Questions tagged [mathematica]
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Sum with constraints in maple or mathematica [closed]
I'm looking for a code in Maple or Mathematica to evaluate and give a list of terms in expressions like
$\newcommand{\on}[1]{\operatorname{#1}}$
$$
\sum_{a\ +\ b\ +\ c\ =\ 6}\on{f}\left(a\right)\on{f}\...
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How to visualize triangle using a software
How to visualize (using some plotting software) the triangle inequality, $|x-z|\le|x-y|+|y-z|$, where $x,y$ and $z$ belong to some finite intervals.
I am asking for general way, for example, $(x-z)^2\...
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Numerically solved PDE of Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process on 2-Simplex violates conservation of probability [closed]
Thanks for your consideration.
I'm working to create a solution of an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process with a force that takes mass towards the centre of a Simplex. I'm assuming absorbing boundaries.
The ...
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Extracting coefficients from falling factorial form in Mathematica
I have a polynomial in falling factorial form, i. e.
$-x+7(-1+x)x+6(-2+x)(-1+x)x+(-3+x)(-2+x)(-1+x)x$.
Now i want to extract the "outermost" coefficients $\{-1,7,6,1\}$. I have this code to ...
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Logarithmic Function Calculation in Mathematica
I find these results in the evaluation of the logarithms that only differ in the sign $-$ I do not understand why in the first case $\operatorname{Log}[x+1]/8$ is not returned as an answer.
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Optimal length of rope for sliding across a gap
I'm trying to solve a physics problem that I heard ~10 years ago in undergrad that was casually posed to me without a solution in mind; it has been bothering me ever since! Please let me know if this ...
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Analysis of a sequence based on ratios of floors of consecutive powers of a real value
I am currently interested in the following sequence:
Fix a number $x$, and define a sequence $(a_n)_{n=0}^\infty = \lfloor x^n \rfloor$ and $(b_n)_{n=0}^\infty = \frac{a_{n+1}}{a_n}$
With a little ...
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Definite Integral involving polynomial and Meijer G-function
I am trying to solve the following integral involving Meijer-g function
$\int_0^{\infty} \left(\varrho x + \nu\right)^{p+\frac{1}{2}-\frac{k}{2}} G_{1,3}^{3,0}\left(\begin{matrix} \frac{\...
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Fourier transform of incomplete gamma function
Ultimately I am interested in the Fourier transform of
$$
e^{-i\zeta}(-i\zeta)^{-2\epsilon}\Gamma(2\epsilon,-i\zeta)
$$
in a series expansion around $\epsilon=0$, so to first order in
$$
\lim_{\...
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Uniform initial conditions make Fokker-Planck/Kolmogorov Equation boundary conditions inconsistent
When considering the time evolution of a distribution over a state variable $x$, one of the cases that seems fundamental is when knowledge about $x$ begins uniform. However, modelling the process as ...
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Software packages to compute finite type invariants of Polygonal Knots
Assume I have a polygonal knot, $K$, represented as its set of vertices $\{\mathbb{v}_i| \mathbb{v}_i\in\mathbb{R}^3\}_{i=1,...,n+1}$, where $n$ is significant, let's say $100<n<500$.
Which ...
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Difficulty in computing integral
I am currently struggling with computing the following integral (as a whole). First, I define the following function.
\begin{equation}
f(q) = \frac{840q + 190 q^3 + 93 q^5 - 15\sqrt{4+q^2}(28+4q^2 + ...
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Solving Diophantine Equation in Macaulay2
I have to write a function which solves the diophantine equation $p(s)x^2 = q(s)$ (in $x$) where $p,q$ are integers polynomials in $s.$ This is doable since $p(s) \mid q(s)$ has only finite solutions (...
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Reduce $\frac{d^{n-1}}{dw^{n-1}}\frac{4^{-n/{\sqrt w}}}{\sqrt w}\Big|_1=\frac1{\sqrt\pi}G^{3,0}_{1,3}\left(^{3/2-n}_{0,1/2,1/2};(\ln(2)n)^2\right)$
In this
answer to Is there any valid complex or just real solution to $\sin(x)^{\cos(x)} = 2$?,
one must calculate $$\frac{d^{n-1}}{dw^{n-1}}\left.\frac{4^{-\frac{n}{\sqrt w}}}{\sqrt w}\right|_1=\...
