Editing 2117: Differentiation and Integration
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'''{{w|Bessel function}}''' | '''{{w|Bessel function}}''' | ||
− | Bessel functions are the solution to the differential equation <math> x^2 \frac{ | + | Bessel functions are the solution to the differential equation <math> x^2 \frac{dy^2}{dx^2}+x \frac{dy}{dx}+(x^2-n^2)*y=0</math>, where n is the order of Bessel function. Though they do show up in some engineering, physics, and abstract mathematics, in lower levels of calculus they are often a sign that the integration was not set up properly before someone put them into a symbolic algebra solver. |
'''Phone calls to mathematicians''' | '''Phone calls to mathematicians''' | ||
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'''{{w|Symbolic integration}}''' | '''{{w|Symbolic integration}}''' | ||
− | Symbolic | + | Symbolic algebra is the basic process of finding an antiderivative function (defined with symbols), as opposed to numerically integrating a function. The title text is a pun that defines the term not as integration that works with symbols, but rather as integration as a symbolic act, as if it were a component of a ritual. A symbolic act in a ritual is an act meant to evoke something else, such as burning a wooden figurine of a person to represent one’s hatred of that person. Alternatively, the reference could be seen as a joke that integration might as well be a symbol, like in a novel, because Randall can't get any meaningful results from his analysis. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
:[Two flow charts are shown.] | :[Two flow charts are shown.] | ||