tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.comments2023-05-05T02:35:50.420-07:00The Mind of a Theorist - The BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01047370759423352210noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-13255518875914782052013-03-10T23:29:34.564-07:002013-03-10T23:29:34.564-07:00Clear, concise and to the point ... Good!Clear, concise and to the point ... Good!Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16144959188164646926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-3153980737788336822013-02-25T11:57:03.008-08:002013-02-25T11:57:03.008-08:00No problem, there is plenty of time to catch up. A...No problem, there is plenty of time to catch up. A new version of the material, including somethings we covered is now up on the web site. There will be abother update with an application created by Dianna and Myself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047370759423352210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-5776521132049573452013-02-23T19:37:27.900-08:002013-02-23T19:37:27.900-08:00I'm very sorry that I was unable to join the f...I'm very sorry that I was unable to join the first Skype session for the course earlier this evening. This was due to a personal commitment involving care of an elderly relative here at home.<br /><br />I fully intend to be involved in the course and, as I realise putting it together must be no small feat on your part, I regret I was not present for the conference. I could certainly have done with the insights that were doubtless on offer. <br /><br />If any kind of recording of the event was made, I'd be grateful to see or hear it. Regardless, I hope to see you all next week at 8pm.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />KieranKieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717389603928319563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-24067855881147616092013-02-12T05:48:33.514-08:002013-02-12T05:48:33.514-08:00It will be as large as it is. I want to see how we...It will be as large as it is. I want to see how well our system works, as we want to do a Summer School in Scientific Computing and this will be a good test for methods.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047370759423352210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-21736126870948009272013-02-11T14:39:47.532-08:002013-02-11T14:39:47.532-08:00Hardcore. Is Coursera or one of the other opencou...Hardcore. Is Coursera or one of the other opencourseware platforms not an option? Or you purposefully want to keep it small?Capt. Jean-Luc Pikachuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080616224347162571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-56678253814989390462013-02-08T21:42:01.565-08:002013-02-08T21:42:01.565-08:00We are up to 6.We are up to 6.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047370759423352210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-77354248722621281002013-02-08T20:30:50.027-08:002013-02-08T20:30:50.027-08:00George ... I am interested and will sign on if off...George ... I am interested and will sign on if offered. I also posted a referral on Citizens Science League ... hopefully that will generate additional interest. (See my post at http://citizenscientistsleague.com/2012/12/03/citizen-science-musings-from-citizen-to-scientist/#comment-16897)Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16144959188164646926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-15765639152886438242012-06-01T00:23:22.999-07:002012-06-01T00:23:22.999-07:00This seems less theoretical than it is empirical. ...This seems less theoretical than it is empirical. If you were to derive a formula for the empirical data and use this to predict future data, then it would be theoretical. The derived formula would be your model.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047370759423352210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-26287696340702662492012-06-01T00:20:01.689-07:002012-06-01T00:20:01.689-07:00I have also been interested in this for many years...I have also been interested in this for many years, but until now I have never done anything other than read. I plan to develop some Mathematica-based simulation software for information theory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047370759423352210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-55878084722440977412012-05-28T07:20:59.859-07:002012-05-28T07:20:59.859-07:00Great topic to get into. I think the list above is...Great topic to get into. I think the list above is on the right track. I have been into info theory for years given one of my first interests in physics was entropy. Once you get your grounding, you probably want to look at E.T. Jaynes work, particularly his papers Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics I & II. Great work but also a segway into the contentious, yet sometimes useful, ideas of the MaxEnt (maximum entropy) crowd. Happy Research!Reggie Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-55699799361752790522012-03-04T19:04:07.064-08:002012-03-04T19:04:07.064-08:00Interesting, even though I will never be a theoret...Interesting, even though I will never be a theoretical physicist. Does the following very simple approach fall under your Approach 1: Measure the total ozone in the ozone layer for 22 years. Fit a curve to the data for 1990, the year prior to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo (when the ozone layer was "normal"). (The data form an annual wave that peaks during spring.) Superimpose this curve over each year in the time series to make visually obvious the significant ozone decline around 1995-1998 and the recovery thereafter. This isn't sophisticated, but it seems toi work for me.Forrest M. Mims IIIhttp://www.forrestmims.