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What books are recommended for a course in condensed matter physics at a graduate level?

Summary:: What are the relevant mathematics/ mathematical physics courses for studying quantum field theory and statistical field theory? I'm a physics undergraduate currently in my junior(third) year, thanks.

How much understanding is enough to truly master a course? I'm a 2nd year physics student. Got a so-so GPA.But sometimes I feel like getting an A in a course isn't really enough. For instance , I got an A in Calculus II but today I don't even remember how to derive a general form of power...

Summary:: Griffiths' Electrodynamics Text is Worthless for Teaching It seems like Griffiths just makes things up as he goes along. There's no reasoning. Sometimes he does things one way, sometimes another. Solutions are never really explained, whether I look up homework solutions online or...

I just thought up a little problem and wondered whether anyone could advise as to how to go about it! On a flat course, suppose a cyclist might be able to maintain 300W for around an hour. This gives a total allowed energy expenditure of ##1080t \text{ kJ}##, where ##t## is measured in hours...

MIT has created a new course they call the "missing semester" in computer science. https://missing.csail.mit.edu/ It looks interesting - shell scripts, command line, version management, to name a few.

I'm curious if anyone has either shared a similar experience or has input regarding this. I was planning to take Stat Mech my second semester junior year, but heard the prof is AWFUL and unorganized, so I signed up for solid state instead (upon hearing that the solid state prof is awesome). My...

Hey PF! I'm currently studying Algebra and Trigonometry and have been looking at university level math courses. I was hoping there are some to jump into preferably before calculus like crypt analysis, number theory, or combinatorics.Are there "fun" math courses to take that don't rely on...

Hi, I am currently studying solid-state physics course from Charles Kittel's "introduction to SSP" I searched more on youtube to get lectures to follow the book of Kittel but failed. Really I would appreciate if anybody advises me online source which can help me to comprehend the contents of...

So this is what my course load is going to look like for my fall of second year as a physics major. math 251= Calculus 3 phys 211= Intermediate mechanics phys 201= just some weekly seminar that "expose students majoring in any Physics program to opportunities available with a physics degree "...

Hi Im current in last year of HND mechanical (100% distinction so far) and have HNC in general engineering (100% distinction). Im better at the research and piratical bad at exams (diffucult reading and writing and slow comperhention skills and expression using writting what i want to...

Hello! I've been following Berkeley's AI course, and I'm a little stuck. In this video , at 1 hour, 11 minutes, and 55 seconds, there's a short simulation of what they claim to be a depth-2 minimax algorithm applied to the Pac-Man scenario with two dots. Pac-Man begins in the corner. The...

I was just looking for recommendations for textbooks for an Undergraduate (Senior) Level course in General Relativity. I want to prepare for this "Intro" GR course i'll be taking in January by self-learning what i can beforehand in summer, does anyone have any good, first hand recommendations...

Just wondering if I'm going to be in over my head here, as I'm not sure what to expect. A notoriously "difficult" professor as my school is teaching a senior level undergraduate course "Introduction to General Relativity Physical consequences of Einstein's equations, including the principle of...

Hello, I am beginning a course in thermodynamics in which we will be using the textbook "Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics" (Moran, Shapiro Et al.). Does anyone know of a video series which covers similar topics as in textbook? I have the textbook, I am just looking for a supplement...

You might be knowing that I have recently completed high school, and am waiting for admission into college. I have some time before college starts, and I am using this time in quenching my thirst in physics. My first choice would be a B.Sc. in physics. Till now, I have acquired a working...

Hello,I'm a freshman undergraduate physics student. I'm mainly considering theoretical physics for graduate school (condensed matter and AMO physics). There is an introductory topology course at my university which is offered by the math department. Will taking topology be useful for any...

Hey all, firstly let me give some background, i`m a Cloud Computing Engineer and have been in the I.T. industry for the past 20 years since I left university. I have always had an interest in science and astronomy (My dad was a keen amateur astronomer) but never really taken it very seriously...

Homework Statement Consider the below vector x, which you can copy and paste directly into Matlab. The vector contains the final grades for each student in a large linear algebra course. x = [59 70 83 89 72 70 54 55 68 61 61 58 75 54 65 55 62 39 43 53 67 100 60 100 61 100 77 60 69 91 82 71 72...

So this semester I had to take >>>One humanity course 3 credits <<< One sociology course 3 credits English II (B2 level) 3 credits Calculus II 4 credits Physics II (EM Circuits and Modern) 4 credits Intro Chem 4 credits History and Development of Physics 1 credit But course that drains me so...

Hello! I'm enrolled in PHY 1 in college and this is my first encounter with the subject. I'm usually able to derive the correct answers to the questions, but I consistently sense that I lack a firm understanding of what I'm calculating and or the justification of the steps involved. That...

Homework Statement A red and a green train are headed towards each other on a collision course. Red train velocity = 20m/s Green train velocity = 40m/s When the trains are a distance of 950 meters apart, they begin to decelerate at a steady pace of 1m/s^2. 1) Will the trains collide? 2) If...

I'm an upper division physics transfer student and currently deciding on whether I should take a course in numerical methods for physical modelling or basic into to analogue circuits course. Here are there descriptions: math 174 - Floating point arithmetic, direct and iterative solution of...

I will be proceeding onto my masters degree in theoretical physics in about two months time. My goal is to learn as much as I can about quantum and statistical physics, as this is the field in which I would like to do my PhD. In my second semester, I have the chance to either study the...

I am considering this text for my high school Honors/AP course. Do you have an opinion of the text and its online Wiley PLUS with ORION Advantage?

