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Yet another "which math course to take?" thread Dear PF members, First, I would like to apologize in advance for asking this type of question repeatedly. I just haven't made my mind yet, and I just think getting another advice from PF members might be helpful. So, I'm going to be a...

I am trying to decide between two different graduate math classes in the fall. These are the only classes that sound really interesting to me, as well as fitting in with the rest of my schedule. My other courses will consist of several physics type courses, notably, Jackson's electrodynamics...

Hello everyone. I'm planning on taking some mathematics courses this fall, with the intent to return to school for an engineering degree as "full time" as I am able this spring. I live in the Boston area, and noticed that Harvard extension school has some good calculus/linear algebra courses...

It's been a long time since I've had to do this stuff so bare with me! Compute and graph the following: (a) -15+i/4+2i (multiply by the conjugate and I got -2.9+1.7i (b) (271/3)4 Now for some reason I have a feeling this has 3 solutions using complex numbers but can not figure them out...

Hi. I have done some algebra (mostly group theory and linear algebra), and single-variable real analysis at the level of baby Rudin. Currently I have a choice between two courses: Analysis: Lebesgue and Fourier analysis; Hilbert and Sobolev spaces; fractals and approximation theory...

Hey all, I'm starting my first year of university in a month or so, taking the specialist program (equivalent to honors program at my university) for pure mathematics. I am also going to take applied mathematics and physics courses, out of interest (hopefully I take enough physics courses to get...

What is a short book which covers all of the key results in calculus in a rigorous manner?

I believe there are a number of errors in my physics correspondence course and I plan to include a page listing them when I write my final exam, but I would first like to make sure they are errors and not due to my lack of understanding. 1) "The coulomb is defined as the amount of charge...

I was wondering what you should be familiar with before taking Calculus II. I just finished the Calc I summer class and was wondering if I should go on to Calc II this summer or just go over Calc I some more... I mean I can solve all of the problems that were presented but we hardly had any...

There is a scientific word/explanation for the phenomenon that a out and back course in a cycling time trial race can actually be faster than a flat course. For example, in Cherokee Park in Louisville, there is a 10 kilometer course that starts on the flats, then has a pretty good downgrade...

I plan on studying math through real analysis. I am taking calc 3, and linear algebra at the moment. Calc 3 is not a problem for me, but linear algebra is by far the most difficult class I've had in my entire life. I'm still hoping I can get a B, but I may have blown that with the test I took...

Hi, I am pursuing graduate studies in economics, and I hear that "measure theory" is one of the classes that will impress admission commitees. I don't see anything by that name in my school's catalog. Does this class go by another name sometimes?

Guys ..i have a plan to learn calculus and I've heard g.h Hardy book:a course of pure math is good for beginner ,and I've heard a lot of good things too about this book ..so guys ? its true ? anyone who have had experience with this book so please tell me ..just make an agreement,or disagree...

I am going to start my sophomore year of college this fall. I will be 17 years old (just for reference purposes), and the state pays for me to go to college early given I stay within 18 credits per quarter, but I'm wondering if I'm going to be overloaded? My dad is a veteran electrical...

A glaucous-winged gull, ascending straight upward at 5.40 , drops a shell when it is 13.5 above the ground. What is the magnitude of the shell's acceleration just after it is released? x= -13.5 (because it is the same as when it went up but just negative) v= 5.40 I got -.2 by putting...

I would love to take have a job in nanotechnology (mainly because it’s an interdisciplinary field). I was considering doing dual degrees, either; - science/ biomedicine - biotechnology/ engineering Which would be the better course? Or is there courses better suited for nanotech? Also, is...

Hello, I'm a recent college graduate and I am applying to grad school. In order to be permanently accepted into grad school I must have a physics class with lab. While the school does offer a physics course with lab, the university is located an hour and fifteen from the grad school and I don't...

Hi everyone, I am a junior in high school and I am having a little trouble deciding which class I should take next year (AP Physics B vs. AP Physics C). I want to major in engineering (aerospace) when I got to college. Right now I am in Honors Algebra II, and to take AP Physics C (which is the...

1. Homework Statement Three carts move on a frictionless horizontal track with different masses and speeds. Cart 1: 4 kg (5 m/s to the right) Cart 2: 10 kg (3 m/s to the right) Cart 3: 3 kg (4 m/s to the left) Cart 1 and 2 are right behind each other on the left side of the track...

First off, sorry to have two threads right up at the top of the forum. (If one/both of my threads have sunk down the list, disregard this.) Anyway, I looked through the first five pages of this forum, but I couldn't find a thread relating to this, they were all about a specific class in...

Hi! I'm a mathematician but I'm now stuyding some physics. I like it, but I am not completely satisfied with the presentation in ordinary books. I want to find a physics book with no fear for math! In traditional textbooks, line integrals, surface integrals, Stoke's theorem is always avoided! I...

Hello again everyone. I just finished making a diagram to plan out a possible physics major/math minor and I would appreciate any advice anyone can give me. The courses are arranged with math on the left and physics on the right, with arrows pointing out the flow and pre-reqs and such. Each row...

Homework Statement Hello all, I am really having trouble with following. I want to find the answer myself, but i do not know what equation/s i should apply to solve the problem. My Question. How long will it take to deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth by...

Hello all, I am really having trouble with following. I want to find the answer myself, but i do not know what equation/s i should apply to solve the problem. My Question. How long will it take to deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth by attaching a 2000N thruster. I...

