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I was thinking about buying some text for my own enlightenment but I cannot afford even most of the used text. However, I have been seeing plenty of international editions really cheap. What I want to know is has anyone had good experiences with international editions? i.e. they aren't lacking...

Hi, I'm plotting some circles in a 20x20 arrangement using the rectangle tool and I have to label each of the circle a number from 1 to 400. However, the following code does not do what i once, since i think i can only label with strings and not running numbers... for i=1:400...

with ti89, how can i display both text and variable on the same line? i tried "the answer is " + b and a bunch of other things but nothing has worked so far edit: it said somewhere on tnhe internet that i can do: "the answer is " b but when i run the program all you see is instead of then...

What is a very good differential geometry introductory text? My only background is Calculus (spivak). however, I'm very interested in mastering differential geometry (at both the pure math and physics application level). Any recommendations?

This textbook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0618503080/?tag=pfamazon01-20 I mean check out this one review: This book made me realize something that I probably didn't before. That is that an applied approach is just simply skimming. That's what this book does, it skims over the concepts of...

I am a freshmen taking calculus and physics and discrete mathematics and things like that. I was wondering if there are any sites devoted to reviews and comments on books for physics , calculus. And, I have two calculus books, Spivak and Apostol, I took calculus in high school and whatever...

In Griffiths' text "Introduction to electrodynamics", p.125, how does the author get (3.15) and (3.16)? I try for an hour to deduce the relation with geometry, but still can't get that.

I have a problem that I suspect many others here have had with math and science papers. I have a number of PDFs that have real text (as opposed to images of text) in the file, but the encoding is different. Sometimes this happens with LaTeX documents, sometimes for other reasons that aren't...

Ok, so I've been obsessed with the wackyness of quantum mechanics for years and I can't tell you how much i want to learn the math and the equations like the dirac notation and the shroedinger equation, spin and angular momentum...all of it. As a senior in high school I am going to start...

Hi, I'm looking for a good classical mechanics text for self study, roughly around my level. So far I've taken courses in calculus based physics courses, ( first year mechanics and E&M ) multi-variable calculus, ODE's and linear algebra. I have self taught myself real analysis, and a...

hello all. originally i was a physics major and took "modern physics" which briefly covered nuclear, particle, and quantum physics. i switched majors to math, and now I'm thinking of dual majoring in physics and mathematics, but i'd like to read a little bit about quantum physics before i go...

In this little Dover book "Wave mechanics", by Pauli, it appears to use h for hbar, and includes a footnote right on the very first page "1. In these lectures we use the symbol h to denote the quantity 1.05 x 10^-34 joule.sec. In the older literature this quantity was usually denoted by...

I am looking for an Electromagnetic textbook that has a solution manuel or a CD with selected solution of problems available so I can work through and compare the answers. I have the Schaums already. I also have the Ulaby textbook that have the CD. I just need one more book to workout more...

hey all, I DO NOT KNOW THE BEST FORUM TO PUT THIS! So i chose calculus... I am a junior physics/mathematics double major. I am looking for a good math book to really get in depth on some of these topics. I have had Calc 1-3, ODE, PDE, and a special functions class (Legendre, Laguerre...

My department is seeking some leads for a good high school physics text that can be used for our AP Physics students. We are looking for something therefore that would be Calculus based. Do any of you have any good leads on this topic? Thank you! gb

could anybody suggest me a book on fluid mechanics which provide strong basics as well as detailed knowledge thanks

could anybody suggest me a book on fluid mechanics which provide strong basics as well as detailed knowledge thanks

I'm using the hyperref package in LaTeX and I was wondering if there's a way to change the 'alt text' (title text) for links. Anyone know? Perhaps there is a different package I could use?

Advanced Physics (Advanced Science) by Steve Adams & Jonathan Allday from OUP Oxford: and Physics (Collins Advanced Science) 3rd Edition by Kenneth Dobson from Collins Educational: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0007267495/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Does anyone know any of these books? I find them very...

I would like to study this subject on my own before taking it at my college so I can be "up to speed" on day one. What text do you recommend?

Any recommendation's for a good textbook to study analysis solo? I know that there is Rudin & Apostol, although I'm sure there more "user friendly" introductory books. I was thinking about picking up baby Rudin to attempt the material. Since I'm going to be taking Calculus III(vector) next...

I want to be able to display continually updated numbers on a plain figure environment. For example, a cheap way to do this is: figure(1) for j = 1:10 title([ 'Hello'; num2str(j) ]) end This prints out a two-liner ('Hello' and a number) in the title portion of the figure. I...

Hey everyone, I would like to know if there are any physics texts out there which prepare people for olympiads? I googled but i didn't find much. I won't say excellent, but I'm a good physics student with an A average in class and I'm studying way ahead of my class. I am learning calculus and...

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My current algebra class is using Fraleigh's "First Course in Abstract Algebra", and it doesn't feel very challenging (and is extremely verbose!). I'd like to study the subject deeper, since I really enjoy it. I picked up Lang's "Undergraduate Algebra", which seems to be much better, but if...

