If I have the equation 10=Log to the base of 10 of X, how do I find X?
>Hey guys I want to know how to solve this logarithm equation
>btw what are logarithms anyway?
>>8290202
you're cool
>>8290189
[math] 10 = log_{10} ( X ) [/math]
becomes
[math] 10^X = 10 [/math]
mathematicians, what made him so epic
>>8290128
He was a fucking greek at a time when military service was mandatory and working out and studying the world was the only way to pass the time
hurr fucking durr
>>8290144
derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
help /sci/!
I know the car's mass and the engine's power, how do I find its acceleration?
I know that:
P=Fv
So it should be a simple proportional relationship... but what is that "v" term doing there? Is that the velocity of the car? The velocity is zero at time t = 0, which would give me a division by zero if I try to solve for F.
>>8290008
Oh and this is all neglecting friction, air resistance, etc... and car's on a flat surface so gravity not a factor.
>>8290008
Go to your instructor not us
we are not pre-college homework help
>>8290008
the car would have a power train with really complex mechanical properties
>Bismuth was long considered the element with the highest atomic mass that is stable. However, in 2003 it was discovered to be weakly radioactive: its only primordial isotope, bismuth-209, decays via alpha decay with a half life more than a billion times the estimated age of the universe.[5]
Wait, does that mean that bismuth existed before the universe.
>>8289932
yea how cool is that?
>>8289932
Bismuth is tiny parts of concentrated universe prior to the big bang. They are like chunks of infinity stones.
>>8289932
Yes, bismuth was here before the universe
what evolutionary pressure would cause africans to have larger penises, or rather, other races such as asians, to have smaller ones?
what caused penis size disparity?
all humans have the same penis size
it's probably diet that causes the measured differences
anyway, i think that map is fake because it's based on no study
>>8289876
Sperm has to stay around a precise temperature, that is way balls are outside the main body. Similarly a big penis cools down better than a small one and is useful in really hot environment
>>8289876
If this is the map uses the same sources all the other ones did then I once traced the sources and the countries with bigger cocks were almost entirely self reported while the smaller ones had been measured by a third party
Antimatter going backwards in time?
>>8289787
i don't understand enough about the material to intelligently discuss this topic, and, with how sparse your post is, i doubt you can as well.
>>8289787
Nope, Feynman's interpretation is of matter travelling backwards in time. But this is strictly mathematical, physically nothing is going backwards in time.
>>8289787
look up
antichronous Lorentz transformations
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPT_symmetry
You could interpret it that way if you really try, but there is no clear evidence for it.
So:
NO
AI can beat humans in Go. Why don't we use AI to play online poker and make money? Has anybody tried it?
>>8289781
Yeah I used my AI to play the roulette.
I won over $100k before they realized I was getting instructions from an earpiece and they backroomed me.
In terms of poker, computers are only unbeatable in heads up limit Texas Hold'em. Poker isn't even gambling if you aren't shit.
>>8289797
Yeah, but they don't have to be unbeatable. The smallest advantage will make profit in the long run, especially when running hundreds of instances on different poker sites.
>Be 18 year old
>Play around with programming in my teen years
>Finish highschool
>Decide to study Computer Science > Software Engineering
>Look up the list of the books I need for the 1st year
>All kinds of SJW-crap, books like "Office-Relations" "Learning Communication" "Effects of High Tech products on society" "Project Management" "Improving your Writing and Speaking"
>just a single book on programming - 1 introductory book on Java
I'm already considering cancelling my application. What the fuck happened to university?
>What the fuck happened to university?
You're not in one. You apparently subscribed to a glorified high school.
Project management is one of the three most essential roles in development...
So I know how the binomial theorem goes
(a+b)^n = a^n + n(a^n-1)b + [n(n-1)(a^n-2)b^2]/2! +.... All the way up to whatever power you're going to.
My issue is here with this question which I turned into (5-3x)^1/2 I don't know how to deal with the 3x? Could someone help me out here khan academy has nothing on this
Thanks
>>8289684
Binomial theorem doesn't work on fractions ya dingus.
>>8289684
you factorize out sqrt(3), then only x is left in the brackets
>>8289692
haha wtf nigga. it works for all real exponents. t.netwon
(5-3x)^0.5=(5(1-0.6x))^0.5=sqrt(5)*(1+(-0.6x))^0.5.
then just use binomial theorem with X=-0.6x and n=0.5
multiply all by sqrt(5) if you want.
also -1<X<1 so -1<-0.6x<1 so -5/3<x<5/3
is this a level maths?
Recently I picked this book up (I'm not like a physics student or something) just a guy who likes this stuff. Anyway my question is there any other books like this that I will enjoy. You know like not dealing with the math but explaining it how hawking does.
Thanks for your help in advance.
A Universe from nothing Lawrence Krauss: Cosmos Carl Sagan: A Briefer History of Time Stephen Hawking: Billions and Billions Carl Sagan: The Grand Design Stephen Hawking:
Physics without Math is so dumb
What's the point?
>>8289630
In Search of Schroedinger's Cat.
Our Mathematical Universe.
The Elegant Universe.
