Right now, I am working towards a BS in physics and applied math, and I have been planning on applying for physics PhD programs next year. However, I would really like to have some time away from academia. I think employment would help secure my finances, better allow me to develop my personal...
Your replies are definitely relieving! My adviser constantly reminds me of the importance of grades, which led me to compare my GPA to my fellow physics students', and subsequently noticing that I fell short. I have always had high expectations of myself (or maybe an inferiority complex...
I am getting to where I am really trying to get myself in shape for the future. I plan on graduating next Spring, so I don't have much time left. The thing I am worried most about is my GPA--it's not the greatest. After finishing my second year, my cumulative was something around 3.0. Since then...
Perhaps you're misunderstanding a concept behind a unit vector. First of all, the unit vector always has a magnitude of one. It purely specifies direction.
Now think: you are given a vector that specifies the direction of the force, but does not have a magnitude of 1. What you want is a...
Homework Statement
Let H(r) = x^{2}yi + y^{2}zj + z^{2}xk. Find an irrotational function F(r) and a solenoidal function G(r) such that H(r) = F(r) + G(r)
Homework Equations
From Helmholtz's theorem, any vector field H can be expressed as:
H = -\nabla\Psi + \nablaxA
So then:
F...