Monthly Archives: July 2011

What have I been up to

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

Reading on Quantum Mechanics, reading on Mathematical Methods of Physics, reading reading, reading… Taking into account the amount of things I’ve forgotten and the amount of things that just become fuzzy over the years of inactivity this is a good … Continue reading →

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Solidarity

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

With all the victims, all the relatives, all the people in Norway.

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Numerical Recipes

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

I’ve come to the conclusion that it sucks. No, really; it sucks. Besides having a crappy license they also have some crappy and buggy routines. I guess that means that I’ll have to be a full time convert to Mathematica … Continue reading →

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Source code in C to simulate a Speckle Potential

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Addendum: After writing this post I had a nagging feeling. Some kind of unease about the codes I provided. After taking a quick read of my second edition of Numerical Recipes in C I realized what might have caused that … Continue reading →

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Science 2.0

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

I truly believe in it. As the astute reader might have noticed by looking at the links to the right… If you don’t know what I’m talking about take a look at this: The future of science by Michael Nielsen. … Continue reading →

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Imitation is the sincerest (form) of flattery

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

Today was a slow day so I was surfing the web to see if anything mildly interesting happened in my favorite blogs (by the way, my favorite blog for the time being is mathbabe, so do check it out). I … Continue reading →

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Trick with partial derivatives in Statistical Physics

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

— 1. The problem — Some time ago I was studying Statistical Physics and I ended up solving an interesting exercise. The exercise in question is from the book Statistical Physics by Mandl and it is on page 66: A … Continue reading →

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