Book Definition and 999 Threads

Hi everybody I'm currently looking for an introductory quantum mechanics book which emphasizes the mathematical aspects of it. I especially need exercises in order to pass a written exam, but I'd like to have even lots of examples. I've already gone through the whole "Picasso" (it's an italian...

Hello, i am currently enrolled in a Mathematics course which covers these subjects: -Calculus of Variations -Laplace Transform -Fourier Analysis -Special Functions -Integral Equations And as an introduction to the subject it has several things from calculus like maxima/minima of functions of...

Friends, can you suggest for some good books which can be studied in graduate level. Except Griffiths, I've completed it.

Dear Physics Forum friends, I recently got interested in the Russian textbooks in mathematics, which I am completely blown away by their exposition, insights, and excellent problem sets. I have been reading translated versions of Russian books written by authors like Kolmogorov, Arnold, and...

I'm taking Calculus II and my class is a flipped classroom so I am excited to finally be able to learn in a way that works for me. However, I am having some trouble finding resources to help me truly understand the material. Ideally, a book would introduce topics in a way that explains the...

Dear Physics Forum personnel, I would like to seek your recommendation on a good, introductory textbook in the probability theory (non measure-theoretic treatment) that contains both the applied and theoretical treatment of the subject. My goal is to advance into the measure-theoretic...

Question: In page number 225 of Introduction to quantum field theory of peskin and schroeder, looking at the equation that follows to Eq. (7.41), I cannot understand how the general state $|\lambda_K>$ (one eigenstate of the full Hamiltonian Lorentz shifted so its momentum be K) is annihilated...

Hey, I'm one of those people who's been trying to learn Physics for ages before finishing high school (writing it down like this really makes me sound like some hopeless nerd with nothing better to do..) but never got around to doing it because my calculus knowledge sucks so much. :-) My...

I found Kittel very complicated and Ashcroft outdated. I want something rather new, written in a advanced but familiar manner.

I need a book that has a lot of problems and can teach me how to solve word problems well and comes with a lot of problems to solve at the end of the chapter or unit.

I'm looking for a book that has problems and explanations (not necessarily background theory) about mechanical systems. Consider the picture below for reference. The idea is I want to get a hold of energy and impulse methods for solving problems like this, eventually the book would have a...

Can anyone refer me a good book for calculus from which i can clear the basic concepts.

Suggest for a reference book for quantum mechanics having detailed theoretical explanation and lot of solved examples.

Hi, everyone, I am now looking for a good textbook on QCD. I am especially want to learn the derivation of DGLAP evolution equations. So, it will be better if the book contains the detailed derivation of evolution equations step by step for all the diagrams using Feynman rules. I looked through...

Hi,The recommended book by our electrical engineering department for Circuits I is : Linear and Nonlinear Circuits ¹st Edition by Leon O . Chua /ISBN-13: 978-0070108981/What do you think are some different books about Circuits I ?

Hi, I'm new here and I'm trying to learn GR. I wanted to know the math books that I need to tackle GR properly, so far the books that I came across are: Tensor Analysis on Manifolds by Bishop and Goldberg Tensors, Differential Forms, and Variational Principles by Lovelock and Rund I have a good...

Hello, I have been developping a kind of a machine that uses magnets and metal and things like that to produce an AC . But the probleme is that i cannot do it unless i am 100% sure it is going to work properly so i want an engineering book for electromagnetics with some mechanics also for the...

A question concerning FIg. 7.11 on page 173. It seems to me, in light of what is said on the preceding page about null surfaces, that he has interchanged "normal" and "tangent" in the third and fourth sentences of the figure caption. I would say: "The tangent to the surface l lies in the...

I had a brief stint with Python a year or two ago, and after I learned of the Raspberry Pi I knew I should try to learn again. I purchased this book, knowing full well that the online resources would be sufficient, and some of the code doesn't seem to work. hello_str = "Hello World"...

Dear Physics Forum personnel, I am currently reading the books called "Linear Algebra Done Right" by S. Axler and "Linear Algebra Done Wrong" by S. Treil. On the next semester, I will be taking the "Second Course in Linear Algebra" which will treat the following topics: determinants...

In which book is it written that the only measurable physical quantity is the length? Task. In any book I've seen thoughts and images that very clearly illustrate the sequence of actions and implicit assumptions when measuring something. The result has been that in any measurement key was the...

Homework Statement Sound waves can be refracted when they travel through balloons filled with different gases. How would the motion of a sound wave be changed if it traveled through a balloon filled with carbon dioxide?BOOK ANSWER "Being more dense than air, the carbon dioxide in the balloon...

Homework Statement Q Provide an explanation for the following statements. [/B] STATEMENT 1 The captain on an ocean ship is proceeding slowly into waves coming towards the ship. He notices that the waves change in two ways about 200 m ahead of where the ship is located. The waves get...

Hi, Can anybody suggest a good book that discuss low voltage electrical switching hardware like circuit breakers, motor starters, automatic tranfser switches..etc? I can't seem to find any book that focuses on this.

Hello all, I've looked around and it seems the general consensus is Purcell for E&M. I just wanted to make sure that these textbooks would align with my syllabus for E&M. Now there is a little thing I need to add. I'm doing Mechanics and E&M at the same time. I've previously taken AP physics A...

