Variable Definition and 1000 Threads
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Quick ways to recall values on scientific calculators like the Ti30xsMV?
Hello everyone, I'm working through some word problems that keep using the same variable over and over again. For my course, I bought a Ti30xsMV [Link removed by the Mentors] because that's what my professor recommended. Is there a way to "map" a key to quickly enter the same value so I can...- samantha22
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- Calculator Value Variable
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Question about Variable Change used in Differentiation
Consider differentiation ##\frac{df(x)}{dx}##. If we change the variable as ##x=-u## how does the differentiation change? Does it change as ##\frac{df(-u)}{-du}##?- hokhani
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- Change Differentiation Variable
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Finding Non-Trivial Solution(s) For 3x3 Matrix
I didn't have any good way to put this in the homework statement, but this is what the question is asking: For what c-value(s) will there be a non-trivial solution: ## x_1 - x_2 + x_3 = 0 ## ## 2x_1 + x_2 + x_3 = 0 ## ##-x_1 + (c)x_2 + 2x_3 = 0 ## I have spent a good couple hours looking at...- Ascendant0
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- Matrix solution Variable
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Find ##b-a## which satisfies following limit
## \lim_{x \rightarrow 1} {\frac {x-2} {x^3+ax+b}} = -\infty## The limit is equal to ##\frac {-1} {1+a+b}## . so I can say that ## a+b = -1 ##. But I cannot find another equation to find both ##b-a##.- MatinSAR
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- equation Limit Variable
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Calculus Problem: Blowing Up a Spherical Balloon
I'm struggling with section a. This is my calculation: The expression remains depend on the variable t, while in the answer is a concrete number:- Idan9988
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- Calculus Kinematics Variable
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Electron in a time variable magnetic field
TL;DR Summary: Find acceleration of electron in dB/dt >0 Hello. Here is a problem that i'm not so sure about: Inside a solenoid there is a time-dipendent magnetic field B, so we have dB/dt = b (constant). We want to know the acceleration of an electron: a) placed in the center of the solenoid...- mahblah
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- Acceleration Electron Faraday's law Field Magnetic Magnetic field Solenoid Time Variable
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Voltage Variation w/ Variable Resistor: Correct?
In this figure, I suppose the maximum voltage is when R2=1kohm and the minimum voltage is when R2=0kohm, which means R2 is a variable resistor. Is the way I think is correct or not? Please give me suggestions. Thank you.- Lay1
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- Resistor Variable Variation Voltage
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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C/C++ Variable defined in scope gives error depending on scope
Hi PF! The following runs if lines 5 and 11 are commented, but fails otherwise. Can someone explain what's happening here? Something with scope but I'm very lost. Thanks in advance! #include <iostream> int main() { { int* i = new int; { int b = 5; i...- member 428835
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- Error Scope Variable
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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I Sample space, outcome, event, random variable, probability...
Hello, I am solid on the following concepts but less certain on the correct understanding of what a random variable is... Random Experiment: an experiment that has an uncertain outcome. Trials: how many times we sequentially repeat a random experiment. Sample space ##S##: the set of ALL...- fog37
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- Probability Random Random variable sample space Space Variable
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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I Linear Model with independent categorical variable
Hello, I have been pondering on the following: we have data for blood pressure BP (response variable) and data about age and gender (categorical variable with two levels). We can build two linear regression models: $$BP=b_0+b_1 age+b_2 gender$$ $$BP=b_0+b_1 age$$ The first model does not take...- fog37
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- Independent Linear Model Variable
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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Find limit of multi variable function
This is what I did: $$\lim_ {(x,y) \rightarrow (1,0)} {\frac {g(x)(x-1)^2y}{2(x-1)^4+y^2}}=\lim_ {(x,y) \rightarrow (1,0)} {g(x)y\frac {(x-1)^2}{2(x-1)^4+y^2}}$$ I know that ##\lim_ {(x,y) \rightarrow (1,0)} {g(x)y}=0## and that ##\frac {(x-1)^2}{2(x-1)^4+y^2}## is limited because ##0\leq...- ananonanunes
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- Function Limit Variable
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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JS Variable Hygiene: Preventing Global Var Access
To skip the humble-bragging, jump down past the screenshots and descriptions to "Anyway"... For my client, I made this one-page vanillaJS app that shows a heat map of counties serviced by their three professions (if they add a fourth I'm screwed): The Niagara county is serviced by one PNSW...- DaveC426913
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- Variable
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Comp Sci Assigning a variable using a unary operator
int a[]={12,34,55,76,89,23}; int n=5; while(n>1){ a[n]=a[--n];} for(int i=0;i<6;i++){ printf("%d\t",a[i]); } Mentor note: Please use code tags in future posts. I've added them to this code. The above code should shift the element values to the right of each array cell, but after running...- Crystal037
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- Operator Variable
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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A Boundary conditions for variable length bar
Suppose I'm looking at a bar of length L(t) in 1D and I have the conservation of mass: \frac{\partial\rho}{\partial t}+\frac{\partial}{\partial x}(\rho u)=0 In order to make things easier, I make the change of variable x'=x/L(t) so that in this frame of reference, the length remains constant... -
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Adjustment of Variable Resistance in an automobile battery
How is the load (variable resistance) adjusted in an automobile battery? Mechanically (potentiometer, rheostat) or electronically (digital potentiometer) or are both configurations possible.Can the load in a automobile battery be a three terminal divider (potentiometer) or is it almost always...- saadm
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- Automobile Battery Resistance Variable
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Engineering How to implement a transfer function in Simulink with variable coefficients?
