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1:09 AM
@BernardoMeurer hello?
do you have specific questions
 
@0celouvsky Yes
But it's a really shit one, ready?
Like chub n' tuck integral level shitty
 
Okay
Given a set $S=\{(x,y,z)\in\Bbb R^3 \colon x^2 + y^2 < 1; 0 < 2z < 3+y\}$ Write the expression that yields the volume of $S$ using $\int\int\int dxdydz$ as an integration order.
How do I even draw that set?
@0celouvsky
 
lol
$x^2+y^2<1$ is an open cylinder
jesus
 
1:24 AM
ye
 
And you don't have the answer?
 
You do have it?
 
Yep
I don't know how to get there though
starting by the bounds on z
where do they come from
 
I think you need to work this from the insie out
do you understand the $x$ integral?
 
1:27 AM
Yeah, he just solved the inequality for x
Now y is easy
It's bound is just the radius of the circle defining the cylinder
 
it's not clear to me why he needs two integrals
 
now dafuk do I do for dz
 
ah, do you want me to draw the picture
 
0 to 2?
Indeed, why does he need two integrals?
Yeah, draw it please
 
So the straight dotted line is where he breaks up the integrals
The first integral is the lower half
that's just a plain old cylinder
the second is the part that's cut off at an angle
 
1:30 AM
How did you conclude that the second eq. forms that plane?
 
Because $2z=3+y$ is linear, hence a plane
so you're cutting off at a plane
and leaving everything below it
(where the $z$ direction is "up")
 
Got it
 
so with that picture I think it should be clear
 
And we know it splits at 1 because?
 
splits at 1?
So we know that $y$ goes from $-1$ to $1$ in the uncut region
 
1:34 AM
How do I know at which z to split the integral
Yeah
 
Ok, let's look at the first integral
$y$ goes from $-1$ to $1$
So then we look at what $z$ runs over
 
you get that from the inequality
the lower bound on $z$ is $0$ because that's the base of the cone
 
for $y=-1$ z goes up to 1
and for y=1 it goes to 2
 
that's right
 
1:36 AM
Ah
I see
Alright
 
ah, but for $y=1$ your $z$ equation takes you into the cut part
 
you have to stop at $y=-1$
 
Yeah
But I see why it cuts off at 1 now
 
so now for the second part
 
1:36 AM
the integral that is
 
now you're being cut off by the plane
 
so your lower bound on $y$ is now $2z-3$
But you're free to go to $y=1$ with the upper bound
 
Because we solve the plane boundary for y
 
right
so then $z$...well, you're picking up where the first one left off. So the lower bound is 1.
 
1:38 AM
Yeah, it all makes sense now
 
But the largest $z$ is $2z=2+2$
Moral of the story: draw a picture
 
Okay, another one
Using the appropriate coordinate shift compute the mass of the solid $$B=\{(x,y,z)\in\Bbb R^3 \colon 0 < y < x^2 + z^2 ; y < \sqrt{2-x^2-z^2}\}$$. The function for mass density is given by $$\sigma(x,y,z) = 2y$$
 
what's a coordinate shift?
 
Changing the coordinate basis, to cylindrical or spherical or ...
Bad translation I guess?
 
It's called a coordinate change in English
You want to use cylindrical coordinates where $y$ is the height coordinate.
because then $x^2+z^2=r^2$
 
1:42 AM
Ah, I hadn't seen that
I was about to ask how do I detect the best coordinate system
 
how many do you know?
 
polar, cylindrical, spherical
and cartesian
 
ok, so that's pretty limited
 
polar is when I'm in 2d and see circles
cylindrical I try to see if the Z variable is independent somewhat
 
cylindrical is for 3d and circles
 
1:43 AM
or one of them is
spherical is when I have no more hope
 
$$\bar\partial^*=-\bar\star_{E^*}\bar\partial\bar\star_E$$
Christ
 
What the fuck is that
 
adjoint of the antiholomorphic differential on a Hermitian vector bundle
 
Oh dude come on
 
the notation is getting a bit sill
@BernardoMeurer I'm reading a book
I'll answer questions if you ask
 
1:46 AM
@0celouvsky i know half of those words but i don't know the meaning of the sentence
 
Okay, so I detected a chance for a coordinate change
I write $r = x^2 + z^2$
 
@JoshuaLin page 168 of "Differential Analysis on Complex Manifolds"
 
@0celouvsky Shouldn't I try and draw this first?
To figure out the theta
 
Uh
the theta is actually irrelevant
the equations don't depend on it
you're just going to integrate it out
this isn't chub and tuck level, come on :P
 
I'm confused
What do I do now?
I just figured r out
but so what?
 
