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What are in your opinion the most interesting areas or topics in foundational physics? (that have or could have profound philosophical implications) I want to see what's out there.

Hi all, I'm a bit new here. I was unsure where to post this but this seems most appropriate to me. Getting down to it, I'm interested in a number of topics in advanced physics. Specifically, I'd like to begin to do a bit of self-guided study on special/general relativity and eventually QM and...

I wasn’t exactly sure where to put this but this seemed the best place. I have a geometry book that I plan on learning by my self. It is the same one that my high school uses for accelerated geometry. In the accelerated geometry classes they only go to a bought chapter 9 but there are 14...

What are the MUST COVER topics in Algebra 2? I said this in the "Should calculus be taught in high school?" thread: I've mentioned before that I'm a HS teacher (math and music) in a Catholic all-girls school in the US. This school year I taught Honors Algebra 1 and Honors Precalculus. Next...

I want to understand following, 1) Staistical Thermodynamics. 2) Equipartition theorem. 3) Ultra violet Catastrophe. 4) Black body radiation. 5) Wien's displacement law. 6) Boltzman's law. 7) Inception of Quantum mechanics. Can someone suggest any book? Or better would be some free...

Hello, I am planning to offer a one-semester elective course in astronomy at my school, and I am looking for suggestions and ideas about what to include in the curriculum. I do not have many examples to pull from around here--the rural schools don't often teach it. We're going to have to...

hi I am doing my Electronics and Communication Engineering..I need a topic for paper presentation.Im more interested in semiconductor devices and device physics..It's like,i would like to address any physical limitation in the existing technology in reducing chip size.(this is the only topic i...

I have a chance to be doing some research this summer in some good labs. My level of proficiency with physics is around the late freshman - mid sophomore stage. What could I do research on?

Here are the talks planned for this month's BH-LQG workshop. I think one thing that motivated the organizers is the recent appearance of results showing a step-wise increase in BH entropy. That is the increase is only approximately linear with horizon area---detailed analysis shows more...

1. A discussion of binary strings and strings over arbitrary alphabets 2. A discussion of generating functions and bivariate (or multivariate) generating functions, and their applications to enumeration and and probability problems 3. Graphs and Trees (does not need to be that thorough for this...

Hi, I am doing 2nd year in mechanical eng. I couldn't find any book for following topics where i live,so i need some reading material on following topics :- 1. I.C. Engine testing and performance > F.H.P by noise testing. > ISI rating of...

Hey, does anyone know much about knot invariants and the stuff? Including Fox Calculus, Alexander Polynomials, Reidemeister theory? Any helpful sites? Tips for learning about this subject? Also, what are quandles and how are they related? Thanks!

The free textbook I'm using is from http://www.totallyfreemath.com/ I'm not allowed to direct link to the book. Free Math -> View Book Online -> accept terms Here are the topics covered not including chapter 1: Solving Equations and Inequality: 2-1 Algebraic Notation and Terminology...

Hi all, I am just joined, so I am new here. I have a bachelor in Physics, and master in Telecommunication management. I have few years working in ICT projects doing varied stuff start from programming and network design. However, I did not feel satisfied with this kind of work. Since I can't...

Hi, does anyone know of books, magazines, websites, anything that introduces controversial topics, and then discusses two or more points of view with equal regard? I'm looking forward to expanding my knowledge on both sides of any sort of political, social, or moral issue. If you have...

Hello everyone, I'm supposed to start my PhD in Biophysics. and I just need help and suggestions about what are the hot topics and issues in Biophysics. I don't want to do something, and end up after 10 years alone in my desk and am the only one in the world doing it. So, can anyone...

Here is the link to my review topics for exam 1. http://math.uh.edu/~bgb/Courses/Math4377/Math4377-Ex1-Topics.pdf 1.2 Does the solution set to a linear system change under elementary row operations? The solution set does not change under elementary row operations. What are independent/free...

I am a second year math/biology major, and I constantly see references to sinh, cosh, etc. or "hypergeometric functions." For instance, I was on the Wolfram Mathematica Online Integrator, and out of curiosity I asked it to integrate sec(x), which lead to the answer 2tanh^{-1}(tan\frac{x}{2})+c...

Hi everyone, Ive just joined this website today so I'm new to this forum stuff! Anyway, I'm in my 4th year at University studying Physics, and this year I am to take a class called Research Skills. In this class we are to come up with some ideas about possible inventions/ideas etc and...

What are the harder topics in an calc based intro to probability class? I'm taking it in 3 weeks so I have time to prep. Here's the course layout:http://www.math.ucla.edu/ugrad/courses/math170ab/170Aoutline.shtml

I am researching on many, many, many topics! Can you help? Can a person solve a problem while solving an other problem? Can good do good to good people and evil do evil to evil people? Does a more educated poor person mean a more productive poor person? Does the text copied from a...

I was wondering if someone could just tell me whether or not Most of intro and all of advanced Physics is primarily built upon Calculus and any other advanced Math topics. I know that high school physics usually teaches physics from a non-calculus point of view but I am specifically referring to...

This forum has led me to read a lot of Physics and Math, but I would like to read some exciting things about the going ons in Biochemistry. Would anyone mind helping me?

I need to come up with a topic to present in one of my classes but I'm having a hard time coming up with something. I thought about doing a presentation on video security or how a cable box is securing the incoming video but someone else is doing it. I thought about maybe doing it on some type...

