Differential Definition and 1000 Threads

Hi, I'm an engineer working on a subsea pipeline project. Right now I am working on a spreadsheet to calculate the differential net pressure on a sub sea pipeline. I am using API RP 1111 for offshore pipeline design. My question is the following. For any pipeline with a nonzero wall thickness...

Homework Statement (didn't know how to make piecewise function so I took screenshot) Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution My issue here with this problem is that I have absolutely no idea where to start... I have read through the textbook numerous times, and searched all over the...

Textbook by Asmar. Would this class help me a lot for grad courses, like Jackson Electrodynamics or Sakurai Quantum? Debating to just finish up my upper levels and get As

During the summer, I plan on learning differential equations (ODE's and PDE's) from bottom to top, but I am unable to choose books due to a great variety present. Can you suggest books for me to read in the following order (you can add as many books in each section if you like);Ordinary...

Homework Statement ##y^{(4)} + y = 0, y(0)=0, y'(0)=0,y''(0)=-1,y'''(0)=0## My issue with this equation is not with the steps, I don't believe but the solving of the IVP, the derivatives of my solution end up being close to 32 terms long, and I was wondering if there is any shorter method I...

Homework Statement y'' - xy' + xy = 0 around x0=0 Find a solution to the 2nd order differential equation using the series solution method.Homework Equations Assume some function y(x)= ∑an(x-x0)n exists that is a solution to the above differential equation.The Attempt at a Solution How...

In some books, the differential is defined by: (a) ##df(v) = v(f) : T_pM → \mathbb {R}## while in other books, a more abstract definition is made: (b) Given two manifolds ##M,N##, ##v \in T_pM## and a map ##F :M → N## then ##dF## is defined ##dF(v)(f) = v(f\circ F) : T_pM → T_{F(p)}N##...

Homework Statement y'' + y =3*sin(2t) +t*cos(2t) Okay, so I have found the complimentary solution, and the first partial solution as listed in my work below. My problem is the work on the second partial solution. I have got all the derivatives plugged into the differential equation, my...

Hey! :o Is someone familiar with the following? We have linear differential equations with polynomial coefficients depending on x. $a_n(x)y^{(n)}+ \dots a_1(x)y^{(1)}+a_0(x)y^{(0)}=b(x)$ There are problems like if there are solutions, if the solutions are linear independent and so on and...

What is the general solution of the following hyperbolic partial differential equation: The head (h) at a specified distance (x) is a sort of a damping function in the form: Where, a, b, c and d are constants. And the derivatives are with respect to t (time) and x (distance). Thanks in advance.

Hi there, I was reading up on Holonomic constraints and came across this equation on the Wikipedia page: The page says it is a differential form. Can anyone explain the notation for me or provide a link or two to documents or pages which explain this notation? Thank you very much, Geoff

So there are these 4 differential equations problems that are ruining my day. I can't find any videos or notes for differential equations of calculus which is for some reason in my Calc 1 class. They seem kind of simple but I just can't seem to get started... any help is appreciated! 1b) When...

Homework Statement Solve the Differential Equation:[/B] When I take the partial derivative of each of these equations, I do indeed get that it is exact... However, when I do it the way my professor wants me to do it, I don't get the same result. He told us to multiply through by the common...

Homework Statement Solve the differential equation: Here is the books answer to the problem: Homework Equations This is a substitution/homogeneous first order differential equation, which can be converted into a separable differential equation. The Attempt at a Solution Where am I...

Homework Statement I believe I have solved this differential equation, yet do not know how the book arrived at it's answer... Solve the differential equation in its explicit solution form. The answer the book gives is... Homework Equations Separable Differential Equation The Attempt...

Homework Statement Solve the differential equation, explicitly. dy/dx = (2x)/(1+2y) The answer given by the book is... -1/2 + 1/2sqrt(2x - 2x^2 +4) Homework Equations Process for solving separable differential equations The Attempt at a Solution dy/dx = (2x)/(1+2y) (1 + 2y)*dy = 2x*dx...

Homework Statement [/B]Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I've highlighted two equations on the screenshot. How did it proceed from the first to the second? I'm actually confused with the absolute values. What is the idea behind getting rid of the first absolute value(1-5v^2) while...

Homework Statement dx/dt = (1+x2)et ; x(0) = 1 1/1+x2 dx/dt = et ∫ 1/1+x2 (dx/dt) * dt = ∫ et dt ∫ 1/(1+x2) dx = ∫ et dt arctan(x) = et + c so x(t) = tan (et+c) Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution dx/dt = (1+x2)et ; x(0) = 1 1/1+x2 dx/dt = et ∫ 1/1+x2 (dx/dt) * dt = ∫ et dt ∫...