1:49 AM
what are your constraints?
 
$0 < y < r$ and $y < \sqrt{2-r}$
 
so pick $\theta=\arctan(z/x)$ or whatever
it doesn't really matter because $\theta$ doesn't appear anywhere
 
What? Why would I do that?
 
you wanted a theta
 
can't I just integrate theta from 0 to 2 pi and be quiet about it
It doesn't show so who cares
 
1:51 AM
I swear to christ
does anyone ever fucking read what I say
 
4 mins ago, by 0celouvsky
the theta is actually irrelevant
4 mins ago, by 0celouvsky
you're just going to integrate it out
 
Now y
goes from 0
to r
no
to
 
it's $y<\sqrt{2-r^2}$ btw
 
@0celouvsky Oh, yeah correct
so, how the heck do I get the bounds of y?
They depend on $r$
I mean the lower bound is 0
 
1:54 AM
so $0<y<r^2$ and $y<\sqrt{2-r^2}$
are you sure you copied the problem right?
 
yeah, so solve the constrains for $\rho$
well, $r$ in our notation
 
$r>\sqrt y$
$r<\sqrt{2-y^2}$
 
exactly
now figure out the $y$ bounds
the lower one is zero
 
Yes
That's trivial
the upper one is the trick
 
1:58 AM
you're not gonna be happy
 
you need to solve $r^2=\sqrt{2-r^2}$
 
Goddamit
Why?
 
you need to find out at which $r$ the two upper bounds for $y$ agree
 
1:59 AM
that's the largest one
 
makes sense
sigh
 
if $y$ gets larger, it violates one of them
so that's $r^4+r^2=2$
write $k=r^2$
so $k^2+k=2$
that factors
$(k+2)(k-1)$
So you get $r^2=-2,1$
So $r=\pm \sqrt{2}i,\pm 1$
the only reasonable one is $r=1$, so $y<1$
good?
 
Got it
Yeah
Yeesh
Okay
and we integrate our density function
 
yes, and don't forget the $r$ from the Jacobian!!
 
$$\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^1\int_{\sqrt{y}}^{\sqrt{2-y^2}}2yr drdyd\theta$$
Oh, yeah, almost forgot that
 
2:03 AM
looks right
 
I can just shuf the 2 straight out of there, right?
 
yes
and do the $\theta$ integral
 
And the y our of the r integral
 
yes
 
"doing the $\theta$ integral" means just removing it?
Since it has no power here
 
2:04 AM
well you just write a $2\pi$ out front
 
okay, so the primitive of $r$ is $r^2/2$
 
yes
 
$$4\pi\int_0^1y-y^2dy$$
Getting there
 
just do the integral
 
Hm?
I'll just separate them
then it's trivial
 
2:09 AM
you should be able to write down the primitive by inspection
 
$y^2/2 - y^3/3$
 
yes
so the integral is $1/2-1/3$
 
yes
 
so $4\pi/6$
 
2:11 AM
which is wrong
lol
 
dammit
 
You didn't do the $r$ integral correctly
and you forgot about the $y$ you took out
 
I didn't
 
you still did the $r$ integral incorrectly
 
$$4\pi\int_0^1 y(\frac{2-2y}{2})dy$$
 
2:13 AM
write down the $r$ integral
 
isn't the r integral just $\frac{r^2}{2}$ limited from $\sqrt{y}$ to $\sqrt{2-y}$
Ah
 
oh, you have a $2y$
well
 
yes
 
It's y^2
Well whatever
Okay, it makes sens to me now
I'm going to head to bed, exhausted
I think I'll do okay at the exam
 
2:14 AM
good night
good luck
 
Goodnight man, thanks for the help!
 