It's my last year, and I failed one of my courses because I was not well prepared; physics of semiconductors. I cannot graduate this year all I can do is retake this course next semester. My goal was to graduarte and pursue my master degree but I cannot do that anymore. I feel like a failure...

Was just wondering if this course load is too much for a junior, I’m aware everyone is different, but let’s generalize the case. 15 credits; Quantum mechanics Statistical mechanics Methods of Theoretical physics Partial differential equations w/applications Geography elective I am afraid...

Hi, I have one year of undergraduate classes left. I am trying to figure out how best to prepare for my applications to an AMO physics program (hopefully highly competitive). My first question is: how much importance can one class have? Maybe I am stressing too much about trying to make myself...

Homework Statement 15.1 The airspeed of the plane is 200m/s, directed north. If the wind speed is 30m/s in the direction shown, determine the ground speed and the course (angle θ) of the plane. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Is it so far correct the above? More questions...

What should i do during my UG physics course other than following what is taught at college, like doing internships ?

I wasn't sure if I should post this here or academic guidance but given the career factor in this question I will post it here: I am doing a masters in electrical engineering with a focus on signal processing but I am also interested in others areas such as machine learning and robotics. I need...

Hello there, So I just finished a course on Qm with Griffiths but the teacher was not the best, to say the least. I disliked the book too and its kind of childish or funny way of presenting stuff. During the summer break I want to go over QM again but with a better book and by myself. I loved...

So I took a course for electrical engineering as an undergraduate, I'm going to a different school for my masters in electrical engineering, I see as part of the curriculum a course that looks very familiar to a course I took in my undergrad. Because I can't use the same course for more than...

MATH 4300 - Modern Geometry (3) Prerequisite: MATH 3450 with minimum C grade. Topics selected from advanced Euclidean geometry, non-Euclidean geometry, projective geometry. May be repeated once for credit with approval of instructor as subject matter changes. The above paragraph is the course...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew of an online calc-based physics 2 course with a lab? I know it's a lot of criteria to match and I've had a pretty hard time searching, but I thought I'd ask in case someone else has taken or is aware of something! I need to take it this summer in order to be on...

I am working toward an eventual Physics or EE degree. I currently have completed the following courses online in this order; Calc 1, Calc 2, Linear Algebra, Phys 1 (calc based classical mech), working on vector Calc 3. The following are available for me: - Complex Variables 1 - Ordinary Diff...

Hey! I need help with my Math homework :( The question is the following... There are 5 history courses of interest to Howard, including 3 in the afternoon, and there are 6 psychology courses, including 4 in the afternoon. Howard picks a course by selecting a dept at random, then selecting a...

Hello PF, I am currently taking a course on quantum mechanics that is following Griffiths' textbook (page by page). The first exam in the course coincided with two other courses (analysis and probability theory) and so I did lack a bit of training while doing it (the required material was from...

Good Day, all! Currently having a semi-half-mid-life crisis xD I am currently enrolled at the Open University (UK) nearly finished with first year (120credits), though this is distance learning and I would prefer to go to Birkbeck University of London which will be evening classes. Now...

Hello, I am currently in India and I will start with the final year of school in a month. I want to be a particle physicist and I study physics really hard, even though I don't yet understand the higher math, I try to understand the concept. I wanted to ask where should I get a degree from? My...

Homework Statement I shall determine the course of the normal force, the lateral force and the bending moment. And then sketch that as a graph Homework Equations All Moments are 0 All Fx = 0 All Fy = 0 The Attempt at a Solutionhere is my clear cut (is this the right Word in English ? :)...

Hello PF, I am a physics junior and I lately decided on a math double major. I found the topics and classes and interesting enough to do so. Now my prospective fields are either high energy physics or quantum information. And so I wanted to tailor my math electives to help me within these...

Hello, Are there any windows compatible physics course software that I can use to quickly review college level physics? I know textbooks and online courses are an option but I prefer a using a downloadable software that can be used offline. Please let me know if you know of any. Thanks!

I'm going to be an aerospace/mechanical engineering student at UAH next year and I am coming up with my four year plan. Two courses, "fundamentals of aerodynamics" and "compressible aerodynamics", are not prerequisites for each other, and they are both required. Based on your experience with...

of the course is very much related to one of the courses one is taking right now? [Warning: Long post. Skip to the third paragraph for what you need to know.] I ask this partially because I'm beginning to think that it feels like a hassle taking Partial Differential Equations right after...

The MATLAB command plot plots points in a two-dimensional figure and connects them with straight line segments. So, here $y$ is a vector with $n$ entries $(1; y(1)); (2; y(2)); (3; y(3)); : : : ; (n; y(n)):$ So the MATLAB command is given below for an example: y = [1 -3 3 -4]; >> plot(y)...

Homework Statement Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution [/B] The % of course passing students who fail the prelim test is 38%. So, the required probability is 38 %. Isn't the probability of a student failing the prelim when he his passing the course is known already = probability...

Homework Statement From pages 10--11 in "A First Course in General Relativity" (Second Edition) by Bernard Schutz: Given $$\Delta\overline{s}^2 = \phi\left(\textbf{v}\right)\Delta s^2,$$ where ##\Delta \overline{s}^2## is the interval measured between two events in frame ##O'##, which is...

Hello! So I need some textbook recommendations for calculus based physics course. I have taken an algebra/ trigonometry physics course last semester, but now I'm taking a calculus based. I have a textbook which the professor told us will follow our course. The book is Fundamentals of Physics...

I want to study "Electrical Machines" Course. I looked for online courses but they all had different prerequisites to study "Electrical Machines" course. Can anyone guide me about what prerequisites are needed to study "Electrical Machines" or any specific contents that i should study (e-book or...