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Baron Strange is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. Two creations, one in 1295 and another in 1326, had only one holder each, upon the death of whom they became extinct. Two of the creations, that of 1299 and that of 1628, are extant. All four baronies of Strange have been created by writ, which means that they can pass through both male and female lines.
Following the passing of the Peerage Act 1963, Elizabeth Frances Philipps, 14th Baroness Strange of the 1299 creation, became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Lords by virtue of an hereditary peerage.

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  1. M

    Strange Fourier transform into something else how?

    We have \int \frac{d^3 \texbf{q}}{(2 \pi)^3} \frac {e^{i \texbf{q} \dot \texbf{r}}} {q^2 + K^2} = \frac {e^{-Kr}} {4 \pi r} How do we get from the left hand side to the right hand side? I've tried regular Fourier transform of the function under the complex exponential I think that gives...
  2. P

    Can Deconvolution of Two Positive Graphs Result in Negative Values?

    Homework Statement Hi. I don't understand my results when I deconvolve two non-negative peaks. I also get a peak but it is fallowed by a negative "valley". Can devonvolution of two positive graphs give graphs with negative parts? Homework Equations In this case I deconvole two gamma...
  3. S

    Is There a Mistake in These Differential Equation Notes?

    I was copying notes in class down, now that class just ended, I was reading over the notes, and I saw this line that went from... THIS: \frac{x-y}{2x} = \frac{dy}{dx} To THIS: \frac{1}{2}(1-\frac{y}{x}) = \frac{dy}{dx} But I'm wondering... wouldn't It be this...
  4. R

    World's Most Expensive Coffee: Kopi Luwak from Indonesian Palm Civet

    The World's Most Expensive Coffee is From Beans Cycled Through an Indonesian Monkey's Digestive System-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Kopi Luwak is a rare and gourmet coffee from Indonesia that is made from beans passed through the digestive system of monkeys. The Truth...
  5. S

    Strange Effects When Nitinol is Annealed at 300 C electrically

    Hello, I was curious about any thoughts any of you might have concerning an interesting result I found today. While I was annealing a 32 cm wire of nitinol at about 300 C, which for its diameter is about 1 amp, I noticed that when the wire was made less tense, it moved up and down...
  6. M

    Solve Strange Function: Find the Equation

    A strange function... Last night I was faced with a strange function & I couldn't figure out the equation of the function hence I thought I can get some help from the math experts over here... The function passes through these cordinates: (3,1) (4,1) (5,2) (6,2) (7,3) (8,3)...
  7. T

    Solving Strange Friction AP Problems with m, R, mu, v

    A small block of mass m is on a horizontal frictionless surface as it travels around the inside of a hoop of radius R. The coefficient of friction between the block and the wall is mu; therefore, the speed v of the block decreases. In terms of m, R, mu, and v, find expressions for: a. the...
  8. J

    Electric Burners: Strange Sounds Explained

    Forgive me if this ends up not being a physics question, but I've noticed that when you turn on the burners (electric) they make a sound that almost sounds like they're stretching, but not a continuous sound, more like a series of closely spaced ticks. This sound seems to increase and decrease...
  9. N

    Why do we count 0 twice when factoring a polynomial for differential equations?

    Well, strange in my opinion, hah. This is actually for my differential equations class...but I figure it's stuff that I should've already learned. Now for something that we are doing, the number of roots are important. So upon factoring something like (m^4 - 2m^2), it goes to m^2(m^2 -...
  10. B

    Solve Strange Problem: Beginner's Guide

    Can someone tell me how to do this problem? I Don't even know where to begin.
  11. Ivan Seeking

    What Are the Strangest and Most Humorous Song Lyrics?

    Now here is a strange one from way back that I heard recently. Midnight At The Oasis
  12. Q

    Why Does Calculating Pi with Small Steps Yield Absurd Results in MATLAB?