To motivate the question, Andy Strominger recently put out a paper on calculating the Sagnac shift of counterrotating beams due to the angular momentum flux of a passing gravitational wave. See here: http://arxiv.org/abs/1502.06120. But consider now two nearby freely falling gyroscopes...

Hello I have a system of differntial equations: dx/ds = sin(p) dy/ds=cos(p) dp/ds = k dk/ds = -1/EI(s)*(k*dEI/ds+f*sin(p)) x(0)=y(0)=p(0)=p(L)-pl = 0 These are nonlinear differential equations. I should use some sort of nonlinear finite difference. But I do struggle to setting up the finite...

Got a bit of a long and nutty question here. So I got a nutty question from my Calc 1 class and was wondering if anyone could help me out A section of road, represented by the line y = x + 4 when x ≤0, is to be smoothly connected to another section of road, represented by y = 4 –x when x ≥4...

I will try to explain this with an analogy. Let's have this equation: x^2 =9 And let's assume I don't know algebraic methods to solve it, so I create a list using excel with different values. And I see that if I put x=4 it doesn't work, if I put x=5 it is even worse and so on. But If I put...

Homework Statement http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-003-signals-and-systems-fall-2011/assignments/MIT6_003F11_sol01.pdf http://i.imgur.com/8qj5cWE.png #6 Part B Homework Equations None[/B]The Attempt at a Solution Don't understand why we care about...

Hello, I am a math major and I was wondering if you guys knew what would be a good rigorous differential equations text. I really like rigor (like Rudin analysis style rigor or whatnot), instead of the typical books that just focus on the method. I want the proofs and everything. I also would...

Hello! (Wave) If we have the initial value problem $$h''(t)=-\frac{R^2 g}{(h(t)+R)^2} \\ h(0)=0, h'(0)=V$$ we have the fundamental units: $T,L$ such that $T=[t], L=[h], L=[R], LT^{-1}=[V], LT^{-2}=[g]$ and we get the independent dimensionless quantities $\pi_1=\frac{h}{R}...

Hey all! I have been trying this problem for a while and can't seem to get the same answer as the solution. If someone can tell me where I am going wrong, that would be much appreciated. I am very close to the solution, but I am missing a term in the denominator. Everything is shown below! Thank...

Hello, I wanted to study the behaviour of electrons in a spatially bounded system. I want to have a larger number of electrons, but I took 3 to start with and arrived at this system of coupled equations: \begin{align}\begin{bmatrix} \mathbf{\ddot{x_{1}}}\\ \\ \mathbf{\ddot{x_{2}}}\\ \\...

I've been struggling since starting to study differential geometry to justify the definition of a one-form as a differential of a function and how this is equal to a tangent vector acting on this function, i.e. given f:M\rightarrow\mathbb{R} we can define the differential map...

Hello! (Wave) $$(1-x^2)y''-2xy'+p(p+1)y=0, p \in \mathbb{R} \text{ constant } \\ -1 < x<1$$ At the interval $(-1,1)$ the above differential equation can be written equivalently $$y''+p(x)y'+q(x)y=0, -1<x<1 \text{ where } \\p(x)=\frac{-2x}{1-x^2} \\ q(x)= \frac{p(p+1)}{1-x^2}$$ $p,q$ can be...

Homework Statement I am trying to show that ##a(x)[u(x),D^{3}]=-au_{xxx}-3au_{xx}D-3au_{x}D^{2}##, where ##D=d/dx##, ##D^{2}=d^{2}/dx^{2} ## etc.Homework Equations [/B] I have the known results : ##[D,u]=u_{x}## ##[D^{2},u]=u_{xx}+2u_{x}D## The property: ##[A,BC]=[A,B]C+B[A,C] ##*The...

Homework Statement Find the differential of axb Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution Really not sure where to start, honestly. Thanks in advance :)

It has been a while since I was involved with my differential equations. I am a mech student. I was trying out a sample problem from the dynamics book and came upon this equation. k = some constant of proportionality for a spring pushing back a spring mounted slider. (1/k) arcsin(ks/v_0) = t...

Hello! (Wave) I want to find the solution $\psi$ of the non-linear differential equation $y'=1+y^2$ that satisfies the condition $\psi(0)=0$. (Notice that the solution $\psi$ exists only for $- \frac{\pi}{2}< x < \frac{\pi}{2}$) We notice that: $(tan^{-1})'(x)=\frac{1}{1+x^2} (\star) \left(...

Not a homework question, I'm just curious, I know this has been asked a few times, but what exactly is happening when you move dx over to the other side of dy/dx=f'(x), is it like the point slope form ∆y=m∆x, or is it applying the differential to both sides, I've always been told a rigorous...

