Recent content by dford

@BvU @berkeman indeed, I was mostly just test-driving PF's LaTeX/Mathjax syntax (not what I'm used to, but I think I figured it out). Thanks for the help both of you! :smile:

Aha, and in fact your link answered my confusion. Good to know I understood that much at least :wink:

Yes indeed; even math.stackexchange uses slightly different mathjax syntax. I think I figured it out. Thanks :)

This exercise comes from Kleppner and Kolenkow, 2nd ed., problem 6-3. I'm using a solution key as a study reference, but the solution key is coming to a pretty different conclusion. Mostly the issue is in the equations of motion for this system. I'm not sure if there's something I'm...

Hello! I'm a mathematician specializing in hyperbolic dynamical systems and smooth ergodic theory. I decided this year that I wanted to learn physics as well to get a better intuition behind the applications/interpretations of my work and the work of my colleagues. My math background is very...