Course Definition and 981 Threads

Hello I can't solve this one, can anyone steer me in the right direction. A 7600-kg space probe is traveling through space at 120 m/s. Mission control determines that a change in course of 30.0° is necessary and instructs the probe to fire rockets perpendicular to its present direction of...

I've learned the basic methods of ODEs but I'm looking for a more advanced book, covering things like limit cycles, existence and uniqeness thoerems, phase portraits, and so on. Does anyone know of a good book for such topics.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I don't really really immediately plan on doing any graduate work, although it is a possiblity. Through my first few EE classes, though, I've gathered that a class in matrix algebra or linear algebra would be very beneficial, although it is not required...

The Sun emits energy at a rate of about 3.9 · 1026W. At Earth, this sunshine gives an incident energy flux Ie of about 1.4kWm−2. In this problem, you’ll investigate whether any other planets in our solar systemcould support the sort of water-based life we find on Earth. Consider a planet...

i am from a thirld world country, and my brother has just finished his high scholl who wants to study mathematics later. can any of you outline a general course that he takes for his later career. i am not a student of physics, i am just a student of medicine so i don't know much about it.

http://streamer.perimeterinstitute.ca:81/mediasite/viewer/FrontEnd/Front.aspx?&shouldResize=False scroll down the side menu to "Introduction to Quantum Gravity" L.S. announced posting this course on Woit's blog

Hi, I am a 11th std student (according to Indian sylabus) studying in Oman(I am a Non Resident Indian). I now need help to make a few major decisions in my life, I hope u would help me make the correct decision. Oman is a gulf country with less or very few colleges. So for my Undergraduate...

Does anyone have any links or places for me to look for a crash course in enthalpy, bombo calorimeter, and equations dealing with molecular weight or moles in general? I took a physics class worried about my lack of chemistry background, but everyone told me not to worry about it... Well...

Regarding upper division math courses, I was hoping I could get some advice from you guys as to what I should take. This spring, I have room for one and only one of these classes: Complex Analysis A study of complex valued functions: Cauchy’s Theorem and residue theorem, Laurent series, and...

My friends i need good tutorials websites about measurements and digital measuring instruments such as: encoder-decoder-latches-flip flops-counters-shift registers-A/D conversion - D/A conversion- Ladder lattice-Oscilloscopes ... In general electrical and electronic measurements which an...

I want to inform you that our course about operational amplifier at university has such of the following topics: adder amplifier(inverting and non inverting)- integrator-diffrentiator-comparator- schmitt trigger-rectangular waveform generator-triangular waveform generator...and some active...

have anyone read "A Course on Pure Mathematics" by G. H. Hardy? is it a good book?

The given problem is this: Solve using the gamma function \int_0^{\infty}\sqrt{x}\exp{^{-x}}{ dx}My problem is that I don't know how to use the gamma function. It doesn't make sense to me...any insight would be helpful. Thanks in advance

Which is that course that you really loved and enjoyed most.In my case,it is Mechanics of Solids because its really very interesting and its application is very wide and can be very easily seen without much effort. The reason why i want to hear your choice because i have to select an open...

I need to take Engineering Statics next semester, but the only time the class is offered conflicts with another class I have to take. There is no other class that I can take for my major next semester becasue every other class I need requires these classes I am taking next semester as...

help required from your exprience. I consider my self quite a good physicist (I can think clear) I really love Relativity (specially Special-Relativity.) I am good at maths (if it involves things that I do in physics class.) I also like Astronomy (which in a way involves SR). Unfortunatly...

Hi I'm applying to Cambridge,Oxford,UCL and Imperial for PhDs in Quantum Computing mostly experimental research into Ion Traps. These forms ask for Research proposals or reasons for choosing the course. Does anyone have any suggestions of how I can answer this? My main reason for choosing it is...

I can take one of the following 3 courses as a technical elective. I need to know which would be the most useful to me. My Math background: I have taken a year of Calculus, linear algebra, and diff eq (no partials.) Thermal Physics [text: Kittel "Thermal Physics"]...

to publish it because i,m not a famous teacher,mathematician from a snob and pedant univesity of Usa of England...this is the way science improves..only by publishing works from famous mathematician..:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: o fcourse if i were Louis de Branges or Alain Connes or other...

Is there anyone in the Hamilton area who is willing to tutor me so I can pass my undergrad introductory physics course? I really need some serious help. Thanks, Physics DUD :cry:

Hi everyone, I need some advice on what to do about my AP Physics course. Last year when I was taking my CP Physics course as a junior in high school I got sick (am still battling now) and I self taught 2/3 of the material because I wasn't able to attend school regularly until the last...

I'm currently a 17 year old trying to apply for various universities in the UK, looking at various factors like job prospects, interests to choose a subject to study. I'm currently looking at two possibilities: either chemistry or chemical engineering. This is where the 'problem' comes in...

Okay I'm stuck...Here's the problem I'm dealing with: An astronaut on another planet drops a 1-kg rock from rest and finds that it falls a vertical distance of 2.5 meters in 1 second. On this planet, the rock has a weight of: a) 1 N b) 2 N c) 3 N d) 4 N e) 5 N first of all which planet...

