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5:00 PM
I don't know what to do...
 
@Secret: so is our conclusion right that book's answer that for A = [1,infty) y attains real value is wrong.. thanx
 
@0celo7, I might have some kind of a solution for you
 
Yeah I am pretty sure, given we now have the expression for the asymptote now and there is no reason for a to be not fractional
 
Finding link...
 
@ACuriousMind How do I solve this system, seriously?
Is there a way to do it by hand?
 
@0celo7 eliminate the variables one after the other?
 
@0celo7 Sure, either Gaussian elimination or just cleverly resolving some equations for one unknown and substituting into the others.
 
Gives theory behind it, helped me a lot
 
bit of a hassle, but it works
 
@Sanya Yes I know
the hassle is what I'm trying to avoid
@ACuriousMind Gaussian elimination would take too long
assuming I know what Gaussian elimination is
 
5:02 PM
then gaußian elimination/matrix inversion
 
row operations?
 
what's the system anyway?
 
To me linear algebra has always been guess work
 
a 4x4 matrix with gaussian elimination is not so bad in terms of time
 
I've never understood how to do it without staring at the system for an hour +
 
5:03 PM
See if heather's video can help you to grasp that first
 
I don't think I should need a video
I must be retarded
@heather I understand what linear algebra is just fine
I udnerstand all the theorems, I can prove them too
I cannot sit down and solve equations for the life of me
it's a mental illness
 
@0celo7, okay, can you answer the following 3 questions for me?
1. Do you know how to put a system of equations into matrix form?
 
yes
 
2. Can you do matrix multiplication
 
@0celo7 do you have access to Mathematica/Maple?
 
5:06 PM
3. Can you find the inverse of a matrix?
 
@Sanya yes
@heather yes
@heather no clue
I have not the faintest idea
 
@0celo7 then solve the system with that
 
It boggles my mind to think about inverting a matrix
 
@0celo7, okay. Then what you do is put the system of linear equations into matrix form $Ax=b$, where $A$ is the matrix of coeffiicients, $x$ is the vector with variables, and $b$ is the vector with constants.
 
5:07 PM
it's not numbers
it's symbolic
the system is
 
would not matter to mathematica&maple
 
$A_1+A_1'=A_2+A_2'$, $k_1A_1-k_1A_1'=k_2A_2-k_2A_2'$, $A_2e^{i k_2 l}+A_2'e^{-i k_2l}=A_3e^{i k_1l}$, $A_2k_2e^{i k_2 l}-A_2'k_2e^{-i k_2l}=A_3k_1e^{i k_1l}$
 
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@0celo7 Correct the commands T__T
 
geesh
 
@Sanya yes but that's cheating
@heather then what?
I took linear algebra
I've done all of this before
It left a scar on my soul
 
5:12 PM
I am a bit confused...

The semi empirical mass formula has the form of a quadratic $$B(Z,A) = aZ^2 + bZ + c$$, where $c$ depends on $A$ which is really a function of $Z$ too.

When differentiating $$B$$ wrt $$Z$$ for a given A, is it acceptable to treat A as a constant, or do I need to treat it as a function of Z?

I hope that makes sense
 
@0celo7 sometimes, I'm really lost with you ....
3
 
@Sanya Huh?
ok here comes the troll brigade starring anti-0celo7 sentiment
I'm sorry I have brain damage from crack abuse
nothing I can do about it
 
Then you take $A^{-1}$ and multiply and get $x=A{^-1}b$
 
If I could just """"take $A^{-1}$"""" I wouldn't be in this fuckign situtation
 
To find inverse (searching for notes)
 
5:14 PM
@0celo7 derive Cramer's rule using multilinear functionals then you can invert your matrices and think theoretically en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramer%27s_rule#Finding_inverse_matrix
 
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@Jacobadtr for a given A...
 
