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Special Relativity: For the Enthusiastic Beginner on page 49 1.8 Exercises I can't find the answers to the questions? I apologize if this is a dumb question.
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This is an invaluable textbook which I regularly use to self-educate myself before teaching students however something that would be particularly useful would be answers to all the end of chapter questions. I know numerical answers are given but that it.
I know it’s unlikely due to the...
I'm reading Coleman's "Aspects of symmetry" chap 7.
On the topic of the SU(2) winding number on ##S^3##on page 288, three parameters on ##S^3## are defined ##\theta_1,\theta_2,\theta_3##. Afterwards, it defines the winding number and to show it's invariant under continuous deformation of gauge...
In the 3rd edition of the Introduction to Quantum Mechanics textbook by Griffiths, he normally does the notation of the expectation value as <x> for example. But, in Chapter 3 when he derives the uncertainity principle, he keeps the operator notation in the expectation value. See the pasted...
I am always trying to read textbooks (physics, in courses, or independently), and every time I end up in one of these situations:
The book gets too technical for me to understand, or mentions something I do not know.
The book goes on for too long and gets boring after the introductory chapters...
Hello there, do you guys have recommendations for math textbooks that i should have?
The math is of course related to physics, I mean the maths that a physics student must know.
My textbook for Advanced Electomagnetics, by Balinas has this identity.
cos θ = se^(jξ) = s( cos ξ + j sin ξ ).
I have no idea what they are saying. Is there an S funtion I'm not aware of?
I've looked back and forth, and he doesn't seem to explain it's use.
I've inserted a picture of the...
Today I found out that the textbook that I taught C++ out of for several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s is now available online for free. After it went out of print, the author (Owen Astrachan at Duke University) decided to make it freely available.
A Computer Science Tapestry, second...
Note that if we prove problem 4, the proof for problem 5 follows directly. We use properties of logarithms to combine the right hand side of ln into a single logarithm. Then we raise both side of the inequality to a power of e. Which leads us to the desired inequality.
But, when I try to be...
One of the main lessons from general and organic chemistry was excess protons in aqueous solutions exist in the form of hydronium ions.
However, in biochemistry textbooks, protons are individual in descriptions, for example, of the pumps in the electron transport chain, photosynthetic complexes...
I finally got my Michael Sullivan Precalculus 5th Edition textbook today. I have decided to part ways with my David Cohen book. It makes no sense to keep it. It is truly over my head.
By this I don't mean that Sullivan's book is a walk in the park. It can be intense depending on the topic...
Last week, I purchased the Michael Sullivan Precalculus textbook 5th Edition, a book I had in my collection in 2006. I will use this book to continue my precalculus journey as I make my way to calculus 1. Anxiously waiting for the textbook to arrive in the mail. I will stop by the post office...
Hello! I'll be taking a probability and statistics course this semester. Does anyone know of any good textbook? I have access to an extensive catalogue of books on springer, so it would be extremely preferable for me if you could recommend something from there.
Thanks.
Hi everyone. I'll be taking a course in the fall called "Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning", which is basically and introduction to proof-based mathematics.
The syllabus says we will be covering the first seven chapters of Smith, Eggen, and St. Andre's "Transition to Advanced...
Could you provide recommendations for a good modern introductory textbook on differential geometry, geared towards physicists. I know physicists and mathematicians do mathematics differently and I would like to see how it is done by a physicists standard. I have heard Chris Ishams “Modern Diff...
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I have been studying Quantum Field Theory this semester! It seems that Shwartz and Peskin are the most popular choices when it comes to studying QFT. But apparently my professor have another "old" preference.
He strongly suggested that we learn QFT from Zuber's book. I have looked at the...
One of my professors is a very smart man and has done a lot of very important work/research. He says to obtain mastery you want to read a book front to back about 3 times. Is this an accurate statement in your experience? I feel that it may be.
There are a few different textbooks out there on differential geometry geared towards physics applications and also theoretical physics books which use a geometric approach. Yet they use different approaches sometimes. For example kip thrones book “modern classical physics” uses a tensor...
I don't own undergraduate textbooks. I'm looking for a single one that works well as a reference or a refresher for various basic topics. Specifically, I'm thinking of a textbook that I could pick up when I forget some detail in an elementary topic and quickly check it out. So I don't mean one...
Summary:: My skills are very very basic and I'm more a networking major but i had to take a quantum mechanics class, i have trouble with this xcercise from textbook quantum mechanics a general introduction
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I tried doing it a few times and this is all I get:
c(˙f1+˙f2)=a˙a2+a2˙a−3ca2+˙ha2+2ha+2˙af′2+2a˙f′2c(f1˙+f2˙)=aa˙2+a2a˙−3ca2+h˙a2+2ha+2a˙f2′+2af2′˙
Please let me know where I'm going wrong. Thanks
There's an undergraduate physics course at my uni that covers these topics and the course description is: Mathematical descriptions for classical physics: oscillations, mechanical waves, electromagnetic waves, physical optics and thermodynamics. Are there any good studying materials/textbooks I...
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I am an undergrad looking to purchase a good textbook on differentials for my course which I will be taking soon, and the textbook listed for the differentials course is this one (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118531779/?tag=pfamazon01-20) which apparently is not very good. So can...
I was recommended to read Physics of Semiconductor Devices by Sze which I was told was the standard textbook for the subject. My background is Electronic Engineering and not physics. After reading the first few pages of the first chapter I am completely overwelmed. I can't make sense of the...
So I made a previous post regarding developing sufficient quantitative background to go into a field that's effectively applied physics (or "theoretical biophysics" but that just sounds a bit ridiculous).I think I can rephrase my issue as not one of choosing a better major, but lacking a certain...
