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Mar 5, 2016 11:51
Thanks for the advices.Cya all :)
Mar 5, 2016 11:42
Surely.I am on a gap year and in 4 month I will have to take a text for physics and math at uni .Surfing on the internet I've read that it's better to have a solid base in mathematics rather than physics since at uni you will start again from scratch and then you will learn the physics along the way.I don't know if this is true or just blind talk about the real truth.
Mar 5, 2016 11:39
Hello guys ,I would like to ask you a surely banal question but really important for me:does the study of physics start from scratch at university (of course with a more detailed method + calculus etc.. ) ?Is it best to have a solid base in mathematics rather than physics ?
Dec 18, 2015 22:22
@alarge Alright.Thanks again for your time.I am off.
Dec 18, 2015 22:16
@Alarge Okay,I will do that.One last question:is there not at all a physics textbook with a flavour for problem-solving techniques ? Thanks for your time .
Dec 18, 2015 22:10
I feel like I learn better from books rather than looking videos (I guess this is subjective)...the annoying this is that there's really no problem for the choice of math textbooks because there are thousands of types of math books,but for physics there's always one size fits it all...
Dec 18, 2015 22:07
@alarge Alright.Then what is the best textbook for self-study ?
Dec 18, 2015 22:05
I am not sure what you mean.We covered every topic(last one was electromagnetism) but the problem is that I come from a classical high school (latin,greek and so on) so I don't know if I've covered them well enough.However my math skills are decent from what I can say.
Dec 18, 2015 22:03
@alarge My fear is that these books only work the simple exercises and leave me at the end of the chapter with harder exercises.Also I don't want to start already studying at university level,I want to be sure that my background will be okay when I will enroll.
Dec 18, 2015 21:59
@Alarge Well the standard curriculum used at high school level(I finished high school and am taking gap year )
Dec 18, 2015 21:56
I feel a little bit embarassed to join up a conversation like that and asking for some suggestions on physics textbooks oriented on problem-solving ,but that's what I've been told to do...so if you can help I will be really gratefull....
Dec 18, 2015 21:54
hey guys
 
Feb 7, 2016 17:22
(I missed a question mark in the last comment....)
Feb 7, 2016 17:16
Just a random thought:Do humans need to be entirely humans ?What if we would put all of our effort on robotics science and everyone ,by 100 years, will have implemented in their body mechanical parts that will allow everyone to be somewhat "superhumans".So the challenge would be to get the best scientists to work on that and the rest of human kind to practice their math skills for 100 years.This is somewhat more doable in my opinion.
 
Feb 7, 2016 17:09
Just a random thought:Do humans need to be entirely humans ?What if we would put all of our effort on robotics science and everyone ,by 100 years, will have implemented in they body mechanical parts such that they will allow everyone to be somewhat "superhumans".So the challenge would be to get the best scientists to work on that and the rest of humans to practice their math skills (lol).
 
Jan 15, 2016 14:12
Hmm okay,thanks guys for your patience :P cya
Jan 15, 2016 14:10
Thanks for your time ;)
Jan 15, 2016 14:10
Alright,I think I will just look for some proof if someone can provide it and study it.
Jan 15, 2016 14:08
the powers of g
Jan 15, 2016 14:08
they must be divisors of p-1 ,also a^{p-1} \equiv 1
Jan 15, 2016 14:05
My idea was to show that $d_i$ is some multiple of t which in turn is the period of some element
Jan 15, 2016 14:02
In my book $t$ is an integer
Jan 15, 2016 14:02
Hello,thanks for your time
Jan 15, 2016 14:02
I guess my argument won't work even for $t$ integer?
Jan 15, 2016 14:02
but if $b =1$ then it works,let me edit ,i think I can make it a little bit clear now.
Jan 15, 2016 14:02
Yes, I know but I am just confused.Would it work if $t$ is some real number ?(bear with me :S) also $q$ is an integer.
Jan 15, 2016 14:02
Can't I have $g=a^{t}$ for some real $t$ ?
Jan 15, 2016 14:02
Yes I've confused it all ,$t=p-1$ and $a$ is some integer which is not congruent to $0 \mod p$