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im 16,love physics, who is about to graduate school, before that i decided that school was too slow for me, so i decided to skip right to the good stuff... did precalculus and 'How to Prove it' to start me on calculus. i just finished Apostol's calculus vol 1 to prepare me for handling the...

Hi, I am looking for a way to self study calculus. I am an eighth grader doing more than grade level stuff, so I am a COMPLETE beginner and need a book which starts with like the 'abc's' of calculus. I know geometry, Algebra 1 & 2 really well, but am not the best at Trig or Precalc, so if there...

Dear Physics Forum friends, While vigorously studying Dugundji's Topology and Rudin's PMA, I found that the reference mentions the series of books written by N. Bourbaki, known as "Elements of Mathematics", and Dieudonne's Foundations of Modern Analysis. How are those books, specifically their...

Homework Statement An object of mass m is allowed to slide down a frictionless ramp of angle θ and its speed at the bottom is recorded as v. If this same process was followed on a planet with twice the gravitational acceleration as Earth, what would be its final speed? Homework Equations The...

Does anybody know where I can find solutions to the problems in Wen's 'Quantum Field Theory of Many-Body Systems'?

Hi friends, I am looking for a good book on complex analysis. My goal is to add some new techniques to my problem solving arsenal, learn some elegant non-intuitive proofs and finally build up to knowing enough about the Zeta function to understand it's relationship with prime numbers.

I am not quite taking Engineering Physics yet, but in preperation for a future degree I would like to jump in with both feet and take a journey through physics using the master's lectures. I know i will be in over my head with the problems, but i am extremely passionate about the subject...

I needed some books for preparing for IESO selection camp and i searched net and found this link: https://www.sites.google.com/site/ineso555/reading-materials The last books on the list titled as wavesandtides is the one i am looking for. Sadly, they have only given two sample pages of the...

Hi, I am trying to find a completely rigorous book on combinatorics. For example, one that states the sum and product counting principles in terms of set theory and proves them, treats permutations as a bijection from a set onto itself, etc. Many don't even explain the reasoning behind those...

Go to amazon.com and do a search for: Quantum Gravity & Gravitational Waves: " Ripples in The Curvature of Space-Time " Paperback – 7 Dec 2015 by Edited by Paul F. Kisak (Author) Look inside the book on the chapter on loop quantum gravity. The guy has taken the wikipedia page on LQG and just...

Homework Statement An elevator departs the ground at t=0 With uniform velocity. At T1 a boy drops a marbel through the floor of the lift that falls under constant acceleration g=9.8 ms^-2. If it takes marbel T2 time to fall down, what was the height at the T1. Homework Equations h=vT1 h= vT2...

What about Thermodynamics by Zemansky? Any review?

I haven't used any book for AC circuit analysis yet. I have learned the basics of phasor diagrams which my teacher taught in the class (We were only taught series combination of LCR circuits). Can anyone suggest a book to learn more about circuit analysis (like source transformations, Norton's...

Which book is better for mechanics of physics Olympiad- 1)Introduction to mechanics by Kleppner-D.-Kolenkow-R.J.- or 2)Introduction to classical mechanics by David Morin. And for Emag 1)Electricity and Magnetism by Purcell and Morin or 2)Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths For...

Hello everyone, So I'm a CS major college student. I've always been interested in biology, especially evolution and genetics; but recently I've been really interested in neurobiology. I read a lot from all kind of stuff and I thought I could read some books on these subjects. What I'm looking...

Hi PF! What book do you recommend for studying the calculus of variations? I have a masters degree in mechanical engineering and undergrad in math (if that helps you decide fro a book thats's not beyond my level). Thanks! Josh

Well, Look at the image. If T is a generator so VTV* (with V unitary) is another basis of the representation too, i am totally agree because it satisfy the structure equation. Now, he say that we can find V that set Gij = tr(TiTj) diagonal BUT when i try, i have : Gij = Tr(VTiV*VTjV*) =...

which is better fluid mechanics book , frank white or munson from complete beginning to the advanced level.

I am doing my M.sc in physics.. In my course I have classical field theory and electrodynamics... I need to learn tensor notations to understand the above subjects... Please tell me about some good introductory books to learn tensor notation to handle things in electrodynamics and classical...

Hello everyone, Lately, I have been reading and studying the Maxwell's https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Treatise_on_Electricity_and_Magnetism&action=edit&redlink=1 https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Treatise_on_Electricity_and_Magnetism&action=edit&redlink=1 Thanks for...

Dear Physics Forum personnel, I recently got interested in the art of abstract proof, where the focus is writing the proof as general as possible rather than starting with a specific cases. Could anyone recommend an analysis book at the level of Rudin's PMA that treats the introductory...

Hi there! Can you please introduce me some books on advanced quantum mechanics which has solutions for its exercises. Of course, I know Shankar and Sakuraii, but, I mean something more advanced which covers these topics: (Scattering, Dirac Fields, Group Representations, Relativistic Quantum...

My goal is to master inequalities so that I can have a deep understanding of a book like the Cauchy -Schwartz Master Class by Steele. Right now, that book is too difficult for me. I want to work upto that level and have good intuition about inequalities. Are there any good books where I can hone...

Reflecting about that i.e. just 6 parameters whose value have to be like they are with a high degree of precision to have a universe like ours and that the probability for having those 6 values to be as they are should have a very low probability in connection with the theories about multiverse...

