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    What is the Engineer's Magic Box?

    Thanks!
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    What is the Engineer's Magic Box?

    I figured this is the best place for asking this question. My apologies for those that find it inappropriate. I am looking for an image of the engineer's magic box for a powerpoint :(. If it has a proper name, please tell me. See the attachment for my MS Paint representation.
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    Graduate Minimal Surfaces, Differential Geometry, and Partial Differential Equations

    Last night in a lecture my professor explained that some partial differential equations are used to observe events on minimal surface (e.g. membranes). A former advisor, someone that studied differential geometry, gave a brief summary of minimal surfaces but in a diffy G perspective. 1.)...
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    Rewriting polynomials for computers

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horner_scheme" Thanks! The information at the wiki page is more than plenty for me.
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    Rewriting polynomials for computers

    Suppose I have a REALLY big polynomial: a_0 + a_1 x + a_2 x^2 + a_3 x^3+a_4 x^4+ \cdots + a_n x^n I can rewrite the polynomial as a combination of multiplication and addition operators (instead of exponents) that a computer tends to like as such: a_0 + x \left( a_1 + x \left( a_2 + x \left(...
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    Help with a walk on an ellipse

    That is fine by me. I felt that this was the best way I could present the problem even if TeX is native to the forum.
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    Help with a walk on an ellipse

    The problem is formally attached in the PDF. I did not see it fit to post my problem on the forum itself (sorry). Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks.