Recent content by rcg

Well, if you're throwing something out of an airplane, it's going to slow down because of air resistance, and may hit other parts of the exterior as it does so...possibly including jet intakes/props, depending on where it's ejected from the fuselage. This might harm the crew...not directly, of...

Well, after staring at some of these replies for a few days, I think I've got the general idea (and the hang of my copy of MathType). I'd like to express my sincere thanks to everyone for helping out.

If the equation is in the form f(x)=ax^n, then you can use the power rule. If it is a composite function of some form, you can use the chain rule to keep it simple. f(x)=a(x+3)^n can be expanded out and differentiated with the power rule, but it's much easier to use chain. Although I believe...

If you do not want to get a program through copying, I believe AutoDesk occasionally releases full-featured demo CDs of their software- time limited. I'm not sure about how to get them, though...never had to resort to using one. For your purposes, AutoDesk Inventor sounds excellent...it's not...

Thanks in advance for any help, I'm trying to understand epsilon-delta proofs, and the various sites I've found so far aren't helping that well. I know that epsilon is referring to a small number >0, and delta traditionally refers to a number > epsilon, but I'm not quite sure of why this...

I am nowhere close to being an engineer, but I am just starting an undergrad program known as "Mechatronics Engineering" at the University of Waterloo, Canada. It's a blend of Mechanical, Computer, Systems and Electrical programs...pretty much "Robotics Engineering". As well, I recall Carnegie...

Good North American universities for engineering: CalTech, MIT, Waterloo (Canadian). In my opinion, regarded as the top three in North America, no particular order.