Homework Statement I have found the two equations describing the system. They are. ċ(t) = 1/θ [ f`(k(t)) -(n + δ + β)]c(t) k̇(t) =f(k(t) - (n +d)k(t) - c(t) Plugging in the numbers: ċ(t) = 2 [ 0,25k^(-0,25) -(0,10)]c(t) k̇(t) =k^0,25 - (0,6)k(t) - c(t) Since ċ(t) and k̇(t) =0 in steady...

Hi all, first post here. I'm a junior Physics/Math double major at UMass Amherst, playing with some problems over the summer. I'll get right into it. A rope with constant tension T is deflected through the angle 2\theta_{0} by a smooth, fixed pulley. What is the force on the pulley? It is...

Question: Evaluate the surface integral $$J = 2xzdy \land dz+2yzdz \land dx-{z}^{2}dx \land dy$$ where S \subset {\Bbb{R}}^{3} is the rectangle parametrised by: $$x(u,v) = 1-u,\ y(u,v) = u,\ z(u,v) = v,\ \ 0\le u, v \le 1$$ so far I have: \begin{array}{}x = u\cos v, &dx = \cos v\, du -...

Homework Statement dv/dt = 9.8 - 0.196v Set in correct form: dv/dt + 0.196v = 9.8 Since p(t) = 0.196, u(t) the integration factor is given by: u(t) = e∫0.196 dt Multiply each term by u(t) and rearrange: (e∫0.196 dt)(dv/dt) + (0.196)(e∫0.196 dt)(v) = (9.8)(e∫0.196 dt) From now on we will set...

good day all. Please can I see the maths calculation involved in obtaining the differential distribution frequency fm(D) in the attachment.many thanks

Homework Statement dX = U/V dV + U/p dp Write the differential of X in terms of the independent variables.Prove that this is an exact differential.Use the ideal gas equation of state to verify that X is actually the internal energy and that it satisfies the above equation. Would...

Homework Statement you are given a family of curves, in this case i was given a bunch of circles x^2+y^2=cx, sketch these curves for c=0,2,4,6, both positive and negative, solve the equation for c and differentiate both sides with respect to x and solve for dy/dx. You obtain an ODE in the form...

hello all.glad to be here! please in the attached document, column 5 and 6 which represents the differential and cumulative frequency distributions were obtained using equations (5) and (6). I'll be mighty grateful if anyone can give me a step by step breakdown of how it was done?? Many thanks...

A question from a classical mechanics past paper described a particle of mass ##m## that had a pair of horizontal identical springs of spring constant ##k## attached on either side and that the mass is free to move horizontally. The mass is also placed on a table that gives rise to an...

To be honest, I don't know any physics. I am a high school student who has taken high school physics, but America's education system isn't known for teaching much more than Newton's laws. I have, however, taken Multivariable/Vector calculus, so I have a decent math background. I was wondering...

It is a general doubt about the following equation: Imagine I want to calculate an unknown function y(x), and my starting equation is of the type y(x)^{2}=\frac{1}{x^{2}Log^{2}(A(x)y(x)^{2})} , then, am I allowed to start with the equation y(x)=\frac{1}{xLog(A(x)y(x)^{2})} and...

Homework Statement Solve the system using differential operators. Determine the # of arbitrary constants and then compare to your solution. Homework Equations D substitution: replace x' with Dx and y' with Dy The Attempt at a Solution I have the solution to this one, but I'm working...

Homework Statement 1. y" + y = tanx, solve this DE. 2. dP/dt = P(1 - P) where P = (c1et / 1 + c1et), verify that P is a solution to this DE. 3. Given the pair of functionsx and y, show they solve this system: dx/dt = x + 3y dy/dt = 5x+3y x = e-2t + 3e6t y = -e-2t + 5e6tThe Attempt at a...

Homework Statement I have two equations. cos(θ)wφ + sin(θ)wφ = 0 (1) And ## \frac{w_φ}{r}## + ∂wφ/∂r = 0 (2) Find wφ, which is a function of both r and theta. Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I end up with two equations, having integrated. wφ=## \frac{A}{sinθ}## from (1)...

Homework Statement A long cylindrical wire of radius R0 lies in the z-axis and carries a current density given by: ##j(r)= j_0 \left( \frac{r}{R_0} \right)^2 \ \hat{z} \ for \ r< R_0## ##j(r) = 0 \ elsewhere## Use the differential form of Ampere's law to calculate the magnetic field B inside...

Homework Statement The website says this: "It is Linear when the variable (and its derivatives) has no exponent or other function put on it. So no y2, y3, √y, sin(y), ln(y) etc, just plain y (or whatever the variable is). More formally a Linear Differential Equation is in the form: dy/dx +...