Can someone help me understand something on page 220 of the book 'A First Course in General Relativity' by Bernard Schutz? Near the middle of the page, the line element is given as ds^2 = -dudv + f^2(u)dx^2 + h^2(u)dy^2 (I changed g to h so I can talk about the metric tensor) which I...

nice link http://www.sfu.ca/~boal/ :smile: PHYS 390: Introduction to Astrophysics

halo nice link I found. http://web.nps.navy.mil/~ssweb/AA4362/AA4362.html best regards

Does anyone know a good website that gives info on drawing the structure of organinc molecules? Or can anyone teach me?

Well, so the backstory is this: I'm studying physics at the university of copenhagen, and i'll be applying shortly to get in as en exchange student to the university of california (most propably Irvine) for one year (my final year in my BS studies). And i wanted to take advantage of the fact...

I'm in the math Higher level course in the International Baccalaureate programme, and it offers a choice of one from four topics during the final year to study in depht. Now i have a hard time chosing one, so I would appreciate if someone could gimme some tips :smile: The subjects are...

I'm thinking of taking a computer science course this year at school. In order to take it, I need to take either C++ or Java as a co-requisite. Which one would help out with the ap computer science course the most? Also I'm pretty sure that the computer science course would help me out in...

Fall 05 Introduction to Computer Science Real Analysis I Linear Algebra E&M Classical Mechanics I Is that suicide or should I drop CPSC and take it later? I'm going to be slightly behind if I decide to do a double major and I would try to refrain myself from postponing courses. Thanks

Hello, I am double majoring in physics and pure mathematics and was wondering which math courses to choose in my mathematical concentration. This is what I have to choose from: Three of the following courses: Math 407 Abstract Algebra (3) Math 412 Complex Analysis (3) Math 425...

From a few university webpages I see the recommended computer science course for science majors utilizes Java. Is there any particular reason for this? I thought Fortran (and others like C/C++) was the main programming language of science... Edit: Oops, I didn't mean to post this in academic...

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-03Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm I know after Electricity and Magnetism there's Electromagnetic Waves, but I never encountered any course on vibrations and mechanical waves in my school's catalog for electrical engineering. So I'm thinking of studying...

Well, here I am, done with calculus, physics, diff eq, linear algebra, blah blah blah.. Thing is, even though I did well, and was able to work the exam problems, I don't feel like I have a good understanding of a lot of this stuff. I would like to buy a book, cd, video, whatever, that can...

As far as I have seen on the web, this course is holy abstract. Anyone willing to discuss the difficulties in it? Are most people likely to fail it? What's the consensus?

This is the first book in Landau's theoretical physics series and I am wondering how it was, as I was thinking of buying it online. What kind of things must you already be familiar with going into this book? Furthermore, is an understanding of single variable calculus satisfactory for this...

Well a minute ago I was singing a few lines of a song to myself--"California Babylon." It's a song that grows on you. But anyway, I looked it up on Google so I could post the lyrics here. But a funny thing happened... I was singing "Three men standing and they love what they do. You won't...

Dunno who already knows... but a recap... I thought i'd failed physics... i though my final exam wouldn't even matter... i decided i'd retake the class, and not take the final... emailed my prof finally... he decides to give me a second chance... if i can get a C on the final... he'll pass me...

I wanted to do some physics over the break, electricity and magnatism to be exact. I have already taken the course so I am not going through the material for the first time, I have also take vector calculus. The book I wanted to buy was Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. II by Berkeley Physics I...

Hi all,, I am just about to learn a course on Data structures and algorithms in next semester. Can u guys pls explain me the preoper importance of this course and how should i prepare myself to make full usage of this course and Lastly pls recommend some good books to me. I will be...

I'm trying to decide what math course to take next year. I am a freshman at an ivy league school who as far as I can tell right now, wants to go into theoretical physics; either GR or String Theory (I'm sure you hear this everday :rolleyes: ). I'm trying to decide on what math course to take...

Hi all,, I want to learn the course Data Structure and algorithms.Can u pls all adivice good books and strategy to succumb to this course well. I need urs suggestions badly as i don't have any much background in computers.. Pls help

Those of you who use EPMA or would like to learn about it, check this out. http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wittke/Microprobe/Course%20Overview.html

Hi, i am glad i have found this site. I am taking an online physics course, the kind where you read the book, work the problems, and take the test. Needless to say it has been very hard on me. I must be really dense at physics because i have purchased supplemental books but to no avail. I have...

I am interested in physics, maths and a bit chemistry but i am not sure which course I should choose. I have thought about nanotechnology(BSc), but there isn't much maths in the course... I want to do more maths during my undergrad course. I wonder 'chem eng' or 'material sci & eng' is more...

Is "Modern Physics" course hard? Is "Modern Physics" course hard? It's a 3 Credit course that deals with special relativity, atomic structure etc. Would it be impossible to study for this on my own to test out of it?

Hi I've looked at the website of the university I have applied to, and they use these three books the first semesters. (physics bachelor degree) Calculus : A Complete Course (5th Edition) Robert A. Adams Linear Algebra and Its Applications David C. Lay Elementary Differential...

help with electrical engineering course! hi there Im 17, in New Zealand and doing an electrical engineering course from home, it would be great if there were a few people out there that I could bounce things off from time to time. thanks a lot your time -Reuben mitz_fitz@hotmail.com

"It changed the course of history" No... It didn't change the course of history, it simply added to course of history, just like every other event. Changed implies a pre-destined course of history that was altered by an event. What other turns of phrase just don't make any sense to you...