hey all. I've got a great understanding of physics. a degree will do that for you. unfortunately, I have my reservations about the quality of my degree. there are bits and pieces that seem to be "common knowledge" among those in the field. such things as using special unitary matricies do describe the properties of particles and whatnot. I was never taught matrix operations past using determinants to solve differential equations. certainly it was never spoken of in my physics classes. what sorts of matrix operations or properties should I learn to get a better understanding of this all? what other mathamatical principles should I learn? I learned so much math but none of it was ever really tied in. all the proofs were skimmed over, and we were handed algebraic equations. BS if you ask me. I jsut hate skimming through the physical review and feeling totally lost sometimes.
so yeah. what do I need to learn to understand what "SUxSU(2)xSU(3)" means?
waht kinds of transforms and relationships should I study?
bah. I just wish they'd challenged me a litle more in school instead of pushing me through and slapping a degree on my head. I've only been out for 2 years and I swear I have learned more outside school than I ever did inside.
-IggDawg
so yeah. what do I need to learn to understand what "SUxSU(2)xSU(3)" means?
waht kinds of transforms and relationships should I study?
bah. I just wish they'd challenged me a litle more in school instead of pushing me through and slapping a degree on my head. I've only been out for 2 years and I swear I have learned more outside school than I ever did inside.
-IggDawg