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Son Goku Member  Posts: 1074 From: Ireland Joined:
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I've been inspired by Dr. Adequate's series on Geology (an amazing thread), so I would just like to propose a similar introduction to quantum mechanics. I would plan to begin around May this year. I know it is pretty early to be proposing this, but I plan to treat it like a proper course, similar enough to those I actually lecture, so I would need some time to prepare. The only mathematics involved will be matrices and vectors. EDIT: Vectors and matrices form the subject known as linear algebra, the amount of linear algebra necessary for the course will be explained in a separate pdf/post. To learn linear algebra you only need to know what a number is! Edited by Son Goku, : Little details on the mathematics. Edited by Son Goku, : I can't spell.
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AdminPhat Administrator  Posts: 1802 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 2.8 |
 Do you want me to move this to a particular forum now, or shall we wait until May?
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Son Goku Member Posts: 1074 From: Ireland Joined: |
Mainly to gauge interest and see what topics people might like to see discussed.
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AdminPhat Administrator Posts: 1802 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 2.8 |
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Dr Adequate Member  Posts: 15946 Joined: Member Rating: 3.5
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A good idea. And then when you're done we should turn it into a wikibook like I did with mine, so as to reach a wider audience --- I'll help if you like.
You don't have to prepare the whole thing before you start, do you? I didn't.
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RAZD Member  Posts: 18767 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: Member Rating: 3.8
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Curiously I was thinking of something similar for the Age Correlations\Consilience next revision ... message me? by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. • • • Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click) • • •
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Stile Member  Posts: 2924 From: Ontario, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 3.9 |
One more of a textbook style where questions/comments are made in another thread? Or one more of an open style where questions/comments are made directly to your posts? (I just foresee a whack of questions... from me!!!) Or a comment like this:
If there are any programmers who don't know these math terms... there are some simple programming analogies: A matrix is a 2 dimensional array. A matrix (generally) is made up of a bunch of vectors. The terms, however, are designed for geometry and geometric relationships. That is, a "force" vector could be defined as a single array with the first value representing the magnitude and the second value representing the direction. If so... then the first value would always be representing magnitudes and the second value would always be representing directions, especially when comparing this vector to any other "force" vector. The values in arrays used in the context of vectors and matrices would never be used in any sort of data shifting (like a FIFO or FILO where the values are moved from one end of the array to the other...) the information in the specific, defined locations is key. Edited by Stile, : Scalar? I damned near killed 'er!!
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NoNukes Member  Posts: 9721 From: Central NC USA Joined: Member Rating: 2.9
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A scaler is that pointy instrument the dentist uses to hack at your gums before telling you 'your gums are bleeding'. Scalar is the term you mean to use. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. Galileo Galilei If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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Dr Adequate Member Posts: 15946 Joined: Member Rating: 3.5 |
In my own thread I also broke forum etiquette (as I announced I would at the start) by going back and changing posts in response to comments.
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Pressie Member Posts: 1679 From: Pretoria, SA Joined: Member Rating: 2.7
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Son Goku Member Posts: 1074 From: Ireland Joined: |
I'm preparing it in advance, since every time I write a university course, only at the end do I realise exactly when certain ideas should be introduced. My "lesson by lesson" version wouldn't be as good.
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Diomedes Member  Posts: 636 From: Central Florida, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.5 |
Oddly enough, I think I might have been smarter before I took the course. Trying to wrap my head around some of those concepts or work through Schrodinger's equation might have actually broken part of my brain. It did eventually cause me to get a cat however...
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NoNukes Member Posts: 9721 From: Central NC USA Joined: Member Rating: 2.9 |
A cat and. ... A cat, a steamer trunk, a Geiger counter and a vile of poison...? Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. Galileo Galilei If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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Diomedes Member Posts: 636 From: Central Florida, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.5 |
I just went with the cat.
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RAZD Member Posts: 18767 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: Member Rating: 3.8
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