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I'm thinking of taking machine language over the summer because it seems interesting to me but I'm not sure if it'll be useful to my emphasis in computational physics. The objectives of the class are below, could anyone give me advice on whether it'll be helpful to me or not. Thank you. A...

Hi, Next year I will be a numerical methods course as part of my Mathematics minor (CS major). I want to prepare for this course in the summer. How can I best prepare for this class considering I have never used Matlab before?

Good evening, I am unsure as to whether or not I am posting this question in the apropraite section of the this forum and apologize if I am not. With that said I will let you in on the question that I have for you tonight. I am currently a fourth year undergraduate student pursuing a...

I have recetly covered free body diagrams and tension in my course. I had a question that required me to find the tension and acceleration of two boxes in a pulley system. My answer for acceleration was the same as the text (rounded a bit differently), but my answer for tension was way off...

Do you call someone a physicist who merely finished undergraduate course in physics? Someone who did told me he considered himself a physicist. But I think I remember that someone is only considered a physicist when he at least finished Ph.D. Is it true? What is the true definition of a...

I'm doing a computational emphasis at my university and since it is as I said an emphasis not a lot of classes are required for it. I look at other schools that offer a BS in computational physics and they require a lot more CS classes. What I'm looking for is some advice in which CS or EE...

Greetings. I am starting my first year of grad work and I’m looking for some advice regarding preparations for a graduate level Thermo/Stat Mech course. Other than about a three week overview of thermodynamics in my freshman modern physics course in the spring of 2006, I have no other academic...

Hello everyone, I am a Junior at KU, and taking a Mechanics course in Physics. I'm a Math major going for a B.S. and taking this course for my applied math requirement. The book used is Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems 5th Ed. by Thornton. We just got our first exam...

Hi, I'm an undergraduate 4th year Electronics engineering student. So far I have taken courses from various fields of microelectronics and telecommunications. This year, I've decided to direct my career more to telecommunications (might be a field like wireless communications, digital image...

Anyone intend to start using the new MIT course?: BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17012968 "An electronics course, beginning in March, will be the first prototype of an online project, known as MITx. The interactive course is designed to be fully automated, with successful...

I've observed that mathematics at college starts with Calculus I. Another observation of mine was that the math content in the majority of high schools is somewhat lacking and as such, jumping straight into a proper college calculus course might be a bad move. I know I'm not speaking for I alone...

I'm currently taking a course in computational physics/numerical methods. My only background in programming is very basic self-learned python (loops and not much else). We use scilab in this course and will be solving nonlinear systems of equations, numerically solving for the roots of an...

Homework Statement given the: Intensity = .026 W/m^2 Distance = 4.3m How much sound energy does the source emit in one our if its power output remains constant Homework Equations Pmax = sqrt ( uF(w^2)(A^2)) The Attempt at a Solution I don't even know where to start and that is...

Long story short, I'm taking 19 credits of science and math, and 2 weeks into the semester is the drop deadline. I'm wondering how bad it would be if I didn't drop anything and then later in the semester I had to withdraw? I would very much like to stay in the running for a spot at a top school...

A few years ago, I was teaching science courses at a high school where inquiry was embraced: my predecessor at that school had been doing it since the 1970's. Now in 2012 I am teaching at a high school where I seem to be the first teacher on the high school side that teaches using inquiry. (We...

Exercises of Schutz's "First Course of General Relativity" Dear all, does anybody know where solutions to the exercises can be found? I remember that I found a link in the Web once but I forgot where. Thanks, Goldbeetle

I've passed calculus 1 and physics 1 scoring little less than 1 stdev for electronic engineering. Is this enough for me to relax I'll do well on the course or things will get harder?

Hi, I am student from u of t. I want to ask MAT224 or MAT244 is easier? Btw, I have already taken MAT223, but not good though. Thanks a lot!

Is Spivak's "Calculus" rigourous and comprehensive enough for an analysis course? I will be doing my first course in real analysis this year and the textbooks have just been released. The recommended text is Spivak's "Calculus" as the title suggests. I have a copy of Stewart's "Calculus" and...

Hi...I'm basically from a low-profile college..and there are not quite many sources to learn in my college even the faculty; I've found PF too good(especially the mentors) and I'm ever so will be grateful to this site.. OK., so I've just entered in my 2nd semester of Electronics and...

Hi, I'm new to Physics Forums and in dire need of your help. Please bear with me, here it goes: Though I'm sure this goes through every person's head who wants to go through University, I really have no good idea of which courses I want to take. I thought maybe computer science would be the...

Hello. I am an EE student with two semester left. I can optionally take a course on Data Structures from the CS department this next semester but am unsure if the material is old school or is still relevant today. The course covers the following topics with programming assignments in C...

Hey guys so I'm enrolled in a Mechatronics/Robotics course next semester and it's notorious for being one of the hardest classes that I can take. I'm a little worried about the difficulty of the class, but I think I can get through it haha. Anyway, I was wondering if there were any online...

Hey all, I'm currently a pure math major, though I'm leaning towards going to grad school for applied math, specifically dynamical systems and climate modeling. This semester, upper division abstract algebra and upper division classical mechanics are only offered in the same time-slot. I know...

I was looking at my degree plan the other day, and I noticed that I didn't have the foggiest idea what the frikkity-frak this particular course was. All I know is that it's an electrical engineering course (I'm an aerospace engineering major). I'll likely be taking it next fall, so I was just...

