Textbook Definition and 998 Threads

Mathematica agrees with my second solution (not the first one though). The back of my textbook says: "\sqrt[4]{8}[\cos(\frac{5\pi}{8}) + i\sin(\frac{5\pi}{8})] and \sqrt[4]{8}[\cos(\frac{13\pi}{8}) + i\sin(\frac{13\pi}{8})]" Edit: The second z in my picture should be |z|, the modulus...

Can you suggest me a book in vector analysis which covers spherical and cylindrical coordinates. My professor discusses the calculation of volume, surface area and curve length, by integrating differential surface and volume elements in terms of cartesian, spherical and cylindrical coordinates...

I want to study the standard model of particle physics and i want to use some event generator software (Pythia, CompHep, ... ), I have Introduction to Particle Physics by Griffth Is this enough to learn the Standard Model, I have some basics in Quantum Mechanics Any Recommendations ?

Homework Statement This problem is from Charles C. Pinter's A Book of Abstract Algebra, Second Edition. The problem is B7 of Chapter 2.Show that the operation * is either associative or not. x*y=\frac{xy}{x+y+1} This problem seems simple to me: I keep arriving at YES for an answer...

This free online physics book seems really great for a newbie like me. It's free and covers what my school calls general physics I and II, plus more I think. Enjoy! http://cnx.org/content/m42955/latest/?collection=col11406/1.7

Hi all, I am a graduate student in physical chemistry and I have discovered a fairly large hole in my knowledge. I am designing some experiments that will study the behavior of ions in magnetic fields. I don't have much background in E&M fields past a general physics course. Do you have any...

Homework Statement "A slingshot fires a stone horizontally from a tower 32 metres high, and it lands 135 metres from the foot of the tower. What was the speed at which it left the slingshot?" Verticle Height = 32m Horizontal Distance = 135m The Attempt at a Solution I first calculated...

I've included a pic of a section of Arnold's Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics. The relevant passage is: "Since h_*^s preserves L, the translation of the solution, h^s\circ \mathbf{\varphi}:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow M also satisfies Lagrange's equation for any s." Maybe Arnold thought...

physics textbook, replace sine with its definition (?) What on Earth do they mean? "That will introduce either sin(theta) or cos(theta). Reduce the resulting two variables, x and theta, to one, x, by replacing the trigonometric function with an expression (its definition) involving x and y."...

Hi, I'm currently self-teaching myself some mathematics needed to study physics. I'm working through the book Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences by Mary L Boas. The book is a well known one, and it's used in many physics programs to teach their math courses. However, I've read the...

Is there any textbook or any book (introductory, mostly) out there that combines the teaching of physics, biology, and chemistry phenomenon while appropriately teaching the details for each of the fields as it goes on. Or anything similar?

I've seen loads of "what is the best Linear Algebra" threads but none quite match what I'm looking for. I'm currently using David Lay's Linear Algebra and its Applications, and I find the book readable, but strange. He changes notations quite often and sometimes I have to try to figure out what...

This paragraph comes right after the authors derived the Hamiltonian of a rotating system, H=H_{\omega=0}-\omega l_z: "The noninertial effects of rotation would lead to a considerably more complicated form using Lagrangian instead of Hamiltonian dynamics. The simplicity of the Hamiltonian is...

Hello, next semester I'm taking first year physics. The course covers: Mechanics and waves, dynamics, momentum, energy, traveling waves, superposition and fluid dynamics. The problem is that in grade 12 I didn't gain a good foundation. So, I'm looking for something that I could use to study from...

Chrystal, "Algebra, an Elementary Textbook" (1886) - Your opinion? Hey! I'm in high school and have recently discovered how suggestive and ravishing mathematics can be, although I haven't got very far (only basic algebra, geometry and trigonometry - to give you a hint: I'm about to be...

I know there are suggestions in previous threads and I've searched and read them. I'm currently working through "Calculus with Analytic Geometry" by George Simmons and I love it. I worked though Simmons' pre-calculus book before that. I learned more from Simmons' books in a few months than I...

Hello all, I am looking for a good calculus-based textbook to self-teach Physics 1 from. I have Halliday but I find it slow-going and too tedious for me, not in depth but in repetition. I have already taken a Physics 1 class at my school, but my school's physics department is rather dreadful...

Hi all, I will be studying Signals and Systems later this year and it would be great if you could recommend me some books, tell me why you prefer them over others and describe them a little. The contents of the course will be both time-continous and time-discrete signals, sampling, Z, Fourier...

I'm an undergraduate looking for a good low level textbook to read this summer in order to learn what I can about Solid State Physics. I have 2 semesters of Chemistry and quantum mechanics. Any recommendations?

does anyone have any experience of using this book? How does this compare to standard analysis textbooks ie. Baby Rudin, Apostol, Bartle/Sherbert etc.?

Could anyone recommend me a good introductory text on electrical engineering? Something similar to the "Resnick and Halliday" of Physics, except it should instead be for electrical engineering. BiP

Just a quick question of something I found in my textbook but can't get how they produced it. C_p =(∂Q/∂T)_p that is the definition of heat capacity at a constant pressure p. Q is heat and T is temperature. This equation is fine and I know how to derive it. Now it is the next line which...

I'll be taking PDE this coming Fall semester, and I want to have a head start by doing some self studying this summer. What's a good textbook you would recommend for PDE? (the official textbook in my university is "Beginning Partial Differential Equations" by Peter O'Neil but I've heard...

I need to buy a textbook for self study in abstract algebra for self study. Although I'm a physics major, I have lot's of experience with proof. I'm between Artin's Algebra and Dummit's Abstract Algebra. Which one do you recommend?