The implementations for the two filters in simulink are as follow: For the first filter: For the second one: The obtained results have values of 10^-12, while the expected results should be between 10^-3 - 10. Since it's the first time when I try t implement a tf with variable coefficients I...- MoonDiver
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- Coefficients Control Function Laplace transform Matlab Simulink Transfer function Variable
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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Sound Varieties: Rules for Varying Ranges
It seems that a sound (eg aa, ah, ih...) has a variable range of sound.I know that the before is affected by the follow, eg ''d" in do and did are different. Are there any other rules for the variation range?- fxdung
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- Range Sound Variable
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- Forum: Art, Music, History, and Linguistics
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Am vs Fm variable capacitor receiver, what is the difference?
What is the difference between a variable capacitor in a AM receiver and a variable capacitor in a FM receiver? I understand that Am is amplitude modulation and that the signal is carried over a changing amplitude and that the frequency is constant. And the opposite in FM signals. And a variable...- sol47739
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- Capacitor Difference Electric circuit Fm Lc circuit Radio waves Receiver Variable
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Variable mass, uniform body, force -- pulling a massive rope
So i got some equations but i think i am missing something, my main doubt is what is the relation between dx / dt and v(o) [ here] . Workings in attachment- Spector989
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- Body Force Mass Mechancis Newton 2nd law Rope Uniform Variable Variable mass
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Is the Work Done by a Variable Force Non-Conservative?
Can anyone tell me if my answer is wrong ?!- MatinSAR
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- Force Variable Variable force Work Work done
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Mathematica Loop with variable nesting depth and variable count at each level
In Mathematica, how can we have "M" levels of nested loops, with each loop (level) going from 1 to Counts=##\{N_1, N_2, ... N_M\}## respectively, where the value of M and the elements of Counts are computed beforehand?- Swamp Thing
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- Count Depth Loop Variable
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- Forum: MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, LaTeX
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A How to check if a function doesn't depend on a variable?
Hello! I have some experimental data points ##(z_i,dz_i)## and I know that in the most general case this variable can be written in terms of 2 other variables as ##z_i = ay_i+bx_i##. Beside ##z_i## I can also measure, for each point, ##x_i## (we can assume that the uncertainty in ##x_i## is...- kelly0303
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- Function Variable
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Kinematics of movement subject to a variable acceleration
Can someone guide me how can I find time ?! I don't have any idea. This is a part of a question in Classical Dynamics.- MatinSAR
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- Acceleration Kinematics Movement Variable Variable acceleration
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Variable Normalization for different variable ranges....
Hello, On the topic of feature scaling: I am wondering if normalization needs to be used all the time or only in some particular circumstances. Normalization means transforming/remapping the range of a variable with values ##[x_0,x_f]## to the range ##[0,1]##. For example, let's consider a...- fog37
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- Normalization Variable
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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I Algebra equation with variable as exponent
This equation takes a present value (PV) to find mortgage payments, PMT: Alternatively, switching V for PV and T for PMT: V/T = r(1-r^n)/(1-r) What is an algebraic method to solve for "r"? Can it not be solved for? I realize I can just find out "r" by trial by error in Excel using the PMT...- adamaero
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- Algebra Exponent Finance Variable
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- Forum: Linear and Abstract Algebra
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A Is it possible for variable speed of light in a vacuum?
