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Hello everyone. I don't know if this is the right place for this thread, but I am looking for an introductory neuroscience text for beginners. Thanks.

I need to give a presentation on the basics concepts of the Neurotransmitters. Now, a lot of stuff is available on the net and I can easily get it all from there. But I am thinking about doing something different, I am thinking about to introduce the neurotransmitter from a different...

Our last course on Mathematical Physics covers topology, topological spaces, metric spaces; differential forms; introduction to group theory including finite and continuous groups, group representations, and Lie groups. The textbook to be used is Math methods by Arfken and Intro to Hilbert...

I was wondering if anyone could give me any links or an introduction to abstract algebra. I know that abstract algebra is a tough concept to understand (at least for some people, but it varies from person to person). If anyone could help with the basics of it would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry to start yet another thread on the basics of magnetism, but I'm missing something... Glancing through an introductory college physics textbook, the three chapters on magnetism are missing something ...and it is the one thing that every normal person thinks of when they here the word...

Homework Statement Suppose we have a spin 1/2 Particle in a prepared state: \left|\Psi\right\rangle = \alpha \left|\uparrow\right\rangle + \beta\left|\downarrow\right\rangle where \left|\uparrow\right\rangle \left|\downarrow\right\rangle are orthonormal staes representing spin up and...

Good evening, everyone. My name is Steve, I'm 37 and from a small town called Fort Dodge in Iowa (USA). I have no formal education in Astronomy, but have always loved the topic since I was a child (most likely due to having a cousin who was an engineer for NASA who would send me photos and...

Hi folks, I'm taking a class in statistical mechanics out of Sethna's text. Part of the course involves student presentations. I've settled on his chapter on order parameters, broken symmetry and topology. Its a relatively short chapter and I'd like to read some more. I'm looking for...

I am looking for a good introductory text that will walk me through the theory and design of power supplies and regulators. I am really looking to understand things like buck converters and linear regulators. I've looked around wikipedia and while the material is helpful I'd like something that...

I'm in Quantum 1, and the professor briefly mentioned Hilbert Space. I'm having a difficult time finding a non-technical description of what Hilbert Space is. Could someone give me a brief description of what it is physically, rather than mathematically?

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Hello! I'm looking for some introductory articles on M- and F-Theory. Can anyone help me? I'm looking for articles with deep (compleet) mathematical treatment. Thx, O

Currently in my course in topology we have covered the point-set portion of the Munkres text, and the professor has moved into some additional material in which munkres has no resources, mainly the classification of surfaces. The professor let me borrow his resource for a while, but I was...

Dear all, I read about hyperfunctions in Penrose's masterpiece "Road to Reality" and I just met them again (in disguise) in a set of notes on "tricks on computing definite real integrals". Being an engineer with a curiosity for math, I would like to understand a bit more, so I am looking for a...

If I have question in EM at level of "Introduction to Electrodynamics" by David Griffiths, should I post here or in the Introduction to Physics?

I'm currently reading DF Lawden's book Introduction to Tensor Calculus, Relativity and Cosmology. He coverss the idea of translation of inertial frames in the beginning and by using Minkowski's device for the time coordinate, x4 = ict, shows that inertial frames moving at velocity u =...

So I asked this question about Rigged Hilbert Space https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=435123 And one of the problem I have understand Rigged Hilbert Space is that it involves taking the dual of a particular dense subspace of Hilbert Space and I of course have no clue what the...

Anyone know where I can find a good introduction to rindler coordinates and uniformly accelerating frames of reference in minkowski space? I have searched the internet but haven't been able to find anything too helpful. I would especially like a good derivation of the rindler coordinates. Thanks!

this is the booking we will be using in class----> "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by David J. Griffiths (2nd Edition, Pearson - 2005, 1995) so should i be using this book to study Quantum Mechanics? if not what book would you recommend.

Hi Guy's, I have just started DE's and I'm having difficulty following my notes on using the substitution method. I was wondering if anyone new a good link that could show me some good techniques to use when approaching these problems. Is there a good step by step process which any of you use...

Hello. Someone knows the book: "Analytical Mechanics: An Introduction" by Antonio Fasano, S. Marmi? Is this a good book on mechanics? Thank you.

Hello. I was wondering if I should self study multivariable calculus or introduction to proofs? I am an entering high school senior (contrary to what my username might suggest), and I just took a Calc 2 class last spring. I can only do one or the other, and I don't know which one would be...

I would like to know if anyone who had a good introductory GR course would mind sending me the scanned lectures notes if this person has them. I think textbooks have too many words and I prefer to study lecture notes. I am sorry if this was not the correct place for my post.

wikipedia says http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_field_theory Overview Group field theory is a theory of quantum gravity. It is closely related to background independent quantum gravity approaches such as loop quantum gravity and spin foam and causal dynamic triangulation. It makes...