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Simulation of a pendulum on a spinning Disk
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this Question, but I have previously asked a similar question where i asked how to write a simulation on this phenomenon. I got a great answer with a ...
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Need help in implementing q-SeriesToq-Product in Mathematica
In Mathematica Guidebook for symbolic computations (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0387950206/wolframresearch-20), in the Exercises, 30 (c)(p. 359), there is a question:
I have no clue how to implement ...
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A question regarding asymptotics in mathematica
I am trying to see the asymptotics of the Var function as below, from the plot it seems it goes to $-\infty$, however, I also calculate its asymptotics which gives me a positive $+\infty$.. Why could ...
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Mathematica PDE solving
I'm new to Mathematica and have never solved a PDE before. I tried to follow a textbook to get equation 4, but got something different with Mathematica (I got $(4\pi Dt)^{1/2}$ instead of $(4\pi Dt)^{...
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Checking Positivity
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I am trying to check positivity of an algebraic expressions where all the variables are positive. Using Mathematica 9.1 version I have got the result showed as follows. ...
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Asymptotic analysis for integrals
I am a physics student doing some integrals of the form
$$\lim_{\rho\to\infty} \int dx \int dy \text{ }f(x,y) e^{-\rho (x y)^{3/2}}$$ with $x,y \geq 0$, and $f(x,y)$ is a polynomial ($a_0+a_{x1} x + ...
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Weighted sum of specific multinomial coefficients
Let $A$ and $b$ be nonnegative integers and consider the sums
$$\sum\limits_{c=0}^{b/2}\frac{1}{4^c}\binom{A}{c,b-2c,A-b+c}$$
and
$$\sum\limits_{c=0}^{b/2}\frac{c}{4^c}\binom{A}{c,b-2c,A-b+c}.$$
I ...
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Algorithm and program for modelling a Free Nilpotent Lie algeabra
I need to compute in a Free Nilpotent Lie Algebra $L$ given by a finite list of generators. For example, put the generators $\{A, B\}$. So, the linear generators for the space of $L$ is
$$\{A, B, [A,B]...
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How to define a linear operator in Maple that commutes with derivatives?
I would like to simplify an expression involving the Hilbert transform in Maple. The Hilbert transform is defined by $$ Hf(x) = \frac{1}{\pi} \ \mathrm{p.v.} \int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \frac{f(z)}{z-x} \...
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Can you help me to solve this PDE? [closed]
Could you please help me to solve the following equation?
\begin{equation}
u_{yyyy}+u_{xy}-a\,\left(u\,u_y\right)_y\,=\,0
\end{equation}
Where
\begin{equation}
u\,=\phi^{\alpha} \sum_{k\,=\,0}^{\...
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The inertia degree of a field over the decomposition field
$K/F$ is a Galois extension of algebraic number field, $\mathfrak{p}_{i}$ are prime ideals of $K$, and $\mathfrak{p}= \mathfrak{p}_{1}$.
Decompose a prime ideal $\mathcal{p}$ of $F$ in $K$.
$$p(=po_K)=...
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regularized incomplete beta function integration
Solve $\int_{0}^{1}\frac{I_{u^{\frac{1}{p}}}\left ( p+\frac{1}{a} ,1-\frac{1}{a}\right )}{u}du$ . In Mathematica, this integral does not converge but from an article, I got the answer to this integral ...
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Finding the eigenvectors for a $2\times 2$ matrix
Some lecture notes I’m reading present the following matrix:
\begin{equation*}
L =
\begin{pmatrix}
0 & a \\
b & c\\
\end{pmatrix}
\end{equation*}
It then says that the dominant eigenvalue $ \...
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minimal polynomial of a complex number in Mathematica [closed]
How do I calculate the minimal polynomial of $a+ \mathcal{i} b$ where $a,b \in \mathcal{R}$ in Mathematica. In Mathematica, if I give specific values of a and b, then it gives the solution, for ...
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Difference in differentiation between Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha
I am trying to differentiate this:
$$f(x)=e^{-x^2}$$
In Wolfram Alpha I get this:
$$-2x\,e^{-x^2}$$
But in Mathematica I get:
$$-2x\,e^{-x^2}\log(e)$$
Why the difference?
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Why does CubeRoot and power of 1/3 give different answers in Mathematica?
I have these 2 functions, which should give identical answers:
GPrime[x_] := (1/CubeRoot[x]) + 1
GPrime2[x_] := (1/(x^(1/3))) + 1
However, given this:
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