Hey all, This is the equation of heat conduction in my PDE textbook: \int ^{t_{2}}_{t_{1}} \int\int\int_{A} [c \rho \frac{\partial u}{\partial t} - \nabla \dot \left( k \nabla u \right)]dxdydzdt = 0. where c is specific heat, rho is density, A is the subregion bounded by a smooth...

How can I use maths to analyze text stories? Such as a book, a story. I want to use software to analyze text stories. Can you help me to find out these software?

HTML -- counting the number of responses from a text file Hello, I have an angelfire website and on one of my pages I ask a simple question. What is your shirt size? There are four options: Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large. The answer is then submitted to a text file. My problem is...

Hey there folks, Does anyone know if there are any email programs out there where you could embed latex commands much like in this form with the tex and /tex commands. I think it would be pretty cool if there were. Rich

I have a file with text and adjacent to it, the number i want to read. Below is the format. I was wondering how to read just the numbers without touching the text. trhy 30.0 difje 30.0 sdjk 66.5 xmb 15.0 dcos 15.0 fjvm 2.573e-4 srht 9.05e-3 art3...

Hey everyone, I'm a rising junior scheduled to take a Methods of Mathematical Physics class this coming fall. I've heard that this class utilizes a lot of partial differential equations, and I'd like to get a bit of a jumpstart and familiarize myself with some concepts before the semester...

Hi folks, can anyone suggest a good and current reference text on nuclear reactor theory and physics? I'm a theorist, so mathematically sophisticated presentation is welcome. Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

I am looking for a suitable text for a short course that will be taught over a 16 week period. Students will take this nation-wide to compete for cash prizes and a college scholarship. Each year the subject matter is different and this year, it will be nuclear physics and chemistry. I am...

Who else does it? I can solve the cube in under 30 seconds, but I average around 36 seconds. If anyone else does this, please reply. I want to see how many people are better than me. ~Nick

[SOLVED] Help Deciphering limit text "The function f(x) = 3x aproaches the limit 6 as x\rightarrow 2. In fact, given any \epsilon > 0 , choose \delta = \frac {\epsilon} {3}. We then have |f(x)-6|=|3x-6|=3|x-2|<3\delta = \epsilon whenever 0<|x-2|<\delta." How is the book allowed to set...

I have been writing a program to compute and change a value a great number of times and writes each value into a file I did this by continuously storing each value (which is a 7 element vector) into an array, and then writing that into a file using the cvswrite function The problem I am...

I was planning to take Math 270 (Differential Equations with Linear Algebra) at the local community college this summer. However, there will be no course this summer, so I was thinking about studying it on my own. I looked at the text that the school sells (only new copies), Elementary...

Next year (senior year) I'm going to take physics, but, quite frankly, I can't wait until then. Summer fast approaches, and I'll have a three month break to allocate my time to studies to 'get ahead' and squelch my lack of education with respect to some subjects. I plan to dedicate an hour or...

If this is not the appropriate forum, I apologize. I just assume it is the forum where the people reading this will have the most insight on the matter. I am looking to purchase a modern physics text to study at my own pace. I have a fairly good understanding of calculus and ordinary...

So what is an excellent Q&M text that is geared for application. The level of this text I would expect to be suitable for junior year or higher. Also, what about a mechanics book of this level?

I am woundering about good undergrade textbooks. I have no clue where to start. Can anybody inform me on prefured authers for eather undergrade or grade level optics books?

[SOLVED] wrapping text around images I am using the above instructions to put images in my latex articles. However they take up a lot of space. How can I make the text wrap around them?

Hello, The following text has been encrypted using a numerical technique. A student did it so it is not highly sophisticated. The text is...

I have taken an undergraduate course in combinatorics (and graph theory). I am looking for a graduate-level text at that does everything completely rigorouslym and is suitable for self-study. Any suggestions?

I would like to know what is the most recommended texts on General relativity . Would Gravitation by Kip Thorne be one of the texts?

Ok i love Mathematica... but theirs 1 ONE thing i hate about it... if i select text... and let's say i typed "1234" and i select "23", but i only wanted to select "2"... so i assume Mathematica's cursor works like every other program in the world and press [shift]+Left... my goal is to...

How to wrap more than one figures with text in latex?

can anyone tell me whether jackson's or landau and lif****z's E&M book is better for self study (basically which is better for learning the theory and doing the problems also) assuming all prerequisite knowledge and material has been met (such as griffiths E&M text).

Hello, I'm taking Physical Chemistry I in second year, and my prof does not have a required book for the course and everything will be based off his notes (which are very good by the way) However, I would like a deeper understanding of the material, and the prof did recommend two books. What...

Hello, I'm taking Physical Chemistry I in second year, and my prof does not have a required book for the course and everything will be based off his notes (which are very good by the way) However, I would like a deeper understanding of the material, and the prof did recommend two books. What...