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    Optimizing Costs: A Scientific Approach to Minimizing Company Expenses

    The problem doesn't tell us how long they take to sell the bikes. It just says that they sell at a uniform rate throughout the year.
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    Optimizing Costs: A Scientific Approach to Minimizing Company Expenses

    That would be 5000 bikes right? (Because they need 10000 for the whole year)
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    Optimizing Costs: A Scientific Approach to Minimizing Company Expenses

    If I apply the xy = 10000, then the function becomes p(x) = 10000x + 2000000 The problem is that this is a linear function of x and has no minimum. If I break it down into shipment costs and storage costs respectively, it would be like this: shipment cost = 10000x storage costs = 200xy =...
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    Optimizing Costs: A Scientific Approach to Minimizing Company Expenses

    I first tried to set up an expression for the total amount of money that the company would spend in a year. That would be: p(x, y) = 10000x + 200xy where: p(x, y) = the amount of money (dollars) that the company would spend in a year. x = the number of shipments ordered per year. y = the...
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    I Godel metric in a cylindrical chart

    I see. Well, just one more question Let's say that I do use the CTC x(s) = [0, 1, s, 0] Now, we know that the proper time experienced when traveling along a timelike curve between two events can be calculated by evaluating the following integral from s1 to s2: $$\int \sqrt{-g_{ab}\dot x^a...
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    I Godel metric in a cylindrical chart

    I suppose what is confusing me then is this. Here is a quote from you from another thread: That is from the following thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/how-do-you-find-or-notice-a-boost-or-a-loop-on-a-spacetime.977237/ Now I just took notice of this as I was typing this reply...
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    I Godel metric in a cylindrical chart

    But I thought you said that timelike coordinates had to have their derivatives with respect to s be greater than 0. That is why I set t to being s. Besides, how would that even work with t being held constant? The t coordinate is the time measured in the "lab frame". If t is held constant then...
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    I Godel metric in a cylindrical chart

    Cool. I recently decided to use this line element that you have found (I added the missing c terms back in) $$ ds^2 = \frac{2}{\omega^2} \left[ - c^2dt^2 - 2c\sqrt{2} \sinh^2 r \ d t d \varphi - \left( \sinh^4 r - \sinh^2 r \right) d \varphi^2 + dz^2 + dr^2 \right] $$ I was able to verify...
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    I Godel metric in a cylindrical chart

    I hope this one is readable The new line element that I got is: ds2 = (1/2ω2)[-c2dt2 - 2cercos(θ)sin(θ)drdt - 2cercos(θ)rcos(θ)dθdt - (1/2)e2rcos(θ)sin2(θ)dr2 - re2rcos(θ)sin(θ)cos(θ)drdθ - (1/2)e2rcos(θ)r2cos2(θ)dθ2 + cos2(θ)dr2 - 2rsin(θ)cos(θ)drdθ + r2sin2(θ)dθ2 + dz2] This was the...
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    I Godel metric in a cylindrical chart

    The new line element that I got is: ds2 = (1/2ω2)[-c2dt2 - 2cercos(θ)sin(θ)drdt - 2cercos(θ)rcos(θ)dθdt - (1/2)e2rcos(θ)sin2(θ)dr2 - re2rcos(θ)sin(θ)cos(θ)drdθ - (1/2)e2rcos(θ)r2cos2(θ)dθ2 + cos2(θ)dr2 - 2rsin(θ)cos(θ)drdθ + r2sin2(θ)dθ2 + dz2] This was the transformation from the cartesian...
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    I Godel metric in a cylindrical chart

    Ok, I made the necessary switching of the roles of y and z, and I got a new line element. However, I notice a certain problem: When I set all the differentials except for that of the angular coordinate equal to 0, ds2 is negative most of the time, but depending on the value of theta, it is 0...
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    I Godel metric in a cylindrical chart

    Lol, it is like you read my mind. I was just looking at those differentials and noticed how with the line element that I just used, t and z seem to always be timelike, but r and θ seem to always be spacelike. In that case, would I need a different line element or something to see the case...
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    I Godel metric in a cylindrical chart

    Ok, so here is what I got: ds2 = (1/2ω2)[-c2dt2 - 2cercos(θ)dzdt + dr2 + r2dθ2 - (1/2)e2rcos(θ)dz2] Is that right?
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