Recent content by cpt_carrot

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    Using Simpson's method to integrate a complex function

    By default I think quad calls qagse which does support singularities, you can also specify a series of domains to avoid them. With the right set of options you can get to most of the quadpack routines.
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    Using Simpson's method to integrate a complex function

    Scipy provides an interface to quadpack via the integrate.quad function
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    Trace of a subsystem of a two qubit system

    You need to include the cross terms in the outer product. The density matrix for your pure state ##|\psi\rangle## is ##\rho= |\psi\rangle\langle\psi|## which includes terms like ##|00\rangle\langle 01|##
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    Trace of a subsystem of a two qubit system

    You might want to think again about the result you got for ##\rho^{AB}##
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    Solving Vector Spaces Tasks: Basis and Linear Transformations

    For part (ii) of task 1 you want to write ## y = av_1 + bv_2 + cv_3 ## and find ##a##, ##b## and ##c##. What happens if you e.g. take the inner product of this equation with ##v_1##?
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    Enrollment in C programming course

    As far as I can tell that is what my program does, as long as reaching a blank register causes all I/O to stop. What do you think is wrong with it?
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    Enrollment in C programming course

    Thanks for those, they gave me a fun half hour! My solution to hte last puzzle is below for anyone interested, I think it works...
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    How to calculate Fourier Transform of e^-a*|t|?

    Not quite. The function g(t) is even but you are integrating g(t)e^{j\omega t} which isn't even, so you need to do the other half of the integral, or notice that the negative time part is the complex conjugate of the positive time part.
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    Proving the Statement: (1+u^2)^2+(1+u)^2>0

    This is incorrect since |u|=1 it should be u= -1/2- i\sqrt{3}/2 from which the algebra follows
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    Proving the Statement: (1+u^2)^2+(1+u)^2>0

    Note that u^2=u^* and so u^2+u is real
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    Can you solve this challenging integral using a clever modification?

    Try adding together the new integral and the old one
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    Fourier transform of a lorentzian function

    The Fourier transform of a Lorentzian isn't a Lorentzian (its a decaying oscillation) The Fourier transform of a Gaussian is a Gaussian, which is I guess what you mean? Do you know any theorems about the Fourier transform of a derivative to help answer your other question?
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    MATLAB Simple Matlab Graphics Question

    If you do something like fullscreen = get(0,'ScreenSize'); set(0, 'DefaultFigurePosition', [0 -50 fullscreen(3) fullscreen(4)]) before plotting anything then it will set the default size for new figures to be maximised. Hope that helps :-)
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    Importance of adding the constant of integration.

    Not quite, this is why the constant of integration is important. The first integration gives \frac{df}{dx}=\frac{x^4}{4}+5x+c_1 and the second integration gives f(x)=\frac{x^5}{20}+\frac{5x^2}{2}+c_1x+c_2 Which is why we need one constant of integration for each integral
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    Sound Laser? Focus Sound Like Laser?

    Also don't forget the http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10267528-72.html" which creates a coherent beam of phonons