromagnetism now."
  • "We're covering relativity now."
  • "We're covering quantum mechanics now."
If you have to plug numbers into a formula to get the final answer, that's usually a good sign the question doesn't belong here.

Questions that do belong in this forum are from upper-division or graduate physics courses — classes physics majors (in the US) take in their junior year and later.
 

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