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    Complex Fourier Transform & Its Inverse (also Dcontour integrals)

    Thanks Tide. I made an error in squaring -i! All that work and I just couldn't see my mistake at all. Sleeping on it helped alot! Thanks again.
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    Complex Fourier Transform & Its Inverse (also Dcontour integrals)

    For the function f(x) given by: f(x) = e^{2x} (x<0), = e^{-x} (x>0) I have got the complex Fourier Transform to be: F(k) = {3(k^{2} + ik + 2)}/{(k^{2}+1)(k^{2} + 4)} Now I'm trying to verify the formula for the inverse transform by using a D-contour integral. Just taking the x>0 case I...
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    MATLAB MATLAB: Importing Files and Creating Contours

    Hey! I am using c++ to simulate charges dissipating. I've written the output to a file in the form of a matrix, so in the file is just a matrix of numbers showing equipotentials etc. I want to show the contours by using MATLAB. I'm not used to working in MATLAB but I tried! I clicked file...
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    How Do You Apply Boundary Conditions to Solve a Separable PDE in a Strip?

    I need to find all the separated solns of x^2 \frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2} + x\frac{\partial u}{\partial x} + \frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial y^2} = 0 in the strip {(x,y) : 0 < y < a, -\infty < x < \infty } the separated solns must also satisfy u = 0 on both the edges, that is, on...
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    Divergence and solenoidal vector fields

    sorry it was meant to be.. \frac{(\lambda -1)a}{(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)^{3/2}} = \frac{(\lambda -1)a}{|\underline{r}|^3} I forgot the 3/2 power which didn't make it a vector as you pointed out!
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    Divergence and solenoidal vector fields

    If this is wrong I can post my working (but its tedious to keep latexing my results!) I get the expression down to \frac{(\lambda -1)a}{x^2+y^2+z^2} so could I just say that if \lambda = 1 this would give " \underline{F}" say to be zero which implies dF/dx, dF/dy, dF/dz are all zero so...
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    Divergence and solenoidal vector fields

    Following on I'm trying to find the value of \lambda which makes \frac{\lambda\underline{a}}{|\underline{r}|^3} - \frac{(\underline{a}.\underline{r})\underline{r}}{|\underline{r}|^5} solenoidal. Where a is uniform. I think I have to use div(PF) = PdivF + F.gradP (where P is a scalar...
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    Divergence and solenoidal vector fields

    Thanks, I was having trouble simplifying my expression for divF, knowing what I was aiming for gave me the confidence to proceed lol! Cheers, Matt.
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    Divergence and solenoidal vector fields

    Yeah I was being daft, after sleeping on it I came up with: \underline{F} = [{(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)}^{n/2}x, {(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)}^{n/2}y, {(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)}^{n/2}z] That's better, yeah? so \underline{F}_x = {(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)}^{n/2}x \underline{F}_y = {(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)}^{n/2}y...
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    Divergence and solenoidal vector fields

    I want to find which values of n make the vector field \underline{F} = {|\underline{r}|}^n\underline{r} solenoidal. So I have to evaluate the divergence of this vector field I think, then show for which values of n it is zero? Im starting by substituting: \underline{r} = \sqrt{x^2...
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    Which Integration Technique Should I Use for This Triple Integral?

    Do I need to change the order of integration then and have new limits or can I choose to rearrange it to a more convenient form, like \iiint {\sqrt(R^2 - 2aR\cos\theta + a^2)} R^2 sin\theta\,d\theta\,dR,d\phi then integrating wrt \theta by parts?
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    Which Integration Technique Should I Use for This Triple Integral?

    \iiint {\sqrt(R^2 - 2aR\cos\theta + a^2)} R^2 \sin\theta\,dR\,d\theta\,d\phi with the integration over R between 0 and a the integration over between 0 and pi the integration over between 0 and 2pi Should I use integration by parts or should I take the R^2 sin(theta) under the square...
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    Find Distance Between Spherical Polar & Cartesian Points

    Yeah, I've got the distance AP to be (R^2 - 2aR\cos\theta + a^2)^(1/2) which I think is correct? Now writing the triple integral of AP over the sphere R less than or equal to a in terms of spherical polar coords gives: \iiint {\sqrt(R^2 - 2aR\cos\theta + a^2)} R^2...
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    Find Distance Between Spherical Polar & Cartesian Points

    Okay so I need: (R\sin\theta\cos\phi)^2 + (R\sin\theta\sin\phi)^2 + (R\cos\theta)^2 How can I simplify this? In a book I have it just sets a "similar" expression equal to 1 with no intermediate steps: (\sin\theta\cos\phi)^2 + (\sin\theta\sin\phi)^2 + (\cos\theta)^2 = 1 Also this...
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    Find Distance Between Spherical Polar & Cartesian Points

    Yeah, sorry forgot to mention that I had interchanged them. So now I have two points in cartesian coordinates: P (R\sin\theta\cos\theta , R\sin\theta\sin\phi , R\cos\theta) A (0, 0, a) In order to work out the distance AP do I need to square that awful looking thing?!
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