    I decided to numerically calculated pi using MATLAb and running a for loop. When I make the steps too small I get absurd quantities for pi. Here see for yourself. When I make the interval higher then about 1e10 i get errors, but 1e6 works ok. Why would this be? Thanks <code> clc...
  13. H

    Sakurai Problems - strange notation

    Hello! I'm just doing the Problems of Chapter 1 of Sakurai: Modern Quantum Mechanics. On page 60, problem 2 he writes: "Suppose a 2x2 matrix X, (not necessary Hermitian, nor unitary) is written as X = a_0 + \mathbf{\sigma \cdot a} , where a_0 and a_{1,2,3} are numbers." which confuses...
  14. S

    Some strange questions about light

    1. Does light(photons) have 0 mass or infinite?(b/c it its mass would be zero, it would take no energy to slow it down, meaning, it wouldn't be traveling, unless it has infinite mass which means that it can't be slowed down even a bit but that contradicts the theory that it does have 0 mass)...
  15. L

    The strange meaning of complex delta

    The strange meaning of .."complex delta".. Let's suppose we introduce the function.. \delta (a+ix)=f(x) a a real number.. then following the representation.. \frac{sin (Nx)}{x} f(x) is oo elsewhere...except for pure complex numbers. f(x)(2\pi) =\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}du...
  16. L

    Can you use regularized sums to manipulate divergent integrals in QFT?

    According to Hardy's book "divergent series" the sum: g(x)=1/2+cos(x)+cos(2x)+cos(3x)+... has sum equal to 0 (¡¡¡¡¡¡) then if we integrate in the sense: \int_{0}^{b}f(x)\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}cos(nx) dx \rightarrow (-1/2)\int_{0}^{b}f(x)dx :rolleyes: :rolleyes: since the sum...
  17. BobG

    What unexpected twists and turns can occur in the workplace?

    Just to cause confusion. :smile: Actually, it's been a really strange couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, all our company's employees working on a contract were supposed to go to a mandatory meeting in our company's district office. At the last minute, it's canceled. Two days later, we find...
  18. A

    Strange Magnets: Unusual Experiments & Free Energy

    Hi all ! I've looked at a strange video on the net of an obscure compagnie that pretend to create electricity (5 times more energy than it consume). This video was very entertaining, I laughed a lot. But, there was something special that intrigate me... The pseudo-scientist take a permanent...
  19. S

    Optimizing Isosceles Triangle Area with Limited Materials

    Well Strange to me at least, A man wants to build a patio on his house in the shape of an isosceles triangle. He wants to build the side walls out of pink planks, but he has only 600 yards worth of planks. Find the dimensions of the largest area he can build if he's using the side of his...
  20. T

    Strange Quarks, Quark Stars, & Black Holes

    I have been wondering something. Assuming strange quark stars exist (and I know that this is still too early to call), is it possible that a black hole might just be an overgrown quark star that has gone over the required mass (say from feeding on a nearby star or a collision)? Is there any...
  21. X

    Getting strange answer , lease help

    The question is a volume of 2.2m^3 of air at inital conditions of 1.2bar and 303K undergoes the following process to complete a cycle : i)isothermal compresssion from state 1 through a volumetric compression ration of 6 to state 2 ii) isobaric expansion from state 2 back to the initial...
  22. M

    Unusual One-Word Emails: Have You Seen It?

    I just had an influx of emails from different addresses that just have one word in them followed by a period, and the words all begin with the letter "a." So, for example, I received the word "accommodate." from one address and "acclimate." from another. Looks like a virus that's meant to do...
  23. A

    How do these triangular toothpick ion engines lift off the ground?

    These are machines that I just learned about while I was bored. So, i will now ask about what looks like a triangular toothpick ion engine. So these lifters are really strange, I don't know how they work, http://www.americanantigravity.com/articles/256/1/Lifter-Plans here they are...
  24. T

    Exploring the Strange Link Between Quantum Mechanics & Quantum Field Theory

    Ok, so we all know the following... Elementary quantum mechanics is constructed by postulating the canonical commutation relation (CCR) between the coordinate of a particle and its conjugate momentum. Quantum Field Theory, on the other hand, is constructed by postulating the exitence of a...
  25. Q

    Can the Integration of x^x be Solved Conventionally?

