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    Why would a solution not exist for an overdetermined system?

    Thanks for the explanation. I am having trouble understanding the cartesian equations. When you change the right hand side of the equation, it changes x-intercept or y-intercept. But the line is still a vector. How does that affect the solution? The same thing applies to my lack of...
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    Why would a solution not exist for an overdetermined system?

    Note there are m equations and n unknowns and m > n. Lets take an example of a 2D system. Suppose we have 3 equations. So we have 2 unknowns and 3 equations. Now since they all lie in x-y plane, one of those lines can be expressed as a linear combination of the other two and hence can be...
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    Why would a solution not exist for an overdetermined system?

    Hi, I have a confusion regarding solving an overdetermined system of equations. Consider M equations and N unknowns. If M > N, then the system is overdetermined. Now since when expressed in matrix form, the column rank is N (in other words N degrees of freedom), the N equations must be linear...
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    Taylor series radius of convergence

    I understood it..
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    Taylor series radius of convergence

    eehhh.. how did you get that result? I've been trying to find the nth term for so many hours with no success. If you expand \sqrt{1+t} about t=0, how can you just substitute t for x^2 since that would change the differentiation of each term and effects of that additional 2x will compound as we...
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    Taylor series radius of convergence

    Hi, We need a generic expression of a taylor series nth term to find out the radius of convergence of the series. However, there are series where I don't think it is even possible to find a generic term. How do we find the radius of convergence in such cases? e.g. sqrt (1 - x^2) There...
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    How Can Simpson's Rule Be Adjusted for Functions Undefined at Boundary Points?

    Hi, I've using numerical integration method (Simpson rule) to evaluate a definite integral in the interval [a,b]. I was wondering what is the ideal way to approximate the integral in the boundary [a,b) or (a,b] or (a,b) when for example, the function inside the integral does not exist at that...
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    Symmetry of higher order partial derivatives

    Hi, As per Clariut's theorem, if the derivatives of a function up to the high order are continuous at (a,b), then we can apply mixed derivatives. I am looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry_of_second_derivatives and I cannot understand in the example for non-symmetry, why the...
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    Uniform Continuity: Definition & Applications

    Hi, This may sound lame but I am not able to get the definition of uniform continuous functions past my head. by definition: A function f with domain D is called uniformly continuous on the domain D if for any eta > 0 there exists a delta > 0 such that: if s, t D and | s - t | < delta...
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