Not only is it a steep learning/remembering curve on calculus and linear algebra, there’s also the learning curve for LaTeX – the common typesetting language for equations.
LaTeX lets you type this:
i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\left|\Psi(t)\right>=H\left|\Psi(t)\right>
and see this:
Cool, right? Less cool is there being another whole new language to learn.
I feel a bit lucky here, having used LaTeX extensively in the past. But it is a pain, and there’s still a bunch of new commands I have to find and learn. As well as dealing with pesky errors when you forget a never visible closing bracket somewhere!
One of the excersises this week is to test out a bunch of editors and make a group comment on them.
Let’s get entangled…