<unacceptable reference deleted> As our universe is expanding, that is, our vacuum is becoming more and more sparse, I believe it is possible that some key characterics of our vacuum is also variable.- kissfire
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- Cosmic microwave background Light Speed Speed of light Vacuum Variable
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- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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I Random variable vs Random Process
Hello, When flipping a fair coin 4 times, the two possible outcomes for each flip are either H or T with the same probability ##P(H)=P(T)=0.5##. Why are the 4 outcomes to be considered as the realizations of 4 different random variables and not as different realizations of the same random...- fog37
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- Process Random Random process Random variable Variable
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Finding constant related to random variable
Var (Y) = a2 . Var (X) (6.96)2 = a2 . (8.7)2 a = ± 0.8 But the answer key states that the value of a is only 0.8 Why a = -0.8 is rejected? Thanks- songoku
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- Constant Random Random variable Variable
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Fortran How do I create a pointer to an element of an array with a variable index?
program main implicit none real,dimension(3),target::x=[0,4,5] real,pointer::y call point_to_biggest(x,y) !print *,y ! For testing purposes; to be unmuted only when y points to something contains subroutine point_to_biggest(array,ptr) implicit none...- Eclair_de_XII
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- Array Element Index Variable
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Is Time-Dependent Electric Current Simulation Possible in COMSOL?
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- Comsol Potential Variable
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Change of variable for Jacobian: is there a method?
Hello, This problem comes just prior to introducing change of variables with Jacobian. Given the following region in the x-y plane, I have to choose (with justification) the correct change of variables associated, for ##u\in [0,2]## and ##v \in [0,1]##. The correct choice here is a), but I do...- fatpotato
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- Change Change of variables Jacobian Method Variable
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Static variable in static method - how to use?
I wanted to declare a local variable inside a static method main(). My code looks like this - class Operator { static int a; public static void input() { Scanner in=new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("Enter the number:"); a=in.nextInt(); //this is...- bikashdaga
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- Method Python Static Variable
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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How to Calculate Variable Force on a Particle with Varying Coordinates?
##W=-k(y\hat i+ x\hat j)d##. I am not getting the coordinate of particle correctly so that I can find the value of d. Also the force is varying.- rudransh verma
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- Classical mechanics Force Particle Variable Variable force
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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A The normal equivalent for a discrete random variable
De normal distribution has the following form: $$\displaystyle f \left(x \right) \, = \,\frac{1}{2}~\frac{\sqrt{2}~e^{-\frac{1}{2}~\frac{\left(x -\nu \right)^{2}}{\tau ^{2}}}}{\tau ~\sqrt{\pi }}$$ and it's integral is equal to one: $$\displaystyle \int_{-\infty }^{\infty }\!1/2\,{\frac {...- Ad VanderVen
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- Discrete Equivalent Normal Normal distribution Random Random variable Variable
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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B Work energy theorem by variable force
Its Good to be Back! From Resnik, Fundamentals of physics: Consider a particle of mass m, moving along an x-axis and acted on by a net force F(x) that is directed along that axis. The work done on the particle by this force as the particle moves from position ##x_i## to position ##x_f## is given...- rudransh verma
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- Classical mechanics Energy Force Theorem Variable Variable force Work Work energy Work energy theorem
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- Forum: Mechanics
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A Recalculate a range by variable 'Median'?
