>>12837825I assume it's some pleb general physics shit. Real physics courses heavily rely on knowledge of multivariable calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra. The problem is most of the time physics undergraduates are not required to take any advanced math courses. This results in very important math topics being shoved in between physics material with no care taken at treating them. For instance, "group theory" for a physicist is just looking at the commutator subgroup and matrix representations, there is very little foundation given to physics students. Terms are juggled around and some statements about groups in QFT books would make an algebraist cringe. As a result, what a physicist perceives as a group is like a child's view compared to someone who took undergrad abstract algebra.
