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re: 17 equations that changed the world

Posted on 12/9/15 at 12:11 am to
Posted by Hammertime
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 12:11 am to
1st post ever not about Southern
Posted by Ole War Skule
North Shore
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 12:17 am to
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I'm surprised Bernoulli's equation is not on the list. Flight is pretty important and definitely changed the world.


It's not really settled yet. Not a few very smart guys have a good argument that it's not valid.
Posted by DrSteveBrule
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 12:55 am to
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Fourier transform close second.


The Fourier transform is pretty fricking fascinating.

Laplace also.
This post was edited on 12/9/15 at 12:58 am
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36419 posts
Posted on 12/9/15 at 12:57 am to
Based on your equation, you're hosting a part with no gin, with "tonic" is a party...

....not surprised you don't care
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 1:34 am to
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Where are some applications of Fourier transform in the real world?



Digital signal processing, such as filters used in cell phones, and providing compression for MP3 audio encoding.

DNA sequence comparison.

MRI imaging, Fast Fourier Transforms used to provide special information for image reconstruction from received signal.

Posted by motorbreath
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 1:47 am to
I always loved math and was very good at it until I got to Calculus. Maybe it was my teacher but I never could grasp it. I don't consider calculus to be math anymore. It's something else entirely.
Posted by Cheesy Beaver
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 2:13 am to
Enterprise value. Do you even properly include debt when valuing a company's buyout price brah?
Posted by Iron Lion
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 3:21 am to
Newton = smart mofo
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 3:38 am to
Navier stokes is so powerful, it can't even be solved

:coco2:
Posted by KG6
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:50 am to
I've forgotten pretty much aby of those that I've learned to derive before except for Newton''s calculous. I actually think that derivation is rather simple. Once you realize you are looking at the area on an xy plot, you see that the area can be defined as a bunch of tiny rectangles whose width approaches 0. So yes he had to invent the concept of limits and calculus to have a language to describe it and he's an absolute genius for being the one to do so, but I understand how he at least got the equation shown on that sheet . Not that I can do it or anything, but once it was explained, I see his thought process and can understand how someone got there. Now the levels that integration can be used is incredible and people don't seem to understand that it describes almost everything. Amazing calculus isn't a high school required course (at least when I was in school).

All the other equations are things that I don't even know how they started thinking of it.



Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 6:16 am to
I use #1 everyday
Posted by Errerrerrwere
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 6:21 am to
Fencing?
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 6:26 am to
No Common Core, list is shite.
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 6:37 am to
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Newton = smart mofo


So was Leibniz but Newton had a better agent.
Posted by CFDoc
Member since Jan 2013
2312 posts
Posted on 12/9/15 at 6:55 am to
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Navier stokes is so powerful, it can't even be solved



I wouldn't go so far as to say it 'can't' be solved.

However, if you do prove that it can be solved, there's a million dollars in cash with your name on it: LINK
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 6:58 am to
wait, I've been told that muslims invented serious math.

Are any of the guys on that list muslim?
Posted by eddieray
Lafayette
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:01 am to
Peeing must have been messy before Newton invented gravity.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:03 am to
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Fencing?


LOL.... I do lofting/steel detailing work. I used it a lot when I was an ironworker too.
Posted by CoachDon
Louisville
Member since Sep 2014
12409 posts
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:36 am to
Jeremih - "there's no oui without you and I"

oui = you + i
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
31635 posts
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:53 am to
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worded like he just made that shite up in an afternoon and used it to continue his discovery.

Well, thats basically what happened.

Its insane to think about.
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