 
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3:21 AM
@Slereah help
 
3:32 AM
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/328191/the-answer-to-what-is-time

Heheheh
 
4:15 AM
Jesus Christ
@Slereah back in 1916, the energy momentum tensor was $G_{\mu\nu}$
 
4:31 AM
@Slereah The original Schwarzschild paper uses +---
Are we using the wrong convention?
 
hey
 
@Slereah I don't understand the derivation of the Schwarzschild interior solution
there's an ode $$\frac{\partial}{\partial\psi}(\sin^2(\psi)\frac{\partial}{\partial\psi}\xi)=-3‌​\sin^2(\psi)\xi$$
 
Are we talking black holes or not black holes
 
stars
the solution to that is clearly $A\cos\psi$, but I'm pretty sure there should be a two-parameter family of solutions
it's a second order equation after all
 
MMM
4:53 AM
Hello everyone
Any one interested in Maple software then come and join us here
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/107315/maple
 
Who even uses Maple
That's below Mathlab and Mathematica
 
MMM
I use it and it works pretty well
 
Speaking of which
I plugged in that equation into Wolfram
Apparently two families of solutions are $A e^{-2i\psi} \csc (\psi)$ and $B \dfrac{e^{3i\psi}}{-1 + e^{2i\psi}}$
Not too sure how you can construct $A \cos(\psi)$ from those
I tried $B \sin(\psi)$ because that felt right but obviously not at all a solution
 
huh
 
Stephani doesn't seem to include that ODE
 
4:59 AM
does Stephani have the solution?
 
Well the solution to what, exactly
where do you get that equation
 
Frankel "Gravitational Curvature"
You know what's mysterious?
 
Bigfoot?
 
Does anyone actually check that the double cover $\mathrm{Spin}\to\mathrm{SO}$ is actually a covering map?
 
Probably somewhere?
I think it's just that $\lambda, -\lambda \in \textrm{Spin}$ maps to $\Lambda \in \textrm{SO}$
 
5:02 AM
A covering map is more than that.
 
0
Q: How much blood is needed to forge a sword?

NeithBlood of most vertebrates contains hemoglobin, which contains iron. I've imagined a world where someone once had a seemingly stupid idea of using blood as a source of iron. Now, the world is analogous to Earth pre-firearms Middle Ages (but with magic and dragons) and iron ore availability is the...

i'm gonna guess none
Since most swords are forged with no blood at all
 
> Hemoglobin count in dragons is similar to large land mammals, or, more precisely, giraffes.
insane
 
Who is that dragon vet that checks hemoglobin count in dragons
 
super clifford algebra
you have got to be kidding me
 
what
is that one of those supersymmetric shenanigans
 
5:09 AM
I don't think anyone actually gives a shit about it being a covering map
 
isn't it a covering map just by virtue of the quotient construction?
 
quotient construction?
$\mathrm{Spin}(V):=\mathrm{Pin}(V)\cap \mathrm{C}\ell^\mathrm{ev}(V)$.
 
I mean more the $Spin = SO / \sim$ sort of thing
 
that doesn't even make sense
spin is larger than so
 
Oh right, other way around
 
5:13 AM
and...it might
You might be right
idk I'm too damn tired
 
I guess the hard part is proving the two definition equivalent
 
that should follow from uniqueness of universal covers.
@JohnRennie I need another $200 book
I can't keep this up
 
Also what is $C\ell^{ev}$
 
Even degree clifford things
 
Also how do you define the pin group without reference to the rotation group
isn't it also a Clifford thing
 
5:18 AM
$\mathrm{Pin}(V)$ is the group in $\mathrm C\ell(V)$ consisting of elements of the form $a_1\cdots a_n, a_j\in V, ||a||_j=1$.
Ok I gotta sleep
Cheers
 
night
 
@Slereah here that would be closed as insufficient effort since a simple Google suffices to answer it.
 
what's the site for blood forging
 
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@JohnR: Morning :-)
 
@Kaumudi.H Morning. I thought you'd be on a train by now.
If I haven't already said so, good luck with the exam!
 
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5:28 AM
Nah. I have to leave in about 4 hours and the train itself is 6 long hours away.
 
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@JohnRennie Thank you! :-)
 
Will you get a chance to explore the town where you're staying?
 
user228700
The town where you're staying =The one with the pond and all :-) My "hometown".
 
Ah, I didn't realise the exam was in the place where you used to live.
 
user228700
I haven't ever lived there for any significant amount of time; I was only born in that village/town. My mother grew up there and my grandparents still live there so we visit about once a year.
 