Hello, Next Spring, I may be taking a couple of independent study / directed reading type courses in Computer Science / Software Engineering. If interesting graduate courses are being offered, that may be what I end up doing, but... What do you guys think would make a good independent...

Hello, I am planning to offer a one-semester elective course in astronomy at my school, and I am looking for suggestions and ideas about what to include in the curriculum. I do not have many examples to pull from around here--the rural schools don't often teach it. We're going to have to...

Homework Statement Zwiebach's A First Course in String Theory Quick Calculation 2.5: Consider the plane (x,y) with the identification (x,y)\rightarrow (x+2\pi R,y+2\pi R). What is the resulting space? Homework Equations A one dimensional line with identification x\rightarrow x+2\pi...

I want the lowdown on withdraws before i make a decision here, I am hoping you guys can help me out. I recently found out this semester that I am transferring next semester to a school where i will be commuting to. I will be taking summer courses and will of course need gas money to get...

MORE Math Course questions! I am a second year physics major at Santa Clara University with a minor in philosophy and I am strongly considering another minor in Math. The physics program here is very small, and I decided to be a physics major after I had decided to come here, but the good thing...

I would like to get a general sense of the life course of a physicists. I'm finishing up my ugrad. studies and moving on to graduate school so I know of the physicist's life course up to this point. I was wondering what happens at graduate school and further on? Specifically: Graduate...

I'm a physics major in UIUC, and I will be a sophomore next semester. These days I'm considering to take intermediate EM 1(we'll use Griffths), intermediate Mechanics 2(Marion) and quantum mechanics 1(Griffths) for next semester. Now I just want to know is it possible? I'd like to hear some of...

A typical protein contains 16.2% nitrogen (14.00674 mg/mmol). A 0.500 mL aliquote of protein solution was digested, and the liberated NH3 was distilled into 10.00mL of 0.02140 M HCL. The unreacted HCl required 3.26mL of 0.0198 M NaOH for complete titration. Find the concentration of protein (mg...

I'd like to know what are the general differences between a computer science program in university and programing course in a community college and the pros and cons for both.

I'm proposing an independent study for my school, and I was wondering if this course seems even possible to do. It follows the MIT 8.962 course, General Relativity, and the Calendar is virtually taken from their syllabus. It goes: Week 1 Set up computer, familiarize with the text Week 2...

Hello everybody, This problem is from "Elementary Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Physics" by Liverhant, I will be thankful for any help,because I'm really stuck on it :( ------------------------ (6-11)Calculate the smallest value of A for which the maximum fractional energy loss can be...

I'm trying to pick my last elective. My others are PDEs. What's a Logic I course like? I'm considering this one course/professor, and he has good reviews on ratemyprofessor for this course.

it's a question I've been wondering for a little while: why do we learn about resistors and capacitors, etc in a general physics course? all the other coursework is about things that happen naturally in nature: mechanics, gravity, lenses, magnetism; but then we devote several chapters to...

Square Root Of 2 (from Hardy "Course Of Pure Mathematics") I was surprised to find it in my local bookstore amidst math "cheat" books in the one-shelf math section (and the fact that it was the last copy left... ??). Is he asking to simply carry out the calculation? Or is he asking to...

I just failed three 4th year physics courses (classical mechanics, QM and condensed matter). The reason for failure has been a serious lack of discipline. I have had a piss-poor work ethic over the past 8 months, regularly tanking problem sets and having a generally jaded attitude toward my...

I'm currently a freshman math major and registration for spring semester has got me thinking about sophomore year already. I'm currently taking a year long honors course which treats multivariable calculus and linear algebra at a theoretical level. For an idea of what this course is like, we...

Homework Statement A 6600 kg rocket traveling at 3500m/s is moving freely through space on a journey to the moon. The ground controllers find that the rocket has drifted off course and that it must change direction by 8.6 degrees if it is to hit the moon. By radio control, the rocket's engines...

Hi All, This is a good repository for FREE OCW links (complete video courses as well), and other online educational resources. http://delicious.com/SassyCat13 Lecture notes, textbooks, or general information pertaining to study subject are sometimes posted in tags headed with "rsc" for...

Is there anything like *crash course* for electrodynamics ?

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-01Fall-2006/VideoLectures/index.htm does it consists with theoretical knowledge of solving question like this: there is a function f(x) which is continues in the borders [a,b] and derivitable in the borders (a,b), b>a>0 alpha differs 0 prove...

i found this calculus course: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-01Fall-2006/VideoLectures/index.htm does it consists with theoretical knowledge of solving question like this: there is a function f(x) which is continues in the borders [a,b] and derivitable in the borders (a,b)...

hey everyone, i need some advice. I am not the strongest math student, but i can work some stuff out. for my second year i am required to take a math course at the 2000 level. after looking through my options i came across one titled "introduction to geometry" here is the courses description...

My field of interest is computational physics and computational math. I'm planning my courses for next term and I wanted to know if anyone knowledgeable in the area of scientific computing or just experienced with a lot of programming for math applications thought a course called Data Structures...

Hello everyone, I am a mechanical engineering major and I have to decide which course in foreign language to take because is required at my school. I am between chinese and german, but I want to pick one that can help me in my future career. Any suggestions?

Will it be of any use to me if I just want to be a software engineer (which typical just consist of me coding things?)