Recent content by lightbearer88

Hi everyone. I have a question about dipole moments and I think it is closely related to the OP's posts so I would just ask it here: is the dipole moment just a measure of the tendency of the dipole to rotate under an external electric field?

maybe I should define what the symbols are: \omega_{x} is the angular frequency in the x-axis \omega_{y} is the angular frequency in the y-axis

Homework Statement \omega_{x} = \omega \omega_{y} = \omega + \epsilon where 0 < \epsilon<<\omega Question: Find the path equation. Homework Equations I started with the 2D equations: x(t) = A_{x}cos(\omega_{x}t + \phi_{x}) y(t) = A_{y}cos(\omega_{y}t + \phi_{y}) The Attempt at a Solution...

lol. i got it now. i went and google "trig triangle substitution" and found a simple website showing the basics. thanks for pointing out to me. i learned something new today. XD

I know this is quite a simple question but can you explain this part to me, please? =) How did the secant and tangent come in? Thanks!