Hello everyone :) I'm struggling to wrap my head around recalculating a data set based upon median. The data set represents a fixed distribution pattern of population to income group. There is no data available for 'population to income group' at differing medians, hence we accept the...- marcophys
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- Mathematical statistics Median Range Variable
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Resulting force of an object with variable movement
v(20)=288000 m/s=80000km/h a=(80 000-0)/(20 -0)=4000 m*s^(-2) F=m*a=0.0005*80 000 which doesn't fit any answers- Thietlan
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- Force Movement Variable
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Python Solving UnboundLocalError for Python Iterative Deepening Depth First Search
This code is for iterative deepening depth first search in python. # Python dictionary to act as an adjacency list graph = { '7' : ['19','21', '14'], '19': ['1', '12', '31'], '21': [], '14': ['23', '6'], '1' : [], '12': [], '31': [], '23': [], '6' : [] } visited=[] goal='31'...- shivajikobardan
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- Assignment Depth Local Variable
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Comp Sci Exception has occurred: UnboundLocalError local variable 'depth' refer
This code is for iterative deepening depth first search in python. # Python dictionary to act as an adjacency list graph = { '7' : ['19','21', '14'], '19': ['1', '12', '31'], '21': [], '14': ['23', '6'], '1' : [], '12': [], '31': [], '23': [], '6' : [] } visited=[] goal='31'...- shivajikobardan
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- Depth Local Variable
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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I Integral-form change of variable in differential equation
I have the following differential equation, which is the general Sturm-Liouville problem, $$ \dfrac{d}{dx} \left[ p(x) \dfrac{d\varphi}{dx} \right] + \left[ \lambda w(x) - q(x) \right] \varphi(x) = 0\ , $$ and I want to perform the change of variable $$ x \rightarrow y = \int_a^x \sqrt{\lambda...- Jaime_mc2
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- Change Change of variables Differential Differential equation Differential equations Variable
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- Forum: Differential Equations
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Variable pitch spring calculations
Hi, does anyone know how to calculate the current spring constant of a variable pitch spring when under compression. Since some of its coils get inactive when compressed the stiffness is increasing and consequently “k” is changing as well, is there an equation I can use to calculate the new...- Malaps
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- Calculations Pitch Spring Spring compression Spring constant Variable
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Trajectory of a charged particle in the magnetic field (variable)
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- Charged Charged particle Electron Field Magnetic Magnetic field Particle Trajectory Variable Variable acceleration Variable force
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Assigning variable values "on the fly" within expressions
I've used this kind of thing often in JavaScript and Mathematica. z = ((a=3) +( b=2) )**2 + 1/a +1/b I'm currently learning Julia, and it doesn't seem to be supported. What is this syntax called?- Swamp Thing
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- Expressions Variable
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MHB Understanding Random Variable Mapping and Probability Functions
Hey! :giggle: What does it mean to give the mapping for a random variable? Do we have to give the outcome space and the probability function? Does it hold that $X: ( \Omega, P)\mapsto \mathbb{R}$ ? :unsure:- mathmari
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- Map Random Random variable Variable
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Continuous joint random variable
(a) $$\int_0^1\int_0^1x+cy^2 dxdy=\int_0^1 [\frac{x^2}{2}+cxy^2]_0^1dy= \int_0^1\frac{1}{2}+cy^2 dy=[\frac{y}{2}+\frac{cy^3}{3}]_0^1=\frac{1}{2}+\frac{c}{3}=1$$ $$\Rightarrow c=\frac{3}{2}$$ (b) The marginal pdf of X is $$f_X(a)=\int_0^1 f_{X,Y}(a,b)db=\int_0^1 x+\frac{3}{2}y^2...- docnet
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- Continuous Joint Random Random variable Variable
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Find the distance CD in the given complex variable question
This is the problem; Note that i am conversant with the above steps shown in the solution, having said that i realized that we could also borrow from the understanding of gradient and straight lines in finding the distance ##CD##... it follows that the equation of ##BA= -1.5x-0.5##, implying...- chwala
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- Complex Variable
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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MHB Multiple choice test : random variable
Hey! 😊 A multiple choice test consists of 10 questions. For every question there are five possible answers, of which exactly one is correct. A test candidate answers all questions by chance. (a) Give a suitable random variable with value range and probability distribution in order to work on...- mathmari
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- Choice Multiple Multiple choice Random Random variable Test Variable
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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MHB Game : random variable for net profit
Hey! 😊 You participate in the following game : You toss a fair coin until heads falls, but no more than three times. You have to pay $1$ euro for each throw. If your head falls, you win $3$ euros. The random variable $X$ describes your net profit (profit minus stake). Give the values that $X$...- mathmari
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- Game Net Random Random variable Variable
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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Mathematica Use a rule variable for AxesStyle->20
How to use a variable rule, e.g. axs = AxesStyle->20 , to set the AxesStyle ? The code in the summary gives this error: "Options expected (instead of axs) beyond position 2 in Plot[x x,{x,0,10}, axs]. An option must be a rule or a list of rules." Isn't that "axs" a legit rule?- Swamp Thing
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- Variable
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- Forum: MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, LaTeX
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I An equation invariant under change of variable
It's said that the below equation is invariant under a substitution of ##-\theta## for ##\theta## , ##\frac{d^{2} u}{d \theta^{2}}+u=-\frac{m}{l^{2}} \frac{d}{d u} V\left(\frac{1}{u}\right)## I can't understand this how this is so. It's supposed to be obvious but I can't see it. Please help...- Kashmir
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- Change Differential calculus Invariant Variable
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- Forum: Differential Equations