@0celo7 I just sometimes find it hard to help you or to communicate in a focused constructive manner - that does not mean that I do not like you or want to insult you or want to troll you or anything
 
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@bolbteppa Wow! Only Cramer was left away from the party... and here he comes ;)
 
I should have never taken you off ignore
 
@MAFIA36790 That is making me think I can just call A a constant, which would make life easy
 
5:16 PM
0celo7: First thing: You said there are 4 unknowns, which 4?
 
@Secret there are four now
$A_1',A_2,A_2', A_3$
Fine I will do Gaussian elimination.
 
looking at your equations, you can immediately eliminate A_3
 
How??
 
thus you only have a 3x3 for Gaußian elimination
$A_2k_2e^{i k_2 l}-A_2'k_2e^{-i k_2l}=A_3k_1e^{i k_1l}
is your last equation, right?
 
bolbteppa, I'm sure you are a nice person. You're just so incredibly annoying that you cause me health issues. I'm literally shaking from rage
Please forgive me
No, don't forgive me
I want you to hate me too
 
5:19 PM
haha
 
might be helpful
 
@heather Dude
I can compute an inverse matrix
The idea is for it to not take 24 hours
A brute-force cramer's rule or whatever would take LONG
 
Dude just sit down with the hardest linear algebra book there is and treat it like a differential geometry book and you''ll get the best of all worlds
 
Gauss might work
I'll try it
@Sanya yeah
 
@0celo7, this isn't brute force, it is basically a formula! You plug in the numbers and go. A little slower but still.
 
@Sanya Oh I see.
i think
 
you multiply the inverse of the exponential factor and you have A_3 in terms of the others
 
yeah, multiply the other $A_3$ by $k_2$, then add
that was the first helpful comment today, thank you
 
and sorry about talking of the inverse stuff, you're basically looking for the kernel of the matrix, so there is no inverse
I hadn't thought about that
 
I'm looking for the kernel?
 
5:25 PM
sure, basically if you reorder everything you have something like 0 = [Matrix]* (A1, A1', A2, A2',A3) in bad notation, right?
 
[Type too slow]
Using $A_2e^{i k_2 l}+A_2'e^{-i k_2l}=A_3e^{i k_1l}$ you should get:
$$A_1+A_1'=A_1+A_2'$$
$$k_1A_1-k_1A_1'=k_2A_2-k_2A_2'$$
$$A_2k_2e^{ik_2l}-A_2'e^{-ik_2 l}=k_1(A_2e^{ik_2l}+A_2'e^{ik_2l})$$
These can be rearranged into...
 
For the record, liner algebra and number theory (equations mod n specifically) are the hardest branches of mathematics.
 
Number theory and probability are
 
so you are looking for the vectors which are mapped onto zero
if I see it correctly
 
no
$A_1$ is a constant
nonzero constant
 
5:26 PM
ah ok, didn't get that
 
oh also fucking poker hand probabilities
 
I literally can't do Euclid's algorithm, I have to write it out with matrices, I just f**king hate it so much
 
I take everything back
 
then the inversion works
 
computing poker hand probabilities is the hardest math in existence
 
5:26 PM
In mathematics, the Euclidean algorithm, or Euclid's algorithm, is an efficient method for computing the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two numbers, the largest number that divides both of them without leaving a remainder. It is named after the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, who first described it in Euclid's Elements (c. 300 BC). It is an example of an algorithm, a step-by-step procedure for performing a calculation according to well-defined rules, and is one of the oldest algorithms in common use. It can be used to reduce fractions to their simplest form, and is a part of many other number...
 
well, anyway, I'm positive you will solve it with time :)
 
I'm not...
 
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stop acting like this @0celo7
 
Also the Jordan Normal Form, literally cannot make sense of it, have to derive it using holomorphic calculus
 
user218912
we all know you're good at math so deal with it...
 