Hi Can someone suggest a book along the lines of "space-time physics"(wheelerand taylor) which gives conceptual clarity to study (self) along with Schutz GR Thanks

peskin`s introduction to QFT [3.82],do not know what he had done to the underline

Q1) The amplitude of an electromagnetic wave is E0 = 471.0 V/m. Find the following values. (a) Erms 333.047 V/m (b) Brms __ nT (c) the intensity I __W/m2 (d) the radiation pressure Pr __nPa Q2)(a) For a given distance from a radiating electric dipole, at what angle (expressed...

Homework Statement So, I was wondering how I can correlate frequency, amplitude, wavelength, period, and time with each other. I'm trying to solve this problem. A 4.5 Hz wave with an amplitude of 12 cm and a wavelength of 27 cm travels along a stretched horizontal string. a) how far does a...

What's difference between those Courant's books? They both seems to be first year calc books.

I planned to buy a latex book.. a complete latex book with examples.. from introduction to advanced level any suggestions thanks

Notes on string theory. Gerard ’t Hooft Institute for Theoretical Physics Utrecht University, Leuvenlaan 4 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands and Spinoza Institute Postbox 80.195 3508 TD Utrecht, the Netherlands e-mail: g.thooft@phys.uu.nl internet: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/

I'd appreciate it if someone points me to a simple and gentle introduction to homology / cohomology theory. By simple and gentle, I mean start out by drawing a triangle and a circle and then connect the two to chains, and homology groups.

corrections for the "Introduction to Nuclear engineering" by Lamarsh? hello Is there any corrections for the "Introduction to Nuclear engineering" by Lamarsh? Is the book contains some printing mistakes? Regards

Homework Statement [SIZE="4"][FONT="Arial Black"]A novice pilot sets a plane's controls, thinking the plane will fly at 125km/hr to the north. If the wind blows 75km/hr toward the southeast, what is the plane's resultant velocity? [SIZE="4"][FONT="Arial Black"]________ km/hr at ________°...

One of my friends has wanted to learn an introduction to quantum mechanics for a while. What books would any of you say as a good book for this?

Hello all, I'll start with the beginning to give the best overall picture. I was born and raised in a religious cult. The impact on my life due to this has been significant as one could imagine. I'll leave the religious identity out as this isn't the forum for it. With such an upbringing...

Recently my economics class and john nash have lead to a curious interest in Game Theory. I'm obviously looking for an introduction, but all the ones I found on amazon seem to elude any mathematics, which is my main passion. So I ask for a proper introduction to Game Theory which is not afraid...

Homework Statement The physics of wind instruments is based on the concept of standing waves. When the player blows into the mouthpiece, the column of air inside the instrument vibrates, and standing waves are produced. Although the acoustics of wind instruments is complicated, a simple...

the book "Introduction to tensor calculus and continuum mechanics" hi please help me ! i've try to find appendix d of this or solution that excersise anyone can help me ? any link or full version of this book thart have "appendix d" my english languge not good sorry thanks a lot bye

Dear all, I've read that this is a good introduction. I also read that the first edition is much different from the the second an third. The reason is that last two ones are written in more traditional index notation. Which one would you suggest. I'm not "afraid" of the index free notation...

I like my book called physics by Resnick and Halliday 3rd edition but I think that it is too challenging for me . I just started physics not too long ago and I am doing the particle dynamics chapter with Newtons laws and it asks me something about air friction , what the heck is that? well I...

Homework Statement If A, B, C, D are 4 points in a plane, then find ALL correct statements if AB=BC+CD A. AB is parallel to BD B. AB+BC=CD C. AB=BD D. AB−BC=BD E. none of the above [Note: The answer could be more than one option] Homework Equations None The Attempt...

Homework Statement The ∑+ particle is a baryon with strangeness -1. How many quarks does the ∑+ particle contain?Homework Equations How many of the quarks are strange? The Attempt at a Solution I know it contains 3 quarks, 2 ups and 1 strange quark but I'm not sure how to work this out, for...

Hey guys can someone explain to me what does an inertial frame of refence mean? From what i know its a frame of reference whereby the observer frame of reference is at constant velocity? But i don't really get what it means. I have been reading some articles on SR and it seems that there is...

Any thoughts on "Introduction to Mathematical Statistics" by Hogg, Craig, and McKean? Dear PF members, I was looking for a textbook for my mathematical statistics course, and it turns out that Introduction to Mathematical Statics by Hogg, Craig, and McKean will be the book for the course...

I did a little searching but couldn't find anything concrete. Reading Fermats Last Theorem has sparked some interest in studying the mathematics the book includes. Could anyone point me in the right direction of getting started in number theory? Thanks

any recommendations?

where can I find a good explanation about brilouine zone (a name of a book)?

In Introduction to Vector Analysis, § 1.16 Tensor notation, Davis and Snider introduce index notation and the Einstein summation convention, Kronecker's delta and the Levi-Civita symbol. They present the following equation, on which they base some proofs of vector algebra identities...

Dear, I want to know about a book explaining easily the fundamentals of optics(not geometric). I'm not a student who studys physics or optics but grad student studying laser spectroscopy(single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy). Are there any books matching me? Thank you.