Homework Statement Tests reveal that a normal driver takes about 0.75 s before he or she can react to a situation to avoid a collision. It takes about 3 s for a driver having 0.1% alcohol in his system to do the same. If such drivers are traveling on a straight road at 30 mph (44 ft/s) and...

Dear Physics Forum personnel, I am a undergraduate student with math and CS major who is currently taking an introductory analysis course called MATH 521 (Rudin-PMA). On the next semester, I will be taking the course called MATH 522, which is a sequel to 521. My impression is that 522 will be...

Do you know of a resource that expunges all theory and all mathematics and focuses solely on observable facts? Example: This resource would list Faradays experiments but leave out Maxwells equations.

I am reading a book abut tennis physics and I have seen a result that I feel is wrong. We have a tennis ball and a racket, and several cases: 1.- Ball hitting stacionary racquet that is sustained with your hand. (I agree with the results of the book here, it is just to show how they are...

I started with Mary Boas' book "Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences". Now it is stressed in the introduction to make homework and do the problems. However, I would very much like to know if I got the answers right, and I even prefer if the problems are worked-out. So I guess my...

Hi, I'm embarking on a mission to self-study math, and would like some recommendations on any missing books or ones that should be replaced in my repertoire. The goal is to build a strong mathematical foundation. My naive idea of what that means is something like an undergraduate math major, so...

Homework Statement 2. The attempt at a solution I set the initial angular momentum of the disk = to the sum of : rod's angular momentum, angular momentum of disk, rod's center of gravity and disk's center of gravity. With the reference point being at B. Why is the velocity of the rod's...

Hi there, I'm currently looking for a book on ADM formalism in General Relativity. I know that it's definitely not a method really taught so wouldn't be in many textbooks, but was wondering if anyone knew of any great books to use! Thanks in advance

Hello, I really need a good book on ordinary differential equations with applications on Quantum Mechanics, as I will be attending a course on QM but I do not have the proper mathematical background that is needed.

Homework Statement "Find all the points on the curve with equation 6y = 2x^3 + 3x^2 + 6x + 5 where the tangent is parallel to the line with equation 3x − y + 2 = 0 Homework Equations No idea The Attempt at a Solution There are no exercises in the book even similar to this example which is...

I need a good book with good problems and teaching for conic sections.

Interested in learning about Astronomy/ Astrophysics. I do not know anything besides the planets, and apparently I learned today that Asteroids are rich in metals.?? I am looking for a book that is introductory, but is not to easy. I have taken a course in freshman calculus based mechanics and...

I am looking for a good book to brute force my way through in Norwegian. I'm not looking for anything like Peace and War, or whatever, just a nice fantasy/SciFi book to read. One that I was looking at was Vindens Navn, it seemed pretty neat, but the best I could find (amazon) was an audio book...

Hi I am trying to teach myself Measure Theory and I am using the book: Real Analysis by Stein and Skakarchi from Princeton. I want to check if my answers to the questions are correct, so I am asking: Does anyone have the answers to the questions in chapter 1 ?

I know there is a thread about what you are currently reading, but what is your favourite book of all time? So far the best book I've read was The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. The narrator is Death himself who describes experiences of a German girl, her family and a Jew they are hiding. Its...

Hi All, Does anyone perhaps now of a book or free video course on alternator design, Like where I can learn about how to design alternators? Sorry if I posted the question in the wrong "apartment" of the site. Thanks Dilan

(sorry my bad english). I was reading a Halliday's book of phyisics awhat I found is below. d(72t²)/dt = 144t why did the result was 144? It has anything to do with the deltas in the equation (d and dt)? and second I don't realize why the result of this another equation is this 4t²+2t+3 = 8t+2

I need a good book on differential equations.

Text says that threonine and isoleucine have a chiral carbon in sidechain. I am not seeing it. The carbon in the sidechain that is next to the alpha carbon is attached to an oxygen, a hydrogen, a carbon (a methyl group) and the alpha carbon. So that means its attached to two carbons, so...

What would be a good book that starts with the Peano axioms about the natural numbers and constructs, rigorously, the natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rationals, reals, and finally complexes? I would prefer it if the book did not leave out major steps, but instead went in a logical...

Dear Physics Forum advisers, I am an undergraduate student in US and an inspiring applied mathematician in the fields of theoretical computer science. I recently have been reading a book called "Joy of Learning" by Hironaka Heisuke, a mathematician and Fields Medalist (1970); the book seems to...

Homework Statement What books of completely solved problems (free in pdf) in linear algebra would you suggest? Please suggest books that have solved problems, and not theory. Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution

I'm sorry for yet another one of these threads, but I'm curious if this will lead me to a better reading for me. I want to beef up my math background so I decided to take a look Hassani's Mathematical Physics and I planned on reading the parts on vector spaces (finite/infinite), complex...

Has anyone here looked at A Course in Theoretical Physics by P.J. Shepherd? It seems to cover a lot of good topics, but does it do a good job?

What is a good book on GR? I have a good amount of experience with SR, and have spent a good deal of time researching GR, from Wikipedia, to PDF's, and youtube videos. I am moderately comfortable with Tensors, but a book that covers them in depth would be nice, not necessary, however. (I can...