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    A What is the packet speed in the discrete case?

    I've been struggling with the problem below for some time. It is not a homework. A simple bubble S is a spherical surface that expands with constant speed c. A vector bubble V also expands with the same constant speed c. There is a 3d vector associated with a V. If two S bubbles touch, they...
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    A Bounded Packet Motion: Unravel the Asymptotically Helical Trajectory

    In the article 'Cellular vacuum' (Int. J. Theor. Phys. 21: 537-551, 1982), Minsky writes: "One can prove that any bounded packet which moves within a regular lattice must have an asymptotically helical trajectory.. . " He does not explain this statement further, nor does he give any references...
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    A Where Can I Find the Proof of Asymptotically Helical Trajectory in a Lattice?

    In the article 'Cellular vacuum' (Int. J. Theor. Phys. 21: 537-551, 1982), Minsky writes: "One can prove that any bounded packet which moves within a regular lattice must have an asymptotically helical trajectory...". But he gives no references whatsoever. I had no success in a search on the...
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    Insights Does the Block Universe of Physics Mean Time is an Illusion?

    A problem with cellular automata models of the universe is how to explain the cell processor (unless we live in a simulation). The block universe model can solve this puzzle by stating that time "slices" are connected blocks of information. See https://zenodo.org/record/3818303#.X3ilCMJKiM9 for...
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    Optimized Algorithm to Find All 720 Random Permutations of [0, 6)

    Thank you for the kind answers, guys. I found out exactly what I needed (c language): int idx = 6; unsigned char permutation[] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }; unsigned char temp[6]; void swap(unsigned char *a, unsigned char *b) { int t = *a; *a = *b; *b = t; } /* * Prints a different...
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    Optimized Algorithm to Find All 720 Random Permutations of [0, 6)

    Summary: Algorithm do find all random permutations of n=[0,6) Hi, The following algorithm gives 6 out of the 720 random permutations of integers in the range [0, 6). t=0..5 // permutation i=0..5 // sequence index n =...
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    A How can you generate a sine wave using integers only?

    You are right, a DDA variation called Bresenheim algorithm for circles works with integers. Thank you.
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    A How can you generate a sine wave using integers only?

    Of course the modified k grows, it is an integer constant. The rationale for the modified expression for k is: lim_{N\to\infty} \frac{N}{2}sin(2\pi/N)=\pi sin^2\theta+cos^2\theta=1 \overline{k}=\sqrt{\frac{N^2}{4}-\pi^2} for N>>1 we have \sqrt{\frac{N^2}{4}-\pi^2}\approx \frac{N}{2}-1
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    A How can you generate a sine wave using integers only?

    Thank you for answering. DDA uses floats not pure integers.
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    A How can you generate a sine wave using integers only?

    I need to recursively generate a quadrature signal which fits exactly into a grid NxN, where N is a large power of two. After unsuccessful research, I decided to develop my own solution, starting from the waveguide-form oscillator taken from Pete Symons' book 'Digital wave generation, p. 100'...
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    A Can this proposition be proved in the Collatz conjecture?

    I'm not claiming this is a lemma, my friend. I'm asking whether it can be proven, since my attempts to prove it were of no avail. That's why I launched the challenge. By the way, the formula was deduced by picking the lowest stop times from 1 to 10000 and checking the peculiar power of two...
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    A Can this proposition be proved in the Collatz conjecture?

    Can this proposition be proved and become a lemma in the proof of Collatz conjecture? $$collatz(n) \geq \lfloor \frac{log(n)}{log(2)} \rfloor.$$
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    B How can a mirror reflect 99,999% of incident light?

    Nice answer, ZapperZ. Let's suppose now one single photon with the correct wave length to get maximum reflection. What happens to the properties of the photon to have higher probability of detection in a very closed angle cone in the direction of reflection?
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    B How can a mirror reflect 99,999% of incident light?

    How can a mirror reflect 99,999% of incident light? Or in other words what makes a photon exiting a laser cavity so directional? In fact, I never found a really convincing answer. Thank you.
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