Recent content by speed racer 5

Yes absolutely i realize now that the step size has to be miniscule! This is the paper I'm trying to simulate http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v47/i19/p1349_1 I wish I had been given a "simpler" model but alas, as all professors demand the impossible, I was given this ;p Well I see what you...

I'm not sure I'm in the right forum but I'll try and ask anyways. So I simulated a damped, driven pendulum in Java with the goal of showing period doubling/chaotic behavior. But then, as I was increasing the driving force, i saw the double period born. Then the 4-period...but then suddenly...

n * x^n-1 ? That's about all i know ;D

Might as well continue this thread with some more newbie questions I'm trying my hand at some harder stuff that's not part of my homework. How would I find the derivative of 5x + 3*sqrt of x ? There are two x variables so 2 h differences for each?

OHHHHHH I tried that but forgot to inverse the symbols within f(x) brackets...haha :blushing: That was helpful...are you daniel jackson of stargate?

Let f(x) = 8x^2 -7x +5. Then the quotient f(10 + h)/h - f(10)/h can be simplified to ah + b when a = ? and b = ? I'm completely stumped on this one...I'm not even sure what they're asking! Is it saying that when x=10, the rate of change is given by the function ah + b? If so, why can't...