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Thank you, this solves my problem. Is there a way to mark this thread as solved?

Hello, I was given a program written by someone else that uses random_seed and random_number to generate a matrix. I thought the output of that program should change because each execution of that program should use a different random number to create the matrix, but the output is always the...

Thank you very much for the reply. Just to be completely clear: the columns of the matrix A are the eigenvectors?

Greetings. I am using the LAPACK (Linear Algebra Package) software package to find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a large symmetrical real matrix. Specifically, I calculate a scalar from each eigenvector, and I want to graph it against its associated eigenvalue. I am using the subroutine...

Thank you. I should think more geometrically.

Homework Statement This is, strictly speaking, not a homework question. I have already solved this, but I think that there is a much better method to solve it. In the equation below, what relationship must w and q satisfy? If the question is not clear, please read the bottom of the post...

Thank you for the reply. I figured it out shortly after.

Homework Statement Assume a particle of mass m which is free to move on the plane x-y. The particle is experiencing a force F = −kr towards the origin. Find the equation y = y(x) that describes the motion of this particle on the plane. Homework Equations F = ma = -kr r(t) =...

My textbook for special relativity routinely uses the example of particle accelerators and high energy physics in general as experimental evidence for special relativity.

Ah, I did not know that. My special relativity course has just started, so I assume we'll get to that in due course. I shall ask my professor about this question next week. Thank you for the response.

Homework Statement Paraphrase: A Transporter can reduce a person to data and transmits the data by light or radio signal to another location. A person is beamed from Earth to the planet Zircon orbiting a star in the Andromeda Nebula, two million light-years from Earth. Neglect any relative...

MIT now uses Python for their introductory computer science class. I have heard that Python is excellent as a first language for learning programming.

I used trigonometric identities often in calculus II. Some integrals could not be solved without them. Edit: My professor's exams were difficult, but he sometimes gave us some of the identities.

The post you quoted did not imply that this was the only way. The OP can increase his GPA by doing much, much, much better in his later courses.

Has anyone tried the 'boards' offered by whiteyboard.com?