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Author: Gilbert Strang Title: Introduction to Linear Algebra Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0980232716/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents: Table of Contents: Introduction to Vectors Vectors and Linear Combinations Lengths and Dot Products Solving Linear Equations...

Author: John Lee Title: Riemannian Manifolds: An Introduction to Curvature Amazon link https://www.amazon.com/dp/0387983228/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: "Introduction to Smooth Manifolds" by Lee seems like a prereq. Level: Grad Table of Contents: Preface What Is Curvature? The...

Author: John Lee Title: Introduction to Smooth Manifolds Amazon link https://www.amazon.com/dp/0387954481/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Topology, Linear algebra, Calculus 3. Some analysis wouldn't hurt either. Level: Grad Table of Contents: Smooth Manifolds Topological Manifolds...

Author: Daniel Kleppner and Robert J. Kolenkow Title: An Introduction to Mechanics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521198119/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Table of Contents: 1. Vectors and kinematics - a few mathematical preliminaries 2. Newton's laws - the foundations of...

Author: Sean M. Carroll Title: Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805387323/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Download Link: http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/March01/Carroll3/Carroll_contents.html Prerequisities: Contents: Contents: 1...

The Basic Practice of Statistics by David Moore Author: David Moore Title: The Basic Practice of Statistics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1429230932/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Calculus 1,2,3, Linear Algebra Table of Contents: To the Instructor: About This Book To the...

Author: Michael E. Peskin (Author), Dan V. Schroeder (Author) Title: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201503972/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: Charles Kittel Title: Introduction to Solid State Physics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/047141526X/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: Thomas H. Cormen (Author), Charles E. Leiserson (Author), Ronald L. Rivest (Author), Clifford Stein (Author) Title: Introduction to Algorithms Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262033844/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: David Poole Title: Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0538735457/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Table of Contents: Vectors Introduction: The Racetrack Game The Geometry and Algebra of Vectors Length and Angle: The Dot Product...

Author: Bradley W. Carroll (Author), Dale A. Ostlie (Author) Title: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805304029/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: Wolfgang Demtröder Title: Atoms, Molecules and Photons: An Introduction Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/3642102972/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: David J. Griffiths Title: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0131118927/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents: Contents PART I: Theory 1.The Wave Function 1.1 The Schrodinger Equation 1.2 The Statistical Interpretation...

Author: David Griffiths Title: Introduction to Elementary Particles Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/3527406018/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: John M. Lee Title: Introduction to Topological Manifolds Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1441979395/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Real Analysis course involving epsilon-delta and preferebly metric spaces, group theory Level: Grad students Table of Contents: Preface...

Hi! I'll be covering the above book next semester and was wondering if there is anything I should be particularly aware of about thermal physics. -aLearner

Can anyone comment on the difficulty level of this book? The one by Daniel Kleppner and Robert J Kolenkow. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521198216/?tag=pfamazon01-20 I've been thinking of buying it and studying from it, but reading the Amazon reviews has me thinking i should stay away from it...

Hi. I'm studying (introduction to) QFT, and I'm really lost. If possible, I'd like a pointer to a good textbook on the subject. I'll give an example of my confusion with a question: I think I've understood phi(x) as a classical scalar field, what it is and how to use it in a lagngian for...

Wrong answers to problems in "Introduction to Electric Circuits, 8th Ed" I'm studying electric circuit analysis on my own using "Introduction to Electric Circuits, 8th Ed, International Student Version" by Dorf and Svoboda (ISBN 978-0-470-55302-2 to avoid any confusion) and it seems like every...

I'm kind of new to proof based mathematics, can you guys give me an advice on what a good book pertaining to this should I get? I don't really care about what particular subject in mathematics it is, just as long as it can give me a good knowledge and skills in proving, and it's something...

Homework Statement Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths, 3rd ed. pg 141-2, Example 3.8: An uncharged metal sphere of radius R is placed in an otherwise uniform electric field E=(0,0,E). [The field will push positive charge to the northern surface of the sphere, leaving a negative...

Homework Statement Confirm that the retarded potentials satisfy the Lorentz gauge condition. Homework Equations \vec{A}(\vec{r}, t) = \frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi}\int\frac{\vec{J}(\vec{r'},t_{r})}{R}d\tau' V(\vec{r}, t) = \frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_{0}}\int\frac{\rho(\vec{r'},t_{r})}{R}d\tau' Where...

Hello! I am currently a twelve-year old, and I am interested in learning about Relativity. I have heard that there are two main fields relativity is divided into - special relativity, and general relativity. Although some people have said that general relativity is considerably harder than...

Folks, I have the book An Introduction to the Finite Element Method by J.N Reddy. The following website provides http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072466855/student_view0/executables.html access to the Fortran Executable but I am not sure how to work them. I am just beginning to...

Homework Statement A container is divided into two parts by a thermally conducting wall. There are N atoms of a monatomic ideal gas on the left side, 2N on the right. The gas on the left is initially at absolute temperature 200K, the gas on the right at 500K. a. After thermal equilibrium...

