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04:29
Hello. Good morning. Are you on this question?
yep
got it.. but was too late :(
People(Potato) is too fast, indeed! :P
I'm on that, too. Seems like a 'irrational' day!
*an! (Grammar).:P
lol
Will serve as good Olympiad questions :P
04:43
Yeah. RMO level, maybe. INMO guys will crack it in 10 min. ;)
true true..
Are you trying to get a solution or proving them irrational?
Well, I converted it into a diophantine. I am trying to find a solution...
This is interesting.
$x^4+y^2=z^2$ hasn't got any solutions in integers. How about rational solutions?
05:21
i was trying rational only
But...
:(
I wish I had matlab...
Ah... there is another interesting question: Do you know a circle in the co-ordinate plane that misses all the rational points?
The same question put in another way, isn't it?
hmm.. is it?
i dont think so
this question is stronger
What I am asking is simpler...
Look at my answer. I'm not quite sure. That's not very rigorous.
Graph of x^4+y^2=1 gives a weird looking graph.
Is it enough? Or do I need a more stronger statement?
And I don't think there is such circle.
05:43
wait
I was answering something else
Cheating, man! :P
:)
considering your last step... Did you have a simpler explanation than math.stackexchange.com/questions/153546/solving-x4-y4-z2
.. Those are trivial I believe. Using the fact : 'No right triangle with integral sides has area that is an integral square.'
05:58
Anyway, I have not heard of the right angled triangle area thingy before..
That's Fermat's corollary ..
Woah. This has got such a nice closed form solution. :O
I am surprised it is even true.. Let me try some numbers!
06:18
Are you trying that?
well.. I am thinking about it... (and doing some extra work).
Did you find an interesting problem?
Integral, one?
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Q: How can I calculate $\displaystyle \int \frac{\sec x\tan x}{3x+5}\,\mathrm dx$

juantheronHow can I calculate $\displaystyle \int \frac{\sec x\tan x}{3x+5}\,\mathrm dx$ My Try:: $\displaystyle \int \frac{1}{3x+5}\left(\sec x\tan x \right)\,\mathrm dx$ Now Using Integration by Parts:: We Get $\displaystyle = \frac{1}{3x+5}\sec x +\int \frac{1}{(3x+5)^2}\sec x\,\mathrm dx$ Now My...

that does not have an elementary function answer!
Or this one. It will be so difficult to discuss the solution in the class.
we cant discuss this in class because most 12th std people do not know contour integration.
Thats the most powerful integrating tool
06:27
This is fun.
we did that in class :)
If you want fun integrals (and almost inexhaustible collection at that!), check out Kunny in mathlinks site
Join that site... It has awesome IMO questions too
The question we discussed was so ready-made . :P None would think of substituting x=tan y, unless it is Chris's Wise sister(The question was asked by him/her, ironic).:P
I know, I have been there. Didn't sign up. Looked pretty boring.:P
the forum is boring... but Kunny's integral collection is the best there
By the way, whenever you see $1+x^2$, there is a pretty natural itch to substitute $x = tan \theta$, so I would say that the substitution was ready made as well :P
Check his answers. He is too good at integrals.
Ah! Yes I know
06:38
Okay. . Give the same question in the class today. Lets see how many come up with complete solution. (I won't answer.:P)
Please... your class...(Sigh) only two or three people are awake... I will try it with the other class as well!
Are you up-voting my previous answers? :P
I was
Not today though
Well, yes. Our class' has got Chemistry as their favorite subject.;)
06:41
Someone else' is digging my profile. :P
Tell me ONE good thing about chemistry?(Other winning noble prize in that :P )
Dude, I am not the best person to ask
I was trying to figure that out too.
What are you doing right now? Post graduate in ...?
Now I just dont bother :P
Ph.D in Electrical Communication
06:43
Is that fun?
Maybe you should more details in your profile. (You will get a Autobiographer badge :P)
*an.:(
*add . ah!
I want to be a math Ninja
Sounds great. . You should start proving Riemann. :P
Which question are you on now?
none
I am setting que. papers for you people
Question papers? For discussing?
07:01
nope
practice tests
Wait!
Riemann??
A math Ninja is someone who secretly 'math's. His identity is not supposed to be known...
07:20
Yeah . I know. User17762 is math ninja for instance. :P
Practice tests? We will be having integrals' test? At last, had three chem tests in a row.
How do you integrate this?
i cant read that
latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?$\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\dfrac{\cos^2&space;x}{1+a^x}dx
That isn't appearing properly. How do you use latex in this room?
Integrating (cos^2 x)/(1+a^x) from -pi to pi.
Any hints?
07:57
Are you still there?
 
1 hour later…
09:16
Ya...
I'm struggling with that integral.
And yeah, a question in your complex numbers DPP. I still don't get it how.
Proving that average of k sin k(k=2,4,6 ..180) is cot 1. How's it solved?
09:49
dude for that integral, just use the f(a+b-x) trick and add the integral to itself and write it in two different ways,
The limits are -pi to pi, you get 0 when you add it. How you go about now?
so replace x by -x
Now a^{-x}
Oh. Okay how about the complex number quest? Any hints?
 
5 hours later…
14:48
Look at the second solution. I was about to hint you about expanding sin(101x). My bad! :P

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