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-83384491798252632342011-10-23T18:30:19.304-07:002011-10-23T18:30:19.304-07:00Very nice review of what may become the physics te...Very nice review of what may become the physics text of choice in coming years. Several times I wondered if a particular topic was included in this volume, and the topic appeared within a sentence or two as I continued reading.Forrest M. Mims IIIhttp://www.forrestmims.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-24954981890681652962011-10-15T02:03:49.172-07:002011-10-15T02:03:49.172-07:00Oh my god... and just the other day I was wonderin...Oh my god... and just the other day I was wondering how he and his group were doing since I hadn't heard much about them lately.James Firmissnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-76509094324717378312011-05-12T10:19:10.228-07:002011-05-12T10:19:10.228-07:00Awesome man, congrats!Awesome man, congrats!BigReghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880205082023152360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-48929249451746026492011-01-09T21:57:33.275-08:002011-01-09T21:57:33.275-08:00This is intriguing work that deserves a wide audie...This is intriguing work that deserves a wide audience.Forrest M. Mims IIIhttp://www.forrestmims.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-82762320298795434192010-10-28T21:30:04.081-07:002010-10-28T21:30:04.081-07:00I wish you the best of success with the proposal.I wish you the best of success with the proposal.Forrest M. Mims IIIhttp://www.forrestmims.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-91130222987822448682010-10-08T03:18:04.315-07:002010-10-08T03:18:04.315-07:00True enough, but remember that LHC is on the low e...True enough, but remember that LHC is on the low end of the supersymmetry regime, so a negative result will just mean more speculation later on...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047370759423352210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-50845972898811698392010-10-05T18:08:56.218-07:002010-10-05T18:08:56.218-07:00Quantum gravity is the holy grail but I still am n...Quantum gravity is the holy grail but I still am not sure the current raft of supersymmetry papers have yet cracked it. <br /><br />I think combining experimental evidence from the revolutions in astronomy and astrophysics or maybe some good LHC data is going to help a lot.BigReghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880205082023152360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-65565888532301341912010-09-27T04:21:58.816-07:002010-09-27T04:21:58.816-07:00When in reality it ought to be Physics->Chemist...When in reality it ought to be Physics->Chemistry->Earth Science->BiologyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047370759423352210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-40242102811180175662010-09-27T04:19:26.542-07:002010-09-27T04:19:26.542-07:00Thanks, I like special functions.Thanks, I like special functions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047370759423352210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-69802108071063311982010-09-26T07:55:08.103-07:002010-09-26T07:55:08.103-07:00Yeah, I always wondered about that order. As it wa...Yeah, I always wondered about that order. As it was for me in high school, everything was taught from most general to most basic (likely due to difficulty)<br /><br />Earth Science -> Biology -> Chemistry -> PhysicsBigReghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880205082023152360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-35340580077430126602010-09-26T07:52:20.594-07:002010-09-26T07:52:20.594-07:00I will be first in line to buy a copy when it come...I will be first in line to buy a copy when it comes out! I hope you can do a good read since Classical Mechanics ranks as one of the notorious "fear" classes for many physics students.BigReghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880205082023152360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-40008420597234828432010-09-26T07:50:39.927-07:002010-09-26T07:50:39.927-07:00I have had the same experience (we have talked abo...I have had the same experience (we have talked about this on email). A couple of papers I had written and published appeared on the ArXiv blog run by the MIT Technology Review. Unfortunately, there are some long-term crackpots who hang around there and are continuously PISSED the world does not see their genius in overturning relativity, QM etc.BigReghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880205082023152360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-72863592397881914812010-09-26T07:46:32.918-07:002010-09-26T07:46:32.918-07:00Good job. Have fun with hyperbolic functions. A co...Good job. Have fun with hyperbolic functions. A couple of months ago I brushed off my book on Bessel functions for a project I was working on. The project didn't work out but the math of Bessel functions is beautiful.BigReghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880205082023152360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918229878564476779.post-45436399422869359732010-09-13T12:04:07.614-07:002010-09-13T12:04:07.614-07:00This kind of demonstration provides another justif...This kind of demonstration provides another justification for teaching Earth science after instead of before basic biology chemistry, physics and statistics.Forrest M. Mims IIIhttp://www.forrestmims.orgnoreply@blogger.com