Hi, Can anybody recommend me a good video lecture series on Introduction to digital logic design? I want to watch these videos before going to class.

Hi all, does anyone here have a good internet source that explains coherence and decoherence in layman's terms? My intro modern physics class left off at the beginning of schrodingers wave function due to time constraints and I am trying to teach myself a bit of the stuff we missed. Thanks =)...

I am about to start my junior-level courses (advanced mechanics, quantum I, etc) and I've been working on a project with a professor this summer. Basically, I am trying to reproduce the results of this paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9611049 . Right now I am trying to work only with...

Hello all; I have a homework 'question' I'm hoping I can get some help with here. For my Introduction to Mechanical Engineering class, we have been tasked with writing a technical paper and there is a portion of the mark dedicated to using social media and the internet to enhance the paper...

I've seen quite a few people on this forum agree that Griffiths is not a good book to learn QM from. But I was wondering what reasons people would give for it. (Personally I don't feel I can give an in depth critique since I've only sampled his book. I rather liked his explanation of...

What is a good way to introduce vectors on a linear algebra course so that students are motivated from the start? I need an opening which will have a real impact. Are there any motivating examples?

What is a good way to introduce vectors on a linear algebra course so that students are motivated from the start? I need an opening which will have a real impact. Are there any motivating examples?

Hi - i am going to go to univerisity soon and have begun to look up courses in Physics. can anyone please recommend a degree-level physics textbook (in either general physics or a specialised area) that I can read over just to get an idea of the course and how it will be? i don't want a very...

Okay forgive me because i am completely new to programming - as i am going to ask some possibly stupid questions: How is a computer language like python, java created? Who creates them? Is Word,Excel created using python, java etc?

Hi everybody. Next year I will start an undergraduate course on algebraic topology. Which book would you suggest as a good introduction to this matter ? My first options are the following: 1.- "A First Course in Algebraic Topology" by Czes Kosniowski 2.- "Algebraic Topology: An...

I am trying to write a hook for vectors on a linear algebra course. Does anyone have an opening fon vectors that will have a real impact on students?

I am extremely interested in mathematics, and most probably plan to major in it. Do you guys feel as though this book would be accessible to a high-school student, willing to gain a more rigorous understanding of calculus? I have already completed calculus 1 and found it rather easy, and I am...

Hello folks, my name is Allan and I'm new here. Seems like a great forum. I'm looking for a study buddy at OSU. I'm an econ student switching over to a science and am prepping for honors physics in Autumn. Nothing overly cooperative - mostly for motivation. I'm in the honors program and at...

Hi there, Good evening all. Ok, I've just started my HNC in electrical engineering (1 month in via open learning)and to be honest, I'm struggling. I understand all the concepts of the equations regarding bending moments, shear force diagrams etc but i can't seem to get to grip with the...

Greetings everyone, I am an undergraduate physics student an I would like to receive your suggestions about introduction to laser books. Which one do you recommend for a beginner? The possible candidates I have found are as follows: Laser Fundamentals William T. Silfvast Basics of Laser...

Hello everyone. Thank you so much for taking your personal time to read my post. I am a very zealous and passionate undergraduate physics major! I've changed my major to physics about two years ago in my community college, and I will be now transferring to a university as a physics major...

Hi to everyone :) Like the topic's title says, I am starting my journey to Bose-Einstein condensate. What I am looking for are some basic introductory papers or materials that deal with derivation of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation on the basic, most elementary level that is possible. I am...

I've read that color was introduces as a degree of freedom nessecary to satisfy the pauli exclusion principle in the quark model of particles. For example for the omega minus which had an observed total spin of 3/2 and no angular momenta ment that the spin had to the the same for all of the...

I need to know about converge series.For example how to identify a converge series.Plz explain.

Hi, I currently have to learn about the topic of eternal inflation, at a basic level for now, I am already familiar with the topic of inflation. I don't know what are the good references to this subject. I will try to start in Weinberg's book of cosmology (the one published in 2008), but is...

Homework Statement This exercice is in a Chapter named Introduction to Cartesian tensors. The following is the original question of the exercise: Homework Equations Compute the vector: (x1^2 + 2x1*x2^2 + 3x2^2*x3), i The Attempt at a Solution Plz help me, i don't understand what...

I know a fair amount of theoretical Quantum Physics, how things work within it, and the ideas that ground it. I lack, though, the more advanced mathematics. Right now I'm taking an Engineering course, and last year I studied a little bit of Quantum Physics, but the calculations were limited...

Hi. I am an undergraduate physics student and have just begun lectures on elementary particles and the Standard Model. At the moment I really know nothing about this branch of physics and am looking for recommendations on a textbook which introduces the subject well. Thanks

Hello I am looking to introduction of nuclear reactor physics course in the summer 2012 can u help me to find this course in any universities ?

Question from Jim on Yahoo Answers: The things you should know are: 1. The sum of normal random variables is a normal random variable with mean equal to the sum of the means and variance equal to the sum of the variances. 2. Multiplying a normal RV by a constant gives a normal RV with mean...