The experimental observation of finding very few alpha particles scattered through large angles (>90) - I thought this would have inferred that the positive charge of the core of the atom (which we now come to know as the nuclei) must have been great in order greatly deflect alpha particles...
Summary:: I am a last year high school student. I haven't chosed physics for my course, but I am very interested in QM, because I believe it act lik a gateway to the meaning of existence, and so the nature of mind, my particular interest. I want to know which textbook is the best for me.
I am...
Summary:: Pretty sure they have something to do with path integrals, or what not. But obviously it's hard to *search* for this stuff.
Basically, I'm looking for a textbook, any textbook--physics, mathematics, etc.--that deals with integrals that look something like this (mistakes are mine):
S...
Hello, I am preparing for a physics exam which takes place next year. The scope of this test is mechanics, e&m, thermodynamics, relativity, waves, and modern physics. The exam doesn't require anything farther than Calculus 1, but it is still a rigorous exam. So I am looking for a calc 1 textbook...
Every explanation about scaling a 2D vector, or equivalently having a line segment PQ on cartesian plane and then find a point R on the line PQ satisfying PR/PQ = r (fixed given r) starts with that one specific case in the picture. A formula for the coordinates of R is then given for that case...
hello! I've been trying to read through Sakurai's Modern quantum mechanics textbook ( My goal is to finish the first 3 chapters and understand the Dirac formulation of QM specifically) but I find myself stumbling at many places. Are there any video lectures on the internet that follows this text...
Using spherical coordinates I can write ##d^3 k = 2\pi k^2 \sin \phi dk d \phi## (where I've already preformed the integration along the azimuthal angle, yielding the factor ##2 \pi##). Btw I'm sorry for my unfortunate notation: usually ##\phi## is the azimuthal angle, but here it is the polar...
I'd really appreciate it if someone could tell me where to obtain the solutions manual for Bransden and Joachin QM as I've been having a go at the problems.
Hello everyone! Before I begin, I would like to thank you for helping me by responding or just being intrigued by this.
I’m a high school student who wants to basically have a very deep understanding of classical mechanics (for f=ma exam and ultimately my dream). My only experience with physics...
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I'm a first year physics student who still hasn't found a textbook for his class. Our professor mentioned that any calculus based book is okay, but I can't seem to find anything!
He suggested Halliday and Resnick's Fundamentals of Physics (extended edition), and although it covers the...
Hi everyone, was just wondering what people think is a good undergraduate QM book is as opposed to Griffiths. I've read through it, and I have looked and many people say it is good for people who've never been exposed to QM before, but when it comes to solving problems I struggle a lot, and...
Summary: Is Baby Rudin a good choice for first Real Analysis textbook for someone without strong pure math background?
I've completed 2 semesters of college calculus, but not "pure math" calculus which is taught to math students. I'm looking for introductory text on Real Analysis and I've...
On page 238 of his second edition of Schutz's he writes the following:
Where Eq. (9.107) is: $$\bar{h}^{TT}_{xx}=A\cos (\Omega (z-t)) , \bar{h}_{yy}^{TT}=-\bar{h}^{TT}_{xx}$$
and ##\delta \bar{h}^{TT}_{xx}=2\pi \sigma m \Omega \ell_0 R \sin [\Omega (z-t)-\phi]##.
Here's what I tried:
$$A\tan...
I'm a layperson who loves physics. Unfortunately studying it in a university is not an option for me right now. So I've decided to study it myself. My knowledge so far is upto high school physics. I do know some special relativity but mostly in a conceptual manner, not a rigorous mathematical...
Background: I am currently reading up on homogenization theory.
I have a simple conductivity model (image attached). u is a scalar function (such as potential or temperature).
The textbook proceeds by giving a series expansion for the gradient of u (image attached). the problem is that the...
In particular I would like to have a resource for the relation between group theory, crystal field symmetries and breaking of degeneracies of orbitals.
I've taken a graduate condensed matter course and graduate quantum mechanics courses. I have some basic knowledge of group theory but can learn...
I'm taking an online course that covers the Rankine power cycle, that, unfortunately, isn't mentioned in any of my textbooks. Do you guys have a textbook that covers this cycle?
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Hello all, I was wondering what are some good textbooks that are flimsy (not hard cover and printed on cheap paper so lightweight) that can be read on the train and the bus easily (the dimensions doesn't matter to me, all that is required is for it to be flimsy). I need such textbooks for...
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I remembered once hearing of a must-have quantum mechanics book by Paul Dirac. I don't remember if it was his Principles of QM or Lectures on QM. Based on the table of contents, I believe it was the Principles of QM book; however, looking at both I was thinking about getting his Lectures...
Hi. I'm having a hard time learning the physical realization of quantum computers. I got stuck with the section of optical cavity quantum eletrodynamics.
There are some concepts I am not familiar with. I think I should read some introductory textbooks which cover cavity quantum electrodynamics...
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Next semester I'll be in my 3rd year of a physics degree in a UK university and I'll have a course on Atomic Physics.
The recommended textbooks are:
D G C Jones (1997). Atomic Physics.
G K Woodgate (1983). Elementary Atomic Structure.
Does anyone know if they are good? Are there better...
Does anyone have a recommendation for a book(s) to use for the self-study of real analysis? I have just finished Apostol Calculus, Vol. 2 and would like to move on to real analysis. I am not sure whether I should continue following Apostol and move on to Apostol mathematical analysis or...
Summary: Looking for a textbook to bring a high school Physics teacher up to speed on basic astronomy.
I've been teaching high school Physics and Chemistry for 18 years. I've been tapped to teach an Astronomy course next year, despite never having taken an actual astronomy course. Given the...