5:28 PM
@bloo If I were good at math I would be able to do linear algebra
I truly believe there is something wrong with my brain
 
No linear algebra takes a solid year or two to make sense of, no excuses
Hoffman/Kunze is one of the hardest books on it, not an easy one
 
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@0celo7 yes that it can't understand basic stuff.
 
I understand basic stuff just fine
I don't understand linear algebra specifically
 
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@0celo7 maybe the part of your brain that deals with linear algebra is missing.
 
Right
it's a disease
 
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5:31 PM
xD
 
oh god I have to do this for the other energy too
I probably won't finish this assignment
 
user218912
what do you have in QM right now?
 
99
I was considering asking the prof for a job, but I'll forget that now
 
user218912
you better forget it, 99 is for noobs.
 
user218912
you don't even have 100.
 
5:34 PM
I know
 
After rearrange you should get
$$-A_1'+A_2+A_2'=A_1$$
$$k_1A_1'+k_2A_2-k_2A_2'=k_1A_1$$
$$0+(k_2e^{ik_2l}-k_1e^{-ik_2l})A_2-(k_2e^{ik_2l}+k_1e^{-ik_2l})A_2'=0$$

Since All the unknowns $A_1',A_2,A_2'$ are on the LHS and all the knowns are on the RHS, we can then rewrite the above into a matrix equation:

$$\begin{pmatrix}-1 & 1 & 1 \\ k_1 & k_2 & -k_2 \\ 0 & (k_2e^{ik_2l}-k_1e^{-ik_2l}) & -(k_2e^{ik_2l}+k_1e^{-ik_2l})\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}A_1' \\ A_2 \\ A_2'\end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix}A_1 \\ k_1A_1 \\ 0\end{pmatrix}$$
 
$$\begin{pmatrix}
1 & 1 & 1\\
-k_1 & -k_2 & k_2\\
0 & (k_2-k_1)\ee^{\ii k_2 l} & -(k_1+k_2)\ee^{-\ii k_2 l}
\end{pmatrix}
\begin{pmatrix}
A_1'\\
A_2\\
A_2'
\end{pmatrix}=
\begin{pmatrix}
-A_1\\
-k_1A_1\\
0
\end{pmatrix}$$
it works on my TeX
 
{pmatrix : missing "}"
 
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you're missing a curly brace at the end.
 
lol commands
wait what did I do wrong
 
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5:37 PM
\e?
 
no
Secret has different equations
ugh
I copied my own equations wrong
@Secret I think your third eq is wrong
$A_2$ should only ever be multiplying a right moving wave.
 
Given $T(\mathbf{u}) = \mathbf{v}$, perturb $T$ so that the new operator becomes invertible, $(T - \lambda I)(\mathbf{u}) = \mathbf{v}$, thus $\mathbf{u} = ( T - \lambda I)^{-1}(\mathbf{v}) = R(\lambda)(\mathbf{v})$. Expand $R(\lambda)$ in a Laurent expansion (!) $$R(\lambda) = \frac{-1}{\lambda}\frac{1}{1-T/ \lambda} = \frac{-1}{\lambda} \sum (T/\lambda)^n = \frac{-1}{\lambda} + \frac{-T}{\lambda^2} + \dots$$ so that $T$ is a residue of $ \lambda R(\lambda)$, then
$$T = \frac{-1}{2 \pi i}\sum_i \oint_{\gamma_i} \lambda R(\lambda) d \lambda = \frac{-1}{2 \pi i}\sum_i \oint_{\gamma_i} ( \lambda - \lambda_i + \lambda_i) R(\lambda) d \lambda = \sum_i (\lambda_i P_i + D_i)$$ is the Jordan Normal Form decomposition of $T$ :\
 
$\newcommand{\ee}{\mathrm{e}}
\newcommand{\ii}{\mathrm{i}}$
$$\begin{pmatrix}
-1 & 1 & 1\\
-k_1 & -k_2 & k_2\\
0 & (k_2-k_1)\ee^{\ii k_2 l} & -(k_1+k_2)\ee^{-\ii k_2 l}
\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}
A_1'\\
A_2\\
A_2'
\end{pmatrix}=
\begin{pmatrix}
-A_1\\
-k_1A_1\\
0
\end{pmatrix}$$
ok I fixed chat
ok, how do I solve this?
no trolling
 
of $- \lambda R(\lambda)$
That is mental, but it gives you the JNF
 
@Secret any ideas?
 