Hey guys, I'm currently in a 2nd year Honors Physics program & I need to decide within the next ~2 weeks which of these two classes to take. Either Linear algebra II or Numerical Analysis. Heres are course descriptions as given on my Universities website Linear Algebra II Vector space...

In the below video from approx. 12:00 onwards while explaining the proof for Quotient Rule, Mr. Miller says that while delta x approaches zero, delta v approaches zero. Can someone explain me why is that? Thanks a lot!

The reason why I am suspecting the solution is wrong is because the final step is dividing something with units of electrons/min by something with units of electrons/meter. Am I right about the solution being wrong? If I am wrong, then what am I not seeing? If I am right that the book is wrong...

Is there any online physics course that one can take and also give one a diploma for Bachelor of Science in Physics? Is there such a thing. What is the best online school for this that is recognized by the physics community?

Hey PF. I've got a month of break before classes start again, so naturally I'm going to spend it nose-down in books like a good little nerd. Trouble is, I don't want to use a shotgun approach to self-study; I'd rather use a focused approach on what I think might present the greatest difficulty...

Hey guys! I have a question about the HSC. How much of the Preliminary Physics course is actually used in the HSC (that is actually needed)? Do you have to know motion, waves and all the rest, or just motion? Would really help me out, thanks! Would i have to know the preliminary course to get a...

Hey there, In my university, General Relativity is listed among elective courses (along with an advanced quantum mechanics course). I'm curious to know whether general relativity is really an undergrad course or not. And what are the pros and cons if GR is taken in grad school? Thanks for...

Hi everyone, So, I'm currently in my second year (undergrad) of university studying nanoscience/physics in Canada. I try to think about my future career fairly often, so that I can do my best to make good decisions. However, I'm beginning to get the feeling that I'm not truly "mastering" the...

I dropped out of college five years ago, before my studies really had begun. My original plan was to start again my engineering physics studies in January but my problem is that some of the courses available for spring are continuing on the fall studies. Now I got a bit surprising turn of...

I am extremely interested in complex systems and i know that it is studied primarily using mathematics. I would really enjoy formally learning this material so that i can apply it. Are there any known courses that cover complex systems or touch on it at all? What courses should i be looking for...

Homework Statement Find the radius of convergence of sum from 1 to n of 1/(n^n) * x^(2^n) Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Clearly ratio test isn't going to work straight away. I'm not sure how to deal with the 2^n exponent

Just like the title says - with the meteor passing close by the Earth, gravity should alter the meteor's course. So how much was it?

Hi there, I'm a Double Honours Astrophysics/Pure Math student and this semester I'm taking Intro Chem, Set Theory & Number Theory, Logic, Classical Mechanics, and Calculus. I'm getting an A+ in all my other courses but I think I may end up with a C in Chem or maybe even a D. I've just been so...

Help needed, started my course late! Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and am wondering if anyone could answer these questions for me and explain them. I understand that it's very ignorant for this to be my first post, but would greatly appreciate it. Even if you can't or don't have the time to...

I have a couple of interviews coming up in the next few days but I don't really know what to wear. The first interview is for a quality assurance technologist position with a pharmaceutical company and the 2nd one is a research position (researching new adhesives) for an R&D company. I heard...

Hi, I just joined this community today after browsing the forums here for a few weeks. I was hoping that perhaps someone could help me out in my situation. I am a graduate student in Mathematics going for an MS in Mathematics. I attended classes last Fall, but left the program on Medical...

At university of Toronto, do certain physics courses teach computer programmings? or do I need to take extra course for computer Not that I don't want to take it but I think I will have full course for both 1st year uni even without the computer courses. I think it is important to learn...

Hi, I am enrolled in an Msc programme in pure maths, I wanted to ask for your recommendations on taking a basic graduate course in Algebraic Topology. Basically my interest spans on stuff that is somehow related to analysis, geometry or analytic number theory. The pros for choosing this...

Homework Statement Using ultra-short laser pulses, it is possible to probe the reaction dynamics of many chemical reactions, such as A+BC->(ABC)*->AB+C. This worksheet estimates some of the parameters necessary to do this. (a) If the energy available to each final states species is roughly...

First of all, I'm asking here for advice since I've seen how the members of this forum answer in a mature manner (I've read some problems like mine in the forum, however, I've not contributed some). your advice is very much appreciated (please don't mind the different field of study) I've...

Hi all, long time reader, 2nd time poster. The long story: I'm a physics major in my senior year, and I've recently developed an interest in computational physics/chemistry and I'm considering pursuing it in graduate school. I became interested in computational science when I took a basic...

I'm starting the natural sciences course at Cambridge in 2 weeks time. The modules I'll study in the first year are maths, physics, materials and chemistry and I'll specialise in physics after that. I applied for theoretical physics for my other uni choices but had no problems picking...

Hi! I need some help to find a university in Uk. I'm studying electrical engineering in 4th year. Next year (5th) I want to go to the UK to finish the course. At my university I have two modules that I have to do to finish the course, so plan to have these modules at a university in the...

Homework Statement This is really a horizon broading, even music students and histroy students can take this course. So I think this HW problem is very simple, but it is too simple that I am afraid I will do it wrongly. Homework Equations My Dr. said we don't need to know the C++...

PLease ask me questions if I am unclear. So here goes. It was a few months ago I asked this, I am taking an analysis course that basically is killing me. Months and months ago, just before the spring term ended (near the end of April), I asked the professor who was teaching the course...