For more on the wondrous Emmy Noether, listen to
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00025bw and find out how she solved
Einstein's problem with the conservation of energy while he was formulating
general relativity.
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FRIAM
Couple of small PSAs:
> On Jul 4, 2023, at 12:28 AM, Nicholas Thompson
> wrote:
>
> And why do we keep calling it by it/s cult name, rather than calling it what
> it is? The difference between the energy of a moving object conveyed by its
> velocity and that conveyed by its position in a fie
Well, sure. But another piece of [mal|mis|dis]information in Sutter's video was "I
can use a little trick called the Calculus of Variations ..." blahblahblah. I chose
to focus on integration, in general, mostly because of Stephen's response, but also
because it's less on point toward the ultima
Nick,
Two points, first an answer to your request to share my intuition, then
maybe a possible source for you to learn more:
My understanding of the concept of least action in physics is that it
involves the principle that objects in the universe exhibit a tendency to
minimize the transfer of ene
Diane will explain!
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On Jul 3, 2023, at 1:01 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
Good idea. Aren’t they the same?
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On Jul 3, 2023, at 12:29 PM, John Kennison wrote:
Hi Nick,
We have been entertaining visitors for the week-end. I did notice that yo
Good idea. Aren’t they the same?
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On Jul 3, 2023, at 12:29 PM, John Kennison wrote:
Hi Nick,
We have been entertaining visitors for the week-end. I did notice that you seem
to be back on the farm. Do you want to meet for chess or philosophy or both?
--John.
From: F
Hi Nick,
We have been entertaining visitors for the week-end. I did notice that you seem
to be back on the farm. Do you want to meet for chess or philosophy or both?
--John.
From: Friam on behalf of Nicholas Thompson
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2023 3:40 PM
To: Fr
As a senior at Berkeley I took a course in integration. It was all about
Lebesgue measure and integration, Fubini's theorem etc. We didn't
calculate the integral of any function arising from physics. That's for
sophomores and they can look the integrals up in tables.
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Frank C. Wimberly
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What do you think "integrate" means?
On 7/3/23 08:28, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
BEGIN HARRUMPH!
Just so's you know, I did write:
*" And for some reason, the path taken by the object through space will integrate
this difference across the distance between any two points "*
*
*
But never doubt t
BEGIN HARRUMPH!
Just so's you know, I did write:
*" And for some reason, the path taken by the object through space will
integrate this difference across the distance between any two points "*
But never doubt the capacity of some group of experts, when challenged to
make sense of themselves, to
Diddle I say so?
On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 2:17 AM Stephen Guerin
wrote:
> The Action is the integral of the Lagrangian along the whole path, not
> just a single instant.
>
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2023, 9:12 PM Nicholas Thompson
> wrote:
>
>> So the difference is at a positive max when the ball hits the
Thank you Peter for that helpful answer.
You seem to endorse what I am calling "Roberts's Maxim": "*He who would try
to understand fluid dynamics will never understand fluid dynamics*."
Still, I would like to know what your intuitive answer is, even though it
will probably be beyond me.
My fascin
“hairball heterarchy of metaphor“
Now there’s a Wikipedia article in need of writing.
On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 9:14 AM glen wrote:
> Yeah, Sutter triggered me when he said "but you don't have to worry about
> that if you don't know what an integral is". I mean ... maybe? This stuff
> is like hero
Yeah, Sutter triggered me when he said "but you don't have to worry about that if
you don't know what an integral is". I mean ... maybe? This stuff is like heroin to
an addict, right? Models upon models upon models. And not just in a simple stack, but a
hairball heterarchy of metaphor.
You kin
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