Where did the 0.5 come from?
The integral of the velocity.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2007 12:41:10 pm PST #9402 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Nilly - Feb 08, 2007 12:42:21 pm PST #9403 of 10001
Swouncing
Where did the 0.5 come from?
When you do an integral of x^n, it is equal to a constant plus (1/(n+1))*x^(n+1).
[Take this and try to find its derivative - the opposite action to integral - and it's x^n]
So if we have v, the result of the integral is (1/(1+1))*x^(1+1)=0.5*x^2.
Scrappy - Feb 08, 2007 12:42:51 pm PST #9404 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Look at all of you with your lovely math brains.
admires without understanding
SailAweigh - Feb 08, 2007 12:44:21 pm PST #9405 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
::is sad::
I used to know how to do that stuff. Retained it just long enough to pass a test and then it all went buh-bye. Use it or lose it, peeps.
Polter-Cow - Feb 08, 2007 12:45:03 pm PST #9406 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
[Take this and try to find its derivative - the opposite action to integral - and it's x^n]
Right right! Now I remember. Sorta. Oh, calculus. I liked you when you made teddy bears.
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2007 12:46:21 pm PST #9407 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know that 4x40 is 160, and that's enough for me.
I do miss my brains, but there's no point crying over spilt neurons.
Polter-Cow - Feb 08, 2007 12:46:34 pm PST #9408 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's so not the big problem with the sentence.
Oh, I see what you mean. I don't think those periods are necessary either.
Nilly - Feb 08, 2007 12:46:59 pm PST #9409 of 10001
Swouncing
admires without understanding
Robin, there's lots of physics in skating. The balance, for example, and keeping it. You know it intuitively, even if you don't know that you do!
Dana - Feb 08, 2007 12:47:05 pm PST #9410 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Egg Beaters don't really make good scrambled eggs. Hmph.
Hayden - Feb 08, 2007 12:47:07 pm PST #9411 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
a) In a maximum of 1,500 words, compare the Einsteinian view of quantum physics with Neils Bohr's position. For extra credit, include an analogy between Platonism and Aristotlean ontology.
b) Does the famous Schrodinger's Cat thought-experiment apply in situations in which a human being is placed in the box? For extra credit, put yourself in a box with decaying radioactive material and observe your own eigenstate.
c) (Multiple choice) In light of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, would you argue that (a) this is true, (b) this is true, or (c)?
d) Bell's Theorem holds that any subatomic quantum material can pass information to another subatomic quantum material regardless of spatial considerations that affect classical physical relationships. With this in mind, is it (a) awesome or (b) ridiculously awesome that Nilly studies this stuff for a living?