    A few of my friends and I have been trying to integrate/derive the following: f(x) = x^x without success. I'm not sure if it can be done conventionally, but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this one. Thanks.
  26. H

    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: Is Society to Blame?

    I am sure most of you must have read the novel "The strange case of Dr.Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"...this novel leaves lot of questions in my mind and i find the whole culprit to be the society from the eyes of this novel...its actually the superego of the person which stops person from doing things...
  27. D

    Terraforming Mars: Strange Ideas and Possibilities

    Mars is likely to be the first planet that we might decide to terraforum. Problems with Mars is its low atmosphere and cold temperatures. I have seen many strange concepts for terraforuming Mars. Like nuking Mars (not a good idea) to building factories to pump out green house gases...
  28. G

    Dreams of Missing Out on a Semester Class

    I've been having these dreams lately, where I'm at the final period of my semester and I've incredulously found that I've missed out on a class that I've registered for...the entire semester! Sometimes there are variations in the severity, e.g. it seems that I've missed out on an exam, or have...
  29. M

    Strange UBC approximation question

    I'm in AP Calculuc and was given a homework package, which is an old university introductory calculus exam. There is one particular question with which I'm having a terrible time. It is known that f(0)=5 and the tangent line to the graph of f(x) at (0,5) is y=5+3x. It is also known that...
  30. wolram

    Out of the Blue - A Strange Encounter at Work

    Ok, i am just standing there, when two very nice girls walk past, they walk on a few yards then turn around and walk back to me, one of them asks me, (were you looking at my---) i think she is polish, i say (well it is very nice) so she slaps me, not hard, but i was shocked, and then she...
  31. E

    Can the sums of these strange series be calculated using this method?

    "strange" sums... Let be the next 2 sums in the form: f(x)+f(x+1)+f(x+2)+... (1) and f(x)+f(2x)+f(3x)+... (2) how would you calculate them?..well i used a "non-rigorous" but i think correct method to derive their sums..let be the infinitesimal generator D=d/dx...
  32. DaveC426913

    Did You Know: Gullible Not in Dictionary

    Did you know that the word 'gullible' does not appear in the dictionary?
  33. T

    This may seem like a very strange question

    I'm attempting to create a quiz with the first 8 answers with the possible answers of any of up, down, left, and right... From doing research, I understand this is possible for quantum mechanic problems in reguards to spin. Is this true? I would like to make a believeable college level simple...
  34. D

    Engineering Simple dc circuit, strange layout

    I'm having difficulty to understand a circuit from my textbook (figure attached). Essentially, the currents seem to go in opposite directions and ultimately meet. It looks strange (circled area), but maybe there is a simple explanation behind it. I wish I could redraw the circuit in a simpler...
  35. M

    Understanding Velocity and Acceleration Formulas: Common Mistakes to Avoid

    We all know that the formulae for velocity is v=x/t (x=distance) & that acceleration= (v-u)/t know as we know x=ut+(at^2)/2 let's replace this value of x in the formulae of velocity & make "a" the subject of furmaulae, What I got was a=2(v-u)/t istead of a= (v-u)/t Whats...
  36. Ivan Seeking

    A very strange but true story: Politics, mystical visions, and murder

    That is, at least part of it is true... http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/10/political.whodunit.ap/index.html
  37. Ivan Seeking

    Medical Mysterious Afflictions: Exploring Strange Ailments

    http://smh.com.au/news/health-and-fitness/my-brother-is-an-alien/2006/02/08/1139379562020.html
  38. Z

    Finding the Solution to xy = x/y = x-y When y ≠ 0

    One of my friends asked me this, and I have no idea how to get the answer. I don't even know if there is an answer... if someone could help, that'd be great: xy = x/y = x-y If y cannot equal 0, what is the value of x and y? Thanks :D
  39. J

