Writing Definition and 688 Threads

how many types of brain signals are there? or if a person thinks of writing a word the signals that perform this action what are those called..? (brain signals is not my subject but i want this knowledge to further use it in a signals and systems project relating to human brain) thnx

This is a homework assignment, thus the category, although it may not look like many of the other posts in this part of the forum. My assignment is to write a paper about Cern. I'd like to answer the following questions: Main question: How will Cern alter our understanding of the universe and...

Writing requires greater intellectual capabilities than advanced math because there are no rules with the exception grammar and spelling whereas with math it's more about repetition. Having an essay published in the New Yorker, for example, requires more brainpower than fully grasping general...

Hey, so i want to write a string to a .txt file and I tried by doing this: save filename.txt writer (where writer is the variable containing string) ... But i get weird char. instead of the string. Any ideas?

Homework Statement I was tasked with finding the equations of motion for an the airplane model pictured below. Mass 1 and Mass 3 represent the wings. K1 and K2 are linear springs that represent the stiffness of the wings. M2 is the fuselage and M4 is the landing gear. K3 is the linear...

I am writing a book on double deck pinochle and need to get accurate percentages. I am hoping this forum is willing and able to help me! If I am in the wrong forum, and someone could direct me to a more appropriate forum, that would be greatly appreciated. Knowing what double deck pinochle...

Homework Statement Write a balanced equation for: 1. the reaction of chromium with sulfur 2. the reaction of bismuth with oxygen Homework Equations Chromium is a transition metal and sulfur has a 2- charge. The Attempt at a Solution For the first one, I'm thinking that...

Homework Statement Write the Trigonometric Expression as an algebraic expression. cos(2arccos 2x) Homework Equations Probably the inverse properties, I'm not sure. The Attempt at a Solution I know I can rewrite this equation as. u= arccos 2x cos(2cos u=2x) I can also...

Hello Physicsforums, I've been reading here for a while and like this forum a lot. For the following issue I couldn't find a suitable thread so I decided to register and ask my first question: I'm about to apply for grad school, for which I need academic references. I talked to the two...

Hi, Is there a command available that makes the compiler ignore all write(*,*) statements?! The thing is, I'm working on a code which will eventually run for several hours (perhaps days) to complete a single run. At the moment I'm testing so I write a lot of data to the screen in order to...

Hey, To promote understanding of science I want to write a short article every week for my local newspaper. Four articles will be sent to them as a taster to get their agreement; a snippet, a column and two full length articles. Four subjects that are easily accessible and also...

[b]1. Fe2+ + MnO4- -> Fe3+ + Mn2+ (acidic solution) 2. I need to write a half reaction for the oxidation and reduction process and I am totally lost. If I could have help on this one, maybe I will understand how to complete the balance of my work.

Is there a link between Faith and fine writing? I'm an agnostic, and I find it difficult to believe that there's a link. However, the following article claims that there's one: The quality of English writing has declined, a new book claims, in tandem with a decline in widespread public...

I'm at a good school but I really dislike my writing teacher... It's such drugery right now. I'm afraid I may get a C so I want to withdraw halfway now and take it later with much nicer instructors. which looks less bad on my transcript: C or W? Thanks. EE major

For everyone out there that has every pulled their hair out writing an abstract for some experimental work, I have a nice recipe for how the first couple sentences of one should go. We have measured (insert type of data i.e. time resolved absorption spectra, x-ray diffraction, surface...

Homework Statement A particle of charge q and mass m is traveling in the lab with velocity v in the x direction when it encounters a constant E-field in the y direction. State the non zero components of the Faraday tensor in the rest frame of the lab. The Attempt at a Solution I said...

1) in my exams there were 3 simple questions on integration carrying 5 marks each, i solved them correctly but the only mistake i did was at the end of each step i didnt write "+c" like for example the final step of an integration problem is suppose say: x2+9x2+c so how much marks i will...

Hello, This isn't a homework question, but I could not find a better place to put it. I'm writing a document (my resume, actually). I was trying to have in one spot an area left justified that says "2006-2007" that is contained in an invisible box exactly 1 inch wide then have a text box...

So, I’ve talked to most of my friends about this, but since all of their solutions involve excess drinking and random hookups in attempt to forget about this guy, I've decided to turn to what I hope is a more logical and mature group of individuals! Also, the fact that I am currently...

[FONT="Trebuchet MS"]So I got an admit at NCSU for PHD math finally. In fact, it was the only school I got an admit from. Unfortunately, (Yep you guessed it!) I did not land myself any sort of funding. They seemingly decide upon Teaching Assistantships once in a year, and that's that! So, my...

For my second writing GenED at Towson University I have to develop a proposal. I am proposing a scientific writing course designed the help science majors with writing journals and researching. The idea is to take this before advance lab classes. Problem is I can't find any data to support...

I have been asked to write the following two first order equations in matrix form. x' = y y' = -x I also must state that the follow on to the question asks for the only fixed point. The two first order equations came from a modified Van der pol equation.

Homework Statement The first 3 parts of this 4 part problem were to derive the first 5 Hermite polynomials (thanks vela), The first 5 Legendre polynomials, and the first 5 Laguerre polynomials. Here is the last part: Write the polynomial 2x^4-x^3+3x^2+5x+2 in terms of each of the sets of...

Im not even halfway through my degree yet, but i want to start seriously looking for some vacation work experience in the field of chemical engineering. I have just heard about an expo being held on the weekend where undergraduates have an opportunity to talk to various companies about their...