I'm planning to get a copy of Quantum Mechanics - Modern Development by L. E. Ballentine. However I am uncertain between the first and second editions. The first edition is cheaper. I will be using it for my PhD research with the topic of atomic physics. Will the second edition give me...

Hi! I have some trobles while studying the lagrange mechanics chapter of Marion's Classical Mechanics. There are some variation techniques in that book, but I only studied calculus and elementary linear algebra in my freshman year. I can't understand how partial derivation and delta notation...

My company has SAS enterprise guide 7.1 installed and I figured I want to take advantage to learn SAS programming. Just browsing online, it appears that SAS Enterprise guide is a 'drag and drop' type software, but you can still have access to writing your own code...is that correct? If so...

In the giancoli physics textbook for engineers and scientists, it says "E=F/q where E is the force on a small positive test charge at rest..." Then about one paragraph later it proceeds to say "If q is positive, F and E point in the same direction. If q is negative, F and E point in opposite...

I am learning nonlinear optics and recently got my hand on Nonlinear Optics by Robert W Boyd. Any other suggestions? Also is there a solution manual available for the above textbook? http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123694706

So the course I'm taking doesn't have a textbook requirement just lecture notes as the study material. While these are sufficient I would like to supplement with an outside reference that is a bit more in depth / explanatory. It's your typical undergrad real analysis course covering: The least...

It's called Fundamentals of Physics, by David Halliday and Robert Resnick. Can anyone tell me if this is a good book to learn from or not? I felt that it didn't go over the concepts thorougly enough, and I had to figure out the concepts all on my own. But I couldn't, so I dropped the class and...

Hi everybody I'm currently looking for an introductory quantum mechanics book which emphasizes the mathematical aspects of it. I especially need exercises in order to pass a written exam, but I'd like to have even lots of examples. I've already gone through the whole "Picasso" (it's an italian...

Hello, i am currently enrolled in a Mathematics course which covers these subjects: -Calculus of Variations -Laplace Transform -Fourier Analysis -Special Functions -Integral Equations And as an introduction to the subject it has several things from calculus like maxima/minima of functions of...

Friends, can you suggest for some good books which can be studied in graduate level. Except Griffiths, I've completed it.

Dear Physics Forum friends, I recently got interested in the Russian textbooks in mathematics, which I am completely blown away by their exposition, insights, and excellent problem sets. I have been reading translated versions of Russian books written by authors like Kolmogorov, Arnold, and...

I'm taking Calculus II and my class is a flipped classroom so I am excited to finally be able to learn in a way that works for me. However, I am having some trouble finding resources to help me truly understand the material. Ideally, a book would introduce topics in a way that explains the...

Dear Physics Forum personnel, I would like to seek your recommendation on a good, introductory textbook in the probability theory (non measure-theoretic treatment) that contains both the applied and theoretical treatment of the subject. My goal is to advance into the measure-theoretic...

Hey, I'm one of those people who's been trying to learn Physics for ages before finishing high school (writing it down like this really makes me sound like some hopeless nerd with nothing better to do..) but never got around to doing it because my calculus knowledge sucks so much. :-) My...

I found Kittel very complicated and Ashcroft outdated. I want something rather new, written in a advanced but familiar manner.

I need a book that has a lot of problems and can teach me how to solve word problems well and comes with a lot of problems to solve at the end of the chapter or unit.

I'm looking for a book that has problems and explanations (not necessarily background theory) about mechanical systems. Consider the picture below for reference. The idea is I want to get a hold of energy and impulse methods for solving problems like this, eventually the book would have a...

Can anyone refer me a good book for calculus from which i can clear the basic concepts.

Suggest for a reference book for quantum mechanics having detailed theoretical explanation and lot of solved examples.

Hi, everyone, I am now looking for a good textbook on QCD. I am especially want to learn the derivation of DGLAP evolution equations. So, it will be better if the book contains the detailed derivation of evolution equations step by step for all the diagrams using Feynman rules. I looked through...

Hi,The recommended book by our electrical engineering department for Circuits I is : Linear and Nonlinear Circuits ¹st Edition by Leon O . Chua /ISBN-13: 978-0070108981/What do you think are some different books about Circuits I ?

Hi, I'm new here and I'm trying to learn GR. I wanted to know the math books that I need to tackle GR properly, so far the books that I came across are: Tensor Analysis on Manifolds by Bishop and Goldberg Tensors, Differential Forms, and Variational Principles by Lovelock and Rund I have a good...

Hello, I have been developping a kind of a machine that uses magnets and metal and things like that to produce an AC . But the probleme is that i cannot do it unless i am 100% sure it is going to work properly so i want an engineering book for electromagnetics with some mechanics also for the...

A question concerning FIg. 7.11 on page 173. It seems to me, in light of what is said on the preceding page about null surfaces, that he has interchanged "normal" and "tangent" in the third and fourth sentences of the figure caption. I would say: "The tangent to the surface l lies in the...

I had a brief stint with Python a year or two ago, and after I learned of the Raspberry Pi I knew I should try to learn again. I purchased this book, knowing full well that the online resources would be sufficient, and some of the code doesn't seem to work. hello_str = "Hello World"...

Dear Physics Forum personnel, I am currently reading the books called "Linear Algebra Done Right" by S. Axler and "Linear Algebra Done Wrong" by S. Treil. On the next semester, I will be taking the "Second Course in Linear Algebra" which will treat the following topics: determinants...