    Exploring the Strange Reality of Bosons

    Do we know for certain that bosons exist? Do we have experimental evidence that bosons exist? How in the world can bosons be real and yet not obey the pauli exclusion principle? Does the fact that bosons do not obey the pauli exclusion principle mean that it is impossible to tell one...
  40. A

    A strange, but very simple, differential equation

    Hi, What do you think about the possible (nontrivial) solutions of this equation ? (1) f '(x) = f(x-1) (f is a smooth function R -> R) More generally, what do we know about these ? (2) f '(x) = f(x+a) (a fixed in R) (3) f '(x) = f(g(x)) (g smooth diffeomorphism R -> R )
  41. T

    What Are P^{μν} and \bar{P}^{μν} in Relativity?

    Hi, I'm a bit stuck on the interpretation of the following tensors: P^{\mu\nu}=g^{\mu\nu}-\frac{q^\mu q^\nu}{q^2}\hspace{5mm}\text{and}\hspace{5mm}\bar{P}^{\mu\nu}=\frac{q^\mu q^\nu}{q^2} Here, q^\mu is a 4-vector, and g^{\mu\nu} is the metric that goes (1, -1, -1, -1). I've calculated...
  42. Q_Goest

    Strange phenomenon observed, friction and wear

    There's a machine that uses a type of plastic material (reinforced Teflon) as a wear ring. The plastic rides on a highly polished metal surface and eventually wears out at which point the machine must be rebuilt. If the plastic and metal sliding surfaces are exposed to bone dry (ie: no water...
  43. J

    Trapezium in orion was a very strange quadruple star

    i always thought the trapezium in orion was a very strange quadruple star - not a double binary, but an actual quadruple star group with bizarre orbital patterns. however, now i read that it is just a cluster, i guess implying that they are not really orbitally associated. can someone please...
  44. P

    Strange behavior of tea leaves in Tea Cup

    I was trying to find out why when you mix a cup of tea with loose tea in it, the loost tea is first at the bottom of the cup on the outside, but when you take the spoon out, the loost tea moves towards the middle of the bottom of the cup. couldn't find it anywhere else online, thought i'd try...
  45. E

    What is the winning strategy for the Vickie the Viking game?

    i don,t know where to put htis thread..but here it go... let,s suppose we have N objects on e of this being a black ball, goal of the game is to pick the N-1 objects (all except the black ball) to win the game..my question is what would be the strategy to follow to be the winner?..an extra rule...
  46. F

    Strange way of visualising particle interactions

    http://home.hetnet.nl/~inthepicture/quarks/" I personally find this a brilliant way to visualise particles, but don't think there's any "truth" in the symbols, any more than there's "truth" that antiparticles in Feynman diagrams are really particles that time travel.
  47. K

    Unique Date Ideas: Get Creative & Have Fun!

    Hi everybody. I'm going on a date with a girl tomorrow, I need some Ideas. We agreed that we both wanted something non-traditional, that means no movies. What unique ideas can you come up with?
  48. Astronuc

    Strange or unbelieveable things that happen

    Something an engineer can appreciate. Where is my dozer? - http://www.garrett-engineers.com/mambofiles/powerpoint/WhereIsMyDozer.ppt or just the pictures (UK website) http://www.spk-equip.co.uk/acatalog/Where-is-my-dozer-A.jpg And equally strange - http://www.usmra.com/graphics/deer.htm
  49. Astronuc

    History Chile's Most Renowned Patriot: The Strange History of Bernardo O'Higgins

    This struck me as odd. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile It just struck me as strange that a guy name O'Higgins would be Chile's most renowned patriot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_O%27Higgins
  50. L

    Unexplained Sight: A Mysterious Star in the Night Sky | Discover the Truth

    Tonight when i wander in the street, I looked up to the sky and saw a very bright thing. I thought it was an aeroplane. However, it did not move. I had observed it for about 10 minutes, and it did not change its position. It was still. So i thought it was a strange star. then I chased the star...
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