Hello, There are quite a few subjects in pure mathematics and physics that I'm quite interested in, and I would appreciate any help with the search for textbooks on them. So far I have Goldstein's 'Classical Mechanics' and Humphrey's 'A Course in Group Theory'. Some of these I list below...

Guys i need an easy to understand Modern Physics Book. I am planning to complete the course on my own in summer break, so that when my university reopens i could take an extra course without any extra burden. Here is the course website, Please make 2 or 3 suggestions based on the course...

Can anyone recommend me a good Engineering Materials textbook? Here is the course description: Introduces the physics and chemistry of engineering materials including metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Covers the relationships among the processing, internal structure, material...

Any recommendations for a physics textbook that I can use to self-study? The book doesn't have to be geared specifically toward self-study; it should just be clear and comprehensive enough for the SAT II. (Note my physics class is only mostly conceptual. Also, is College Physics: A Strategic...

Hey PF, I'm looking for a decent quantum mechanics textbook to work through in preparation for the pgre. I did all of the quantum chapters in Modern Physics by Serway/Moses/Moyer this semester in my modern class, but I won't take more quantum until after my first go at the pgre. So I plan on...

Hey everyone, Recently I've been looking for an appropriate physics textbook for this summer. I've come across some textbooks that look pretty good, but have not been able to decide on one. This is the book that I've been paying the most attention too...

I am looking for a good textbook that can help developing intuition in algebra. I know a bit of number theory (Fermat's little theorem), algebra (up to fields), and topology. Are there good books that teach algebra with references to number theory and topology? I learned from Artin's...

I'm currently about to finish (next week!) my lower division physics classes and move on to the upper division courses while transferring from a junior college to UCLA. I feel utterly and completely unprepared for what lies ahead. I feel like the textbook we used (Fundamentals of Physics...

Last time I made the mistake of making a solutions manual thread. This is probably what I should've asked instead: Most textbooks I own either have poor student solutions manuals or offer a few answers in the back, which makes learning yourself and checking your work rather difficult. I'm going...

I've been trying to decide on a mathematical logic textbook to teach myself a bit. I'm taking a course on it next semester, but I have never had a logic course before (I've had some CS courses though and proof-y math courses). I'm also taking a modal logic course the semester after math logic...

After having read the first half of Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis by Peck and Olsen, I must say that the book is complete garbage. Does anyone know any good books on intro statistics that provides proofs for its theorems and the axioms of probability? It should be focused more...

According to "physics today" www.physicstoday.org/daily_edition/science_and_the_media/em_science_em_magazine_news_report_textbook_electrodynamics_may_contradict_relativity the paper "Trouble with the Lorentz law of force: Incompatibility with special relativity and momentum conservation"...

Hello everybody, This is my first time on Physics forums. I am a sophomore in high school who LOVES math. I have lots of free time this summer and would like to learn multivariable calculus and/or linear algebra (whichever is a prerequisite for the other, depending on the textbook I choose)...

Advise a textbook on an inflammation, please. I search textbook or monography of famous author. Help me please. It is desirable edition not earlier than 2007-2008 P. S. I ask to exuse me for my bad English

Hello! I'm looking for a good analytic geometry textbook. I'm studying circumferences and sphere and I'm using the book Analytic Geometry: A vector approach from Wexler but I find this book quite bad. I want some suggestions! Thank you.

The attached image is from "Numerical Partial Differential Equations: Conservation Laws and Elliptic Equations" by J.W. Thomas. In the beginning the set of test functions, \phi is defined. They arrive at equation (9.2.11) by using \phi(x,T) = \phi(a,t) = \phi(b,t) = 0. Where does this...

Hi everyone, I apologize if I've placed this in the wrong section. I don't know if anyone will be able to help me with this, but after an exhaustive search of the net, I can't seem to find my answer. There is a university physics textbook that my local public library once had in circulation...

I'm trying to find a textbook I can download that covers GR and SR and includes practice problems so I can test myself. Naturally, answers would need to be included so I can check my answers.

At the present moment, I am reading a section in my physics textbook concerning relative velocity. In an example the author provides, he states that two trains are traveling in opposite directions at a speed of 80 km/h; and relative two each other they are traveling at a speed of 160 km/h...

I don't do well by just reading a proof and internalizing it. I need problems to solve and would LOVE to internalize epsilon delta proofs by practicing 100s of them. It's how I got decent at integrals. It's how anybody gets good at math and music and in general your craft right? I Don't know a...

Hey guys, I'm thinking of self studying some math this summer, and combinatorics is one field I never really got into but want to learn a bit of. I rigorous proof experience from reading other books/taking rigorous classes, so I wanted to start off with something relatively rigorous. Thanks

Homework Statement This is a question from the physics textbook Don't Panic Volume I, chapter XIV. A man, mass M, stands on a massless rod which is free to rotate about its center in the horizontal plane. The man has a gun (massless) with one bullet, mass m. He shoots the bullet with...

I was wondering: What textbooks have everyone found useful in prepping for the subject GRE? Are there any textbooks particularly helpful in prepping for the subject GRE and if so, which chapters of the texts should be gone through when prepping for the exam? I was thinking of using Stewart to...

Hello everyone! I'm looking for an advanced quantum mechanics textbook. I've taken several undergrad quantum courses, but since starting my masters and taking grad courses in noncommutative geometry, functional analysis, and gauge theory to name a few I feel unsatisfied with the level of...

i recently saw in my physics textbook a diagram of a positron and a electron being created in pair production. The diagram showed that as soon they where created, they moved in opposite directions and then they spiralled inwards a bit. Now i think the reason why they move in opposite directions...

I can't for the life of me figure out why the underlined sentence in red is true: Could someone clarify?