5:48 PM
Is that even linear algebra?
 
typing...
 
@Secret well, did you check your matrix?
I think what you wrote is wrong, but maybe I did something wrong when I gave you the original equations
@Secret this is correct
so how did you get $e^{-ik_2l}$ multiplying $A_2$?
 
Ok I got this for the 3rd row:
$$0 , (k_2-k_1) e^{i k_2 l} , -(k_1e^{i k_2 l}+k_2e^{-i k_2 l})$$
 
yes!
That's what I have, see above
I think I've figured this thing out
@Secret @Sanya @heather I have it
 
(It seems this matrix will be rather time consuming to find its eigenvalues because of those exp terms. Also given that zero entry there, gaussian elimination might be fast enough)

Begin by rewritting the matrix as an augmented matrix

$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | -A_1\\ -k_1 & -k_2 & k_2 &| -k_1A_1\\ 0 & (k_2-k_1) e^{i k_2 l} & -(k_1e^{i k_2 l}+k_2e^{-i k_2 l}) &| 0 \end{pmatrix}$$

Next (still typing...)
 
6:02 PM
PhD linear algebra
 
Next replace row 2 by row 2 -k_2 (row 1) to get

$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | -A_1\\ 0 & -k_2-k_1 & k_2-k_1 &| -k_1A_1-k_1\\ 0 & (k_2-k_1) e^{i k_2 l} & -(k_1e^{i k_2 l}+k_2e^{-i k_2 l}) &| 0 \end{pmatrix}$$

Then
 
how to TeX an augmented matrix?
 
"PhD linear algebra" xD
 
apparently it's not built in
well this is probably wrong
\[\begin{pmatrix}
1 & -1 & -1\\
0 & (k_1-k_2)(k_1+k_2) & (k_2-k_1)^2\\
0 & 0 & (k_2-k_1)^2\ee^{\ii k_2l}-(k_1+k_2)^2\ee^{-\ii k_2l}
\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}
A_1'\\
A_2\\
A_2'
\end{pmatrix}=
\begin{pmatrix}
A_1\\
0\\
0
\end{pmatrix}\]
that would mean $A_2'=0$
which I don't believe
UGH
PhD too powerful
I give up
 
Is A2' correspond to waves moving from the right hand side back to the square potential?
 
6:14 PM
yeah
the back scattered wave on the right of the potential
or is that correct?
I'm done with this
using a CAS to solve this shit
I can't be bothered
 
So you have A1 heading towards the potential, A2 is transmitted and A1' reflected? If that's the case, then we don't expect there is A2' coming form the otther side of the potential
because your incoming wave is from the left side
 
holy shit
I was RIGHT
DID I SOLVE A LINEAR SYSTEM
I SOLVED A LINEAR SYSTEM
OH MY GOD I SOLVED A LINEAR SYSTEM
Hmm
 
You do solved a linear system, note that you can read form row 3 to obtain A2', followed by A2 and thne A1'
 
It's wrong
I solved that system correctly but I don't think it was the correct system.
:/
 
Well that's a good start, at least you now know how to solve the system now via gaussian elimination
I storngly suggested based on the equations you gave me, A2' has to be zero
 
6:18 PM
yeah but I also got $A_2=0$
which gives $A_3=0$ from earlier
but that means nothing is transmitted through the potential
which is probably wrong
@Secret hmm
But you'd expect $A_2$ to be nonzero, right?
Because part of the wave makes it into the rectangle
 
Well A2 I got nonzero because the -k_1A_1-k_1 stuff on the right of row 2 will onyl get more complicated nonzero when row 3 is done with a row reduction
 
I'll solve the original 4x4 system to confirm.
yikes
ok this is positively awful
it "simplified" everything
@Secret Are we both solving this system?
 
