/sci/ - Science & Math

What did "the greats" study for undergrad?

I'll start with what I know:

Dirac - EE
Tesla - EE but dropped out in 3rd year

Sup /sci/entists,

What career options are viable for someone with a BSc(hons) and MSci in Physics w/ Astrophysics?

I'd ideally like to go in to academia and undertake srs research, but would be nice to know what my options are if that doesn't work out.

I'm asking out of mild interest at the moment, as I don't start first year until September.

Also, any summer reading recommendations would be appreciated.

Picture very related. Dat 'tache.

>>3893059
>mfw

>>3825962
>this shows that infinity is definitively not the multiplicative inverse of 0, as it is not uniquely 1
>mfw

<span class="math">\delta (x)[/spoiler]

>Equation
Schroedinger Equation

>Sect
Chemistry or Physics

>Film
Do not into film

>Documentary
Do not into documentary

>Sandwich filling
Do not into sandwich

/sci/

Currently doing a double major in science and lolengineering, wondering what I should do for my sci major. My university doesn't have too many units for either pure maths or chemistry, so I figure I could fit a decent amount of units from those two (I'd have to pick one major, but I could get a few third year units from each).
On the other hand, physics seems more relevant, but takes about 4 or 5 more units to finish (including applied maths), so not too much room for other stuff.
I have no particular preference regarding "interest", I like all of them. Thoughts?

Pic related, it's Werner Heisenberg

>>3541147

Glhf, bro.

Opinions on mathematical beauty in physics,

How does /sci/ feel about problems that can be: solved explicitly for elementary functions,
can only be represented by infinite series
can only be approximated?

I.E,
Infinite sq well potential (elementary functions)
Harmonic potential (power series)
Finite sq well potential (numerical approx)

sup /sci/

I had the worst exam of my life today, feels bad man. Chances are that this exam could mean I get a 2:2.

Here's a part of it:

Prove that for any non zero ordinal <span class="math"> \alpha [/spoiler] , there exists a natural number k, non zero natural numbers <span class="math"> n_0 , n_1 , n_2 , \ldots , n_{k-1} [/spoiler] , and ordinals <span class="math"> \delta_0 > \delta_1 > \ldots > \delta_{k-1} [/spoiler] such that

<span class="math"> \alpha = \sum_{i=0}^{k-1} \omega^{\delta_i} n_i [/spoiler]

Is this representation unique?

So, yeh was a bitch of an exam question (was only the last part of one of 4 questions mind) but I thought it was quite interesting and worth posting.

On the plus side, people were crying after the exam, that's always fun to see.

Cheer me up /sci/ .