Recent content by mufusisrad

Thanks for both of your responses! I feel much more comfortable with my initial statement. When I first saw the problem, I actually ended up doing the binomial theorem proof first, but wanted to see if I could do it using only the theorems that had been brought up in the book up until that...

This isn't a homework problem as it is me working through some math texts in order to add some "rigor" to my physics/engineering acumen. As an undergrad, I attempted to take a course in abstract algebra, but had to drop it due to scheduling problems. I've been working through my copy of...

Could you perhaps elaborate a bit on the application of the coil you're attempting to make (unless, of course, it's a secret)? If I know more about the application, I may be able to help you make some approximations that would make the problem a bit easier. To address the second part of your...

The first thing that pops out to me is that you have three masses exchanging heat, but your equation only accounts for two of them...

The problem is still ill-determined pending knowledge of either the mass and length of the box, or the quantum number (n) describing the 2eV eigenstate. Perhaps you are given a picture of the wavefunction for the 2eV eigenstate? If so, you can count zeros to determine the quantum number...

Usually the speed of light is indicated by a lower case c (while the origins are a bit murky, it stands for 'celeritas'=latin for swiftness). Sadly, physicists, mathematicians, and engineers have only so many letters (both Greek and Latin alphabets, upper and lower case) to describe the...

Haha, I can definitely see that. Hell, I certainly never learned about ampacity in my coursework at Uni. The only time I ever came across it was back in my garage tinkering days. It really does sound like a made up word though, then again, so do most things in EE. My personal favorites are...

Specific heat is a measure of how much energy is required to raise the temperature of a certain amount of a given material. Physically, it can be measured with the material at a constant volume or at a constant pressure. For measurements at a constant volume, the material does no work on its...