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Hey, @0celo7, you know the proof of Cartesian Product being countably infinite?
 
I have exp(+ve) with k1 and exp(-ve) with k2
so I don't have exp being pulled out for the 3rd column 3rd row term
 
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6:27 PM
@Secret How did that happen?
$$A_2\ee^{\ii k_2 l}+A_2'\ee^{-\ii k_2l}=A_3\ee^{\ii k_1l}\quad\text{and}\quad A_2k_2\ee^{\ii k_2 l}-A_2'k_2\ee^{-\ii k_2l}=A_3k_1\ee^{\ii k_1l}.$$
that's what I derived from QM
Multiply the first one by $k_1$
Then subtract
Right?
 
sorry that was my mistake, your matrix is correct
 
@Secret Ok, but $(A_1,0,0)$ is a solution :/
 
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$$|m+n +m^\prime +n^\prime|\cdot |m +n -m^\prime -n^\prime| = |n^\prime -n|·$$
 
but it makes zero sense
@MAFIA36790 I have no clue what you're trying to prove here
 
No it's not ,the 2nd 0 in A1 0 0 is not zero. Give me a sec when I type this up:
btw, because the exp all bubble out we can multiply the 3rd row by exp(+ve) to save outselfves some trouble
 
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6:31 PM
> If $ n \ne n^\prime,$ then the natural number $|m + n + m^\prime + n^\prime|$ both divides and is greater than the natural number $|n^\prime - n |,$ which is impossible.
 
@Secret Why not? If I plug in $(A_1,0,0)$ is that not a solution?
 
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@0celo7 I'm not getting the quoted statement above $\uparrow$ :(
 
@ACuriousMind If you're there, I really need some help...
 
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Why can't $|m + n + m^\prime + n^\prime|$ both divide and be greater than the natural number $|n^\prime -n|\,?$
 
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._.
 
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6:34 PM
I GOT it!!!
 
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I'm dumb and absent-minded!!!!
 
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Damn ;/
 
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What an idiot ;/
 
In the "New feed items", I get regularly worldbuilding questions... how?
 
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@peterh check the feeds of the room.
 
6:35 PM
ok my calculator agrees with wiki now
so what the hell are we doing wrong
 
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^^ @peterh.
 
wait
there's a typo
lol
I hate my life
 
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@0celo7 :(
 
welp, everything is wrong
\[\begin{pmatrix}
-1 & 1 & 1\\
-k_1 & -k_2 & k_2\\
0 & (k_2-k_1)\ee^{\ii k_2 l} & -(k_1+k_2)\ee^{-\ii k_2 l}
\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}
A_1'\\
A_2\\
A_2'
\end{pmatrix}=
\begin{pmatrix}
-A_1\\
-k_1A_1\\
0
\end{pmatrix}\]
should be
\[\begin{pmatrix}
-1 & 1 & 1\\
-k_1 & -k_2 & k_2\\
0 & (k_2-k_1)\ee^{\ii k_2 l} & -(k_1+k_2)\ee^{-\ii k_2 l}
\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}
A_1'\\
A_2\\
A_2'
\end{pmatrix}=
\begin{pmatrix}
A_1\\
-k_1A_1\\
0
\end{pmatrix}\]
er
no that's still wrong...
 