5:31 AM
At least you don't have the added stress of finding your way ina strange town.
 
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The exam itself is in a city not too far from the town.
 
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@JohnRennie Yep :-) Everything is-for the most part-sorted.
 
Are you staying with your grandparents?
 
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Yep yep.
 
Can anyone clear me on the fact why a charge doesn't feel force due to its own electric field
 
5:35 AM
What will you do tomorrow before the exam. Just chill, or do some exploring?
 
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Reportedly, one of my cousins (he's about 5) is also coming over to visit!
 
It seems to me it can distinguish between it's ownfiel and field produced by other charges?
 
@Xasel what sort of force would a charge feel from its own field? In what direction would the force be?
 
I meant to say Electrostatic force
IF I place charge in other charges electic field it feels a force
then why it doesn't feel a force in its own field?
 
@Xasel In what direction would the force be?
 
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5:37 AM
@JohnRennie Since I'll arrive at around 3 AM, I will sleep in tomorrow. I'll do some last-minute revision till evening and relax for a bit after that. "Chill"=Sit on the porch and watch the fireflies :-)
 
@Kaumudi.H Sit on the porch and watch the fireflies - wow, that sounds idyllic :-) In my case I would also drink beer though I suggest you don't want to sit the exam with a hangover :-)
 
Well...I don't know at this moment ...Did multiple readings and some google and still unable to resolve the confusion
 
@Xasel Hint: the field around a point charge is spherically symmetric.
 
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As I said before, my sisters' vacation has started. We'll all spend the next week over there. We won't bring back my sisters because they quite like spending their holidays romping through the forest and swimming in the pond and climbing the trees and etc. :-P
 
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@JohnRennie :-) Yes, it's quite wonderful. Over there, you can see all of the stars at night! Lol, I'm not even allowed (by law) to drink beer yet :-P
 
5:41 AM
???....a picture is forming in my brain but I'm pretty much still in haze(and yesterday's discussion wasn't less confusing :(
 
@Kaumudi.H In the UK you can't buy alcohol if you're under 18, but there's no restriction on drinking alcohol e.g. with meals at home.
 
@Kaumudi.H : You can prove to law enforcement that that alcohol content in your blood stream is due to strenuous exercise :P
 
@Xasel the force on a charge $q$ due to an electric field $\mathbf E$ is $\mathbf F = q\mathbf E$. So the force and the field are in the same direction. Yes?
 
yes.
 
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@JohnRennie Ah, I see. That's nice, I s'pose. In India, our families don't encourage drinking even the occasional glass of wine at dinner. Gosh, so many families here will condemn a girl for drinking without second thought.
 
5:46 AM
@Kaumudi.H I have a certain sympathy for that point of view, though it's more extreme than I would be. Drinking by young people does cause problems in the UK, and that applies to girls as well as boys, but it's a small minority who cause the problems.
@Xasel and spherical symmetry means the field is the same in all directions, so the net field sums to zero.
 
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I haven't given the matter much thought but I certainly don't like the fact that families are harsher to girls than they are to boys of the same age who drink.
 
Boys can't get pregnant.
NB that's just an observation and doesn't imply any moral stance.
 
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Ah. Hmm, while that may be a fair point to consider, families who do said condemning only say such things as Girls shouldn't drink because they are swans and flowers and impurities will corrupt the soul and go learn to make rotis or else your in-laws won't like you.
 
I don't mean to defend sexism. I wouldn't, and don't, take that approach with female members of my family.
But I guess it's understandaable. Go back a few decades and securing a good marriage was key to a woman's future security.
Even in the UK that was the case in the 19th century.
 
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Members of these families are, in most cases, not educated. Mind you, in cities like Bombay and Delhi, both girls and boys populate clubs and bars and etc. These families I speak of hail from the villages of India.
 
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5:56 AM
@JohnRennie It's certainly understandable. It's not progressive or particularly nice is all.
 
I agree.
I've read articles claiming that the male-female ratio is rising in India, and that now some families are requiring the boy supplies the dowry.
 
My father once told me that he's harsher on my sister than he was on me about curfew timings, contactable friends while going out, knowing where she was going and reminding her more often about the dangers of drinking because it's more perilous to be a drunk girl than it is to be a drunk guy. I understand your rant about impurities and learning to make rotis else the in-laws be angered, though @Kaumudi.H
 

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