Im studying for the GRE and thesevarithmetic problems have me scratching my head
Can someone explain these to me? I feel like a complete retard
>>8289591
Why are they taking the sqt root of 3^8x from 3^4x wtf
>>8289598
This one too. No idea whats going on
If 5^sqrt(y) is 81.
then 1/(25^-sqrt(y)) = 5^(2*sqrt(y)) = 81^2= 6561
also if 3^8x = 3600 then 3^4x = 60, thus
(3^(x-1))^4 = 3^4x * 3^-4 = 60/81
thus the expression equals 60*81=4860
If the universe were infinite what would be the average distance between identical copies of yourself?
infinite
unless you want the distance between two almost (You)'s with their differency < some treshold
>>8289582
Are you sure that the universe being infinite implies identical copies of you? By what principle and why do you believe that principle?
>>8289631
Monkey on a typewriter kind of thing.
I want to get comfy with math and physics.
I have a question. Am I right when I assume that there are 3 major highly advanced uses for math? ( I know I'm speaking in relevant terms )
-3D rendering & perspective based rendering (VR). (What field of math is associated with this)
-Math associated with Physics. We observe phenomenon and make mathematical models on top of previous models.
-Actuary. Perhaps similar the how we create new models for physics but the data is a lot more variable/chaotic since the data comes from people and economic factors.
I'm trying to get a check list going.
I'm gonna get my life right. I'm gonna pursue mathematics and make it practical by keeping up with my CS
>I know how I categorized the 3 different advanced uses for math is probably very ignorant, but I have to start somewhere. Thanks anon
>>8289563
>What field of math is associated with this
Stereometry and algebra.
Your list is shit though. Those are not advanced uses of math. They are established uses of math that date hundreds of years back and are now obsolete in terms of mathematical importance given that they are so trivial.
But you are a CS major so it is not like you would care about anything beyond those things so whatever.
>>8289623
what more is there.
please explain.
what can that math be applied to?
>>8289640
>what more is there.
You are completely forgetting about pure math and that is where the 'highly advanced uses for math' lie because pure math becomes applied math after the field has already been solved.
>what can that math be applied to?
Literally anything. What do you care about?
Something big right now in applied math is general solutions to calculate global minimum of functions (think calculus). When I attended a speech on this hosted by a PhD researching it she gave an example where you have a function that describes the profit and a function that describes the risk so you want to maximize profit while minimizing risk but how do you even do that? Literally unsolved which is why stochastic models are used for computer trade but if mathematicians find a way to always find the best way, regardless of the complexity of the problem, then everyone will make a lot of money.
That probably falls around the spectrum of actuary but it is not something that is done in industry right now because these things are only discussed in academia.
Is the Theia impact one of the most illogical hypotheses in science? Anyone would have an easier time describing the evidence of the Big Bang than convince someone that the Moon was formed from debris derived from a proto-planet crashing into Earth
Is this thread one of the most illogical mental shits in /sci/? Anyone would have an easier time proving that /b/ has some intelligence than convince someone that this thread has any intellectual merit at all.
>>8289451
Its called accretion you dumb nigger
shouldn't have dropped out of school
>>8290330
Go ahead, explain the ludicrous decried by the Theia hypothesis. It's bullshit. What kind of evidence do we have that proves there were a bunch of proto-planets rotating in our solar system? How does debris magically form together so cleanly to make a near-sphere?
This is laughable shit that I would expect from a religionfags, but it pisses me off reading articles from NASA talking about this shit as if it was proven.
I think i have lost the taste for life /sci/. Everything, and mostly everyone, seems really bland for me. I started to obsess with the concept of general intelligence and how almost every skill and trait i used to value are correlated with it. Like for example creativity, personality and empathy, that recent theories shows that are way more linked to general intelligence than we used to thought.
Now its really hard for me to see people differences as something unique or special, it looks like flaws that are rooted in their incapability of developing certain skills due to their low intelligence. Life doesn't feel beautiful anymore, with multiple layers of complexity and various ways for people to be different and valuable.
As a consequence, my self esteem is no existent and for example the relationship with my gf, which i was really proud of, looks shallow and extremely liked to our intelligence, because everything that is good looks to be linked to general intelligence. Income, happiness, stable marriage, empathy and so on.
Working as a engineer really made things worsts. It's almost like anything matters but the ability to solve the problem at hand that is practically 100% of the time solved by the most intelligent person on our group.
I know this is a very reductionist mindset, but i am not finding myself able to change it and its pretty much destroying my life. I also think this is a more modern problem, that was born with the concept of I.Q. and G Factor and the findings that support these theories, but nevertheless i find myself in such a depressive state that i wan't to ask if /sci/ can give me any advice that can help me see this issue at another perspective.
Let me get this straight, is your intelligence having an existential crisis? Or are you having an intelligence crisis? Or are you having a personality crisis?
>>8289269
It's an existential crisis about intelligence. Not merely his own, but its importance in modern society and how our individual talents are tied to intelligence. He's psychologically distraught over the idea, the concept, that a human being generally amounts to a number and everything spawns from that number.
>>8289298
Pretty much. Help.