What should I choose for my second major?

[Jon Miller]

It's a pretty simple model from what I remember..

I haven't talked to him much about his research for ~1 year, so I don't remember as much as I use to..

Has to do with calculating the pressure inside cells or something like that..

Oh, and Field Theory != Quantum Field Theory (although QFT is where it was first used, and is used most)

here is the paper I can find

Morrison G, Thirumalai D
The shape of a flexible polymer in a cylindrical pore
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 122 (19): Art. No. 194907 MAY 15 2005

Jon Miller

[KrazyHorse]

(although QFT is where it was first used, and is used most)

Errr....really? I thought that classical field theories were around before anybody had even thought of QFT.

I'm not sure when fluids were first developed in terms of field theory, but it might well have been in the 19th century. And EM&GR had been put into full, covariant field forms by about 1920. QFT wasn't developed until at least 1927-28

[Az]

And what's this whole major/minor thingie? What is it good for? Why not learning one subject and that's it?

You regular Israeli universities have that, too. ( du-hoogee )

Btw, Eli, how's school? I think I am going for grad school in your uni, when are you over with your degree?

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse

(although QFT is where it was first used, and is used most)

Errr....really? I thought that classical field theories were around before anybody had even thought of QFT.

I'm not sure when fluids were first developed in terms of field theory, but it might well have been in the 19th century. And EM&GR had been put into full, covariant field forms by about 1920. QFT wasn't developed until at least 1927-28

No you are right, I was thinking of something else..

JM

[Az]

Errr....really? I thought that classical field theories were around before anybody had even thought of QFT.

umm yes.... classic fields before QFT - but anyhow, Jon, what sort of "Field Theory" were you talking of? I cannot possible access any of this literature right now, you know ( at home )

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Jon Miller


No you are right, I was thinking of something else..

JM

Mainly, all I could think of at the time were the uses of Field Theory in Economics and BioPhysics...

Very recent things...

Jon Miller

[Eli]

Originally posted by Az
You regular Israeli universities have that, too. ( du-hoogee )

Where? Do you mean the "du-hugi" thingie in the liberal arts sections? They dont count and should not be funded.

Btw, Eli, how's school? I think I am going for grad school in your uni, when are you over with your degree?

Next year i'm done. It's cool. I discovered that people are stupid and inefficient and that I can always finish a couple of stdevs above the average with a lecture attendance record that approaches 0%.

In short, I read history books during the whole semester and study for the mid terms and finals when they're a week away, going to the exam not knowing how the proffesor looks.

EE

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Az

Errr....really? I thought that classical field theories were around before anybody had even thought of QFT.

umm yes.... classic fields before QFT - but anyhow, Jon, what sort of "Field Theory" were you talking of? I cannot possible access any of this literature right now, you know ( at home )

I am not entirely sure what you are asking for here.. the hamiltonian?

JM

[Eli]

Only now I realized that your "du-hoogee" is "du-hugi". I thought you were just making funny noises.

[Az]

Next year i'm done. It's cool. I discovered that people are stupid and inefficient and that I can always finish a couple of stdevs above the average with a lecture attendance record that approaches 0%.

I've considered getting an EE degree at TAU... seems reasonable.

Good job Eli

[Mr. Harley]

Jon, after having taking Physical Chemistry and dropped it when my mother became terminally ill, I would guess that they are using Molecular Physics, which incorporates Quantum Physics by necessity . They are multiple ways a protein can fold, but only one typically works biologically. Mad Cow occurs when a brain protein isn't folded right any more! So determining first why it folds, and then making sure it folds that way, is cutting edge biology and physics - Biophysics (?).

[Jon Miller]

I don't remember anything being fancy quantum though. Maybe just an assumption or a restraint or something.

Everything seemed pretty classical to me. Yeah, my freind is going towards being a theoretical BioPhysicist.

I don't think what he is doing has been arround long enough to be taught in classes..

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

I beleive the goal of the model was related to virus propagation and the like.. (maybe pressure inside a virus or something?)

JM

[Ramo]

I am not entirely sure what you are asking for here.. the hamiltonian?

I'd think that the Lagrangian would be more useful in describing a field...

[KrazyHorse]

Both are used.