6:40 PM
O it's not all zero:
$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | -A_1\\ -k_1 & -k_2 & k_2 &| -k_1A_1\\ 0 & (k_2-k_1) e^{i k_2 l} & -(k_1+k_2)e^{-i k_2 l} &| 0 \end{pmatrix}$$

$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | -A_1\\ 0 & -k_2-k_1 & k_2-k_1 &| -k_1(A_1+1)\\ 0 & (k_2-k_1) e^{i k_2 l} & -(k_1+k_2)e^{-i k_2 l} &| 0 \end{pmatrix}$$

$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | -A_1\\ 0 & -k_2-k_1 & k_2-k_1 &| -k_1(A_1+1)\\ 0 & (k_2-k_1) & -(k_1+k_2)e^{-2i k_2 l} &| 0 \end{pmatrix}$$

$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | -A_1\\ 0 & 1 & -\frac{k_2-k_1}{k_2+k_1} &| \frac{k_1(A_1+1)}{k_2+k_1}\\ 0 & (k_2-k_1)
 
\[\begin{pmatrix}
-1 & 1 & 1\\
k_1 & k_2 & -k_2\\
0 & (k_2-k_1)\ee^{\ii k_2 l} & -(k_1+k_2)\ee^{-\ii k_2 l}
\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}
A_1'\\
A_2\\
A_2'
\end{pmatrix}=
\begin{pmatrix}
A_1\\
k_1A_1\\
0
\end{pmatrix}\]
there
@Secret Dude the original matrix was wrong
we both somehow copied it wrong
 
@MAFIA36790 Thanks! But I am not sure ordinary mortals can see this function. Although here on the chat, as I can see, my SE-wide combined reputation counts (18k), I can't see this anywhere.
 
Ok should be working now
$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | A_1\\ k_1 & k_2 & -k_2 & | k_1A_1\\ 0 & (k_2-k_1)e^{i k_2 l} & -(k_1+k_2)e^{-i k_2 l} & | 0 \end{pmatrix}$$

$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | A_1\\ k_1 & k_2 & -k_2 & | k_1A_1\\ 0 & (k_2-k_1) & -(k_1+k_2)e^{-2i k_2 l} & | 0 \end{pmatrix}$$

$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | A_1\\ 0 & k_2+k_1 & -k_2+k_1 & | k_1(A_1+k_1)\\ 0 & (k_2-k_1) & -(k_1+k_2)e^{-2i k_2 l} & | 0 \end{pmatrix}$$

$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | -A_1\\ 0 & 1 & -\frac{k_2-k_1}{k_2+k_1} &| \frac{k_1(A_1+1)}{k_2+k_1}\\ 0 & (k_2-k_1) & -(k_1+k_2)e^{-2i k_2 l} &| 0
This stuff is insanely messy, but it is clear that A2, A2' A1' are all nonzero
 
Uh did you fix the typo?
I'm on mobile, can't tell
 
Another Small typo at the final ans:
$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | A_1\\ 0 & 1 & -\frac{k_2-k_1}{k_2+k_1} &| \frac{k_1(A_1+1)}{k_2+k_1}\\ 0 & 0 & -(k_1+k_2)e^{-2i k_2 l}+\frac{(k_2-k_1)^2}{k_2+k_1} &| -\frac{k_1(k_2-k_1)(A_1+1)}{k_2+k_1} \end{pmatrix}$$
should be all fixed now
 
6:51 PM
Jesus Christ
 
Ack, I hate careless mistakes: the k1(A1+1) should be 2k1A1
$$\begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 & 1 & | A_1\\ 0 & 1 & -\frac{k_2-k_1}{k_2+k_1} &| \frac{2k_1A_1}{k_2+k_1}\\ 0 & 0 & -(k_1+k_2)e^{-2i k_2 l}+\frac{(k_2-k_1)^2}{k_2+k_1} &| -\frac{2k_1(k_2-k_1)A_1}{k_2+k_1} \end{pmatrix}$$
now it makes a lot more sense
 
7:08 PM
@Secret do you think that is correct?
 
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@peterh Go to info; you will see the feeds option.
 
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@MAFIA36790 Thanks!
 
