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    Mathematica Math Software Comparison: Mathematica vs Maple

    i prefer MATLAB over maple and mathematica.
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    Solving a differential equation: f = ma, f = -kx -bv

    I don't understand how you get the charateristic equation.
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    Is Gravity Real? Understanding the Evidence for Gravity's Existence

    Oh yeh, I agree. A hypothetical question... In a sealed room is it possible to take the gravity out of the room, by using no external factors. - eg sucking the gravitons out of the room. and what would happen if it were possible?
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    Is Gravity Real? Understanding the Evidence for Gravity's Existence

    Yes, I would say that it is. Something that is matter is imagined easier if it has a mass, therefore it is a real thing or object. It is hard to understand how massless objects or the concept of photons exist. And gravity, which acts on everything; so does it also act on nothing? (or a thing...
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    Is Gravity Real? Understanding the Evidence for Gravity's Existence

    I don't get it, how can light with no mass, or photons with no mass be affected by gravity? It is that gravity acts on all things including things with no mass?
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    Determinism & Chaos: Intertwined or Not?

    Are these two things intertwined in that they would decribe a lot of things, if not everything? Are there many examples of things that would fit in another catergory?
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    Practical applications of fractals?

    What are the practial appliactions of say, fractals? I suppose in some sense they describe objects that appear in nature, eg. trees. But what the use of say Mandelbrot. It just complicates things...
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    Is Gravity Real? Understanding the Evidence for Gravity's Existence

    Could someone tell me what gravity is, and what is the proof that gravity exists?
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    Solving a differential equation: f = ma, f = -kx -bv

    so, f = ma, and f = -kx -bv. rearrange to the form of a differential equation. i am stuck when the next line simply states the general solution. i have done this for first differential only, not second derivatives. please help!
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