Hello, i seem to have a conundrum on my hands that i hope the kind people on here might be able to give me some tips about how to handle. I am currecntly working on my bachelor degree in physics, and have one more year before I'm finnished with that and will go on to my masters(and finally...

Hi, I'm writing a dissertation and would like to do it in Latex, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good template that will work in MikTex for this purpose? It's to be in the style of short report on a topic not a paper (i.e. no abstract, few references), just like an essay I guess...

clc clear f = input('Enter the force applied in lbs: '); p_c = input('Enter point closest to pivot: '); p_f = input('Enter point farthest from pivot: '); filename = input('name of file is: ','s'); points = input(' # of points to calculate: '); x = [p_c;rand(points,1)*p_f-p_c+p_c;p_f]...

Hi, I am a physics undergrad and this term I have to write a 3000 word essay on one of about 10 possible topics. One topic which caught my eye was laser fusion. Whichever topic I choose, I will need to find information from a variety of proper sources (not just trawling google). This is what I...

While I had no intention of posting this here, but I cannot find anything on Google about it, and it's really annoying me today. This might be a shot in the dark, but it's better than nothing. When I write, especially with certain letters and numbers, I stutter. When I start to write a letter...

Hello :smile: Sorry if this is in the wrong place, I don't know where else to put it. Is there a way to write radians as decimals in terms of Pi? I'm currently doing Polar Coordinates with Argand Diagrams, and this is something I'm curious about. I've just done a question and come...

This is not homework. I just need help tackling this analytical problem which is apparently beyond my skills. I am modeling an imaginary physical situation. What I have here in my brain, is a photo sensor in a dark room, pointed squarely at a window, from some distance away. Actually the...

Hi, Can someone explain to me how to write a matrix as a sum of outer products like \left|\psi\rangle\langle\psi\right|? For example how would I do a CNOT gate? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_NOT_gate I assume this is fairly easy since it is always assumed and I have kind of picked...

Hi, I have a program which is reading in line by line information, saving that, and writing it out to a file. How do I change where the files are created? Also, can I create a folder to write the files out to in my program? The second issue I have is this. right now my program opens the...

Homework Statement Like, if you are writing out one of the blocks on the table of elements chart, you would write out the letter of the element, and then you would write the atomic average (or atamoic mass it is also known as,) on the bottom left , and the atmomic mass on the top to the...

Homework Statement How can I write cos(x) in terms of cot(x)? I tried using the pythagorean identities and fundamental identities but still cannot figure it out. The answer must start as the following: cosine(x)=... Homework Equations All the trig identies. I think it wants me to use...

We have been given three balanced equations to write as net ionic equations. Our teacher forgot to teach us this bit and has now left the college. I'm really stuck, any help would be so kindly appreciated TY x The equations are: 1. Pb(NO3)2 (aq) + 2KCl (aq) = PbCl2(s) + KNO3 (aq)...

Any one has ever tried to write with both hands? I mean being able to do it, I guess if you have a dominated hand, you should practice a lot with your hand writing skill with the "dormant" hand. Do you remember your first grade assignements which asked you to write down a few alphabetical...

I am trying to write a research proposal and hav no idea where to start I'm doing a Masters in Theoretical Physics and want to do a PhD involving such Geometrical Applications to QFT. But the last sentence, besides personal background and a relatively naive version of why I'm interested is all...

Hello everybody, I have a question about the magnetic induction equation. I am interested in the non ideal case, i.e. when there is a non negligible diffusivity, however as regards my question I think that this is not relevant. I first ask the question and then give additional explanations...

Hello all, I would like some insight regarding a creative writing piece I am working on. As I stated on my topic this is not homework, it is an independent science fiction piece I've been working on for some time. I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong forum, and would appreciate...

So I have enough material to graduate, and I'm working on my thesis. I have some questions concerning the thesis writing. I've noticed a lot of other thesis have large sections, if not whole chapters copied from their publications. Is this allowed? My advisor is a nice guy, but a totally...

(keep in mind, its circle math.. :/) Write the equation (x+9)2+(y-5)2=12 in general form.

Homework Statement Write as a series to represent the infinite sum and write the sum as a rational number. 0.71 + 0.7171 + 0.717171 + 0.71717171... Please help with this problem. I have been working on it for almost an hour.

Homework Statement Find all the values for which the series (where n=1 to infinity) \sum((2x-3)/5)^n converges. For these values of x, write the sum of the series as a function of x in simplified form. Please Please help!

Hi An object with temperature 26 degrees Celsius is placed in water with constant temperature of 90 degrees Celsius. If the temperature of the object rises to 70 degrees Celsius in five minutes, what will be the temperature after 10 minutes? I thought of using Newtons law of cooling...

I know how to do basic matrix operations, but sometimes I do calculations on computers and do array operations. How do I write down array operations on paper? For example, say I have two matrices, A and B, and I want to multiply them element by element.

Homework Statement Given:H0-1.6, time in air - 3.02 s, horizontal distance thrown - 10m Solve:V0 and write parametric equations for x(t) and y(t) - the horizontal and vertical positions of the ball Homework Equations h(t)=-4.9t^2+V0t+h0 The Attempt at a Solution for V0 I got 14.268...

Hi Im trying to write an equation for the question below. i did write one but am pretty sure it is wrong because I need to differentiate arctan in it and we have not been taught that yet. Could someone please point me in the right direction with writing it? Homework Statement A...

Hey there, I thought PF can be helpful in many fields other than science. :biggrin: Here's the question:

I think the title is pretty well says it. What are the stereotypes and story devices used in fiction of any variety including film, television, writing, ect that you find to be annoying? I have been watching the first season of the show Fringe and it has reminded me of just how much screams...