I just found this forum and it looks great! I'm an undergrad Physics/applied math at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. I'm wondering if anyone has ever seen a kind of family-tree-type-deal of math topics. I have this problem with trying to read wikipedia articles and...

The courses called "Introductory Linear Algebra & Differential Equations" are potentially diluted too much in order to form into a one-semester course; the one which often follows the third semester of Calculus. This becomes a terminal Math course for students who will usually not go further...

1. Question end an explanation of it: Which modern topics that are the result of modern physics discovery would you like to see in the classroom? Current curriculum is mostly ancient physics and explains ancient discoveries. Those are essential for understanding the basics of physics, but they...

I have the second printing of the first edition of Herstein's 'Topics in Algebra', published 1964. On page 58 near the middle of the page there is a paragraph that begins: Let G be a cyclic group ... The author writes \phi:a^i \rightarrow a^{2i} and later x^{-1}a^ix = \phi(a)^i =...

Homework Statement For my physics presentation, I need to choose viable and researchable topics. The teacher mentioned that specificity is key; for example, instead of doing the broad topic of sport of football, we should instead do the topic of a how the ball travels. So far, I've acquired 7...

hello guys, this is my first post here.. i am a engineering physics undergraduate. however i hv more interest in theoretical physics and i want to hv further study in theoretical physics. The subjects taught in my programme is like applied physics which do not hv so much theory. I think...

Hey. I'm teaching (trying to) myself calculus before i go to college. The book i got from my trigonometry seems pretty repetitive, but I was wondering which topics i need to learn. So far, I've learned limits, derivatives, applications of derivatives (I wasted about a month on the chapter...

Hi all, I'm from EE background, currently working as TCAD enggr in a semiconductor fab outside US and I'm considering research in physics in the US. (relevant key words that I've identified, till date- computational nanoelectronics, molecular electronics, ballistic nanotransistors...

what sort of topics should i be expecting in a basic first year uni physics course? the university websites are too general and don't usually give too much detail when desribing the topics covered

hello, now i am doing final project 4 my graduate from university.. and the title of my project is interactive teaching modul of graph Theory i've some quetions coz i don't really know about graph theory.. could u help me?? 1. what kind of primary topics on graph theory which have...

Hi everyone I was hoping someone could point me to some research topics for undergraduate research work in areas in Physics and Electrical Engineering. I am presently an engineering sophomore with UG courses in Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering (and other subjects). I have a...

What are the following: · Elementary Number Theory · Plane Euclidean/Measurement · Least Squares Regression Is Plane Euclidean/Measurement the same as Plane Geometry? Thanks in advance.

Can anyone help me with ANY of the following topics: The concept of the wave packet as determining particle size. Energies of the Harmonic Oscillator. The eigenvalues of observables are real-valued and correspons to hermitial operators. How do we compute the expectation value of...

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String theory seems to be an over popularised topic with many talented people working on it already. How tough is it these days to publish in this field (on the mathematics/theory side rather than applying string theory to experiments or what not).

I need a book on advanced information theory. It should be more towards computers and communication than theoritical physics. It would also be great if some one could suggest books on probability, optimization, curve fitting and modelling. So, mathematicians here, tell me your favourites.

in one of the previous topics, it was suggested that if one carries a mirror and travels at a speed of 0.99c, he will still see his own reflection in the mirror because the theory of special relativity states that the speed of light is constant in all inertial frames. However, what if i change...

Hi, I'm currently selecting my 4th year undergrad thesis design (its all technical/theoretical no hands on work). A couple of the topics given strike my fancy, but I'm particularly interested in Nuclear and Particle Physics of which they're are few topics given for us to choose from. We are...

Hi there I've heard from various applied mathematicians that the D.E. that models harmonic motion is one of the most important in physics...apparently it appears in nearly every conceivable field, from quantum mechanics to cosmology (something to do with modelling the cosmic microwave...

Hi, I will be starting my third year as an engineering science major at UCSD. Fall quarter starts in a few months so I need to know my course electives so I can take necessary preqrequisites. I would like to know what areas in applied mechanics/mechanical engineering/engineering science is...

ok, so in english, i can write really solid analytical essays on books and such. however, i have a really tough time writing and developing ideas on profound topics. For example, a while ago we had to write a paper on "the meaning of life." I just found it hard to develop ideas on it. I had...

Physics of Computers...(need help for topics) hey guys, I am new to the boards and I am stumbling on my physics essay, the physics of computers. I need about 20 pages and i don't know what would be some good topics to talk about. thanks

So I'm pretty well finished with all of my 300 level courses. Basically, I've got all the basics. I was wondering if you guys think there is anything that is not usually taught that I should teach myself. I've got some free time this summer. Any ideas?

Is there any place where i can get lecture notes for these following topics Heat and temperature Change: Specefic heat capacity Heat and Phase Change: Latent Heat Conduction Radiation equilibrium between phases of matter Humidity its because i lost my book and have no way of...

I am having trouble coming up with a topic for a research paper dealing with something related to the Eletrical engineering/ technology field. It has to be something that has happened within the last five years. Any idea's? Thanks

I apologize if this thread is in the wrong spot. I am new here, and I know how annoying n00bs can be... I was wondering if there are any possible physics topics to do on the extended essay for the IB diploma in aerodynamics. It is basically a 4000 word paper on anything you want, and I would...