It does have the expected $k_1+k_2$ denominator which is related to the transmission and reflection coefficients
 
yeah
 
7:09 PM
the exp(-2ik2l) term looks strange for an amplitude through...
but I do remeber square potential problems also have that as part of the constraints of the amplitudes
 
no, that part is actually there
Ok, so in this problem, with three parts, what the heck are the TR coeffs actually
like
 
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Anyways, get you linear algebra job done @0celo7.
 
$$R=\frac{j_1^r}{j_1^i}$$
and
 
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I'm off now early; night comrades.
 
$$T=\frac{j^t_3}{j_1^i}$$
but probability is conserved...
so I can just compute one of them
...right?
@ACuriousMind Please take pity on me...
 
7:13 PM
Transmission coefficient is amplitude of the transmitted wave against the amplitude of the incoming wave. similarly for reflection coefficient

T+R=1 always
 
yes
but is it easier to compute the reflection coefficient
then subtract from 1
 
You can of course compute it that way. For me I tend to use T+R=1 as a sanity check to see if I do compute all the amplitudes correctly
 
hmm, ok
@Secret thanks for the help!
I think I get this PhD stuff now
@Secret hmm
what is the final step here?
 
row 3= row 3 - (k2-k1) row 2
 
k
@Secret Hmm, in step one, you're multiplying the top row by $k_1$ then adding to the second?
er
second step
shouldn't you end up with like $2k_1A_1$ on the right?
 
7:25 PM
Refer to the newest image I posted, the k1(A1+1) one is a careless mistake typo
 
ok
 
which has the 2k1A1 you mentioned
 
@Secret OK, we have the same equations
Now time to compute the transmission/reflection coefficients
lol
these equations
 
don't forget after solving for the A1' A2 A2', you need to plug it back to solve A3
 
@Secret yeah
but $A_2'$ is horrible!
wonder if I can simplify
aha
 
7:33 PM
and yes they do become messy, which is the reason we use computers. But solving them by hand help you understand what is happening so you can build intuition for more complicated cases
 
$$A_2'=\frac{2k_1 A_1(k_1-k_2)}{(k_1-k_2)^2-(k_1+k_2)^2 e^{-2i k_2l}}$$
Seems reasonable?
@Secret Is that what you get?
 
yup
 
Then $$A_2=\frac{2k_1 A_1}{k_1+k_2}-\frac{k_1-k_2}{k_1+k_2}A_2'?$$
$$\frac{A_2}{A_1}=\frac{2k_1}{k_1+k_2}-\frac{2k_1 (k_1-k_2)^2}{(k_1+k_2)[(k_1-k_2)^2-(k_1+k_2)^2 e^{-2i k_2l}]}$$
ugh
 
It's nearly 7:00 now, I have to go to sleep else I will be terribly exhausted
 
7AM?
 
user218912
7:50 PM
Idk how to do that integral with the limiting cases.
 
user218912
apparently it becomes a delta function but idk how
 
user218912
@ACuriousMind can you give me some hints please?
 
user218912
$$\left[\int d^3x\, \bigg[ \int d^3k [a_k e^{-ik \cdot x} + a_k^\dagger e^{-ik\cdot x}]\bigg] e^{x^2/a^2}\right]^2\,.$$
 
user218912
for $a$ goes to $0$ and to $\infty$
 
user218912
@Slereah any idea?
 
7:55 PM
Integrate over $k$ first?
It's a pretty trivial integral
 
what limit
@Slereah did you not see the $a_k$?
 
Then integrate over $x$
It's a gaussian integral
Bam
 
I told him that a while ago
it takes a lot of work though
 
user218912
can't you take the limiting case right away?
 
WHAT LIMIT
 
user218912
7:57 PM
$lim_{a \to \infty}$
 
hint
$$ \int _{-\infty }^{\infty } e^{-ax^{2}+bx+c}\,dx={\sqrt {\frac {\pi }{a}}}\,e^{{\frac {b^{2}}{4a}}+c}$$
 
@bloo trivial
the Gaussian becomes $1$
then you get deltas from the x integral
 

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