@FenderLesPaul Wooo California! What fields are you looking into at UCSB?
@DanielSank I remember when integrals 'n' chill just meant integrals 'n' chill.
Now it's all, "neurofuzzy, what about stat mech?" or "neurofuzzy, what does he mean on this quantum assignment"
@ACuriousMind I am tagging you in this message for my own amusement. Please don't read it.
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@DanielSank: Can you recommend me some good introductory solid state physics book; I remember you told me once not to get Kittel's Solid State Physics.....can you recommend me some good introductory one?
While messing around with the laws of physics, I accidentally caused the entire planet to gain a net positive charge of five. What have I done, what are the consequences, and how do I fix it.
Any suggestion? I won't risk playing around with the laws of Physics anymore, so if someone has a 'possib...
@skillpatrol I understand the concept of the proof
But they create this vector that I think could be simpler
I mean, the idea behind the proof is brilliant.
@ACuriousMind Suppose I have some curve where the tangent vector is discontinuous. If, at the point of discontinuity the discontinuity is just a scaling, can I adjust the curve parameter so there's no discontinuity anymore?
Like if before the discontinuity, th tangent vector is V, but right after, it's 5V
The components aren't technically continuous, but the direction is
How do I use pictures and copyrighted stuff as material. If you can quote someone why can you not quote their work as well? The teacher said in your own words. Does that fix the problem? Does that mean have to redraw a picture or find one not copyrighted?
@ChrisWhite suppose I have calculated a functional form for a pdf of some data.
Then on my computer I generate a bunch of data which should be distributed according to that pdf.
How do I write a test function which answers the question "Are these numerically generated random data in agreement with the pdf function I calculated?"?