Late Morning Trivia: [Science/Math/Physics style]
Below are four equations. For a Ding name the equation/theorem. For a Ding Ding name the person generally credited with proving or discovering that equation. For a Ding Ding Ding name the century it happened! One equations per lounger till noon.
** Edited by UTPr0sim at 6/26/2025, 9:18:41 AM
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got credit for that one or when. It's much easier when the equation is named after the guy rather than the phenomena.
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European would be in KPS
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A. The Pythagorean Theorum by Pythagorus in about 530BC. Pythagorus proved the theorum, (QED!) but its been around since 1500 BC.
B. Newton's Gravitation Equation - Isaac Newton came up with this equation in 1687. Smart Cookie Isaac. Note this is an extension of Newton's F=ma
C. The wave equation. Derived by Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert in 1743. dAlembert worked off of Newton's equations to find the perfect equation for a modulating string and waves. I learned this one for the O in my AOE degree
D. Fourier Transformation. Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier developed his series of equations in 1822 to break down complex and messy data in to simpler linear behavier. This one was a prime function in the A part of my AOE degree.
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*wave equation - if it's the same wave equation
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He got his name on "d'Alembert's principle" instead.
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popular name. I learned as the wave equation attributed to d'Alembert. A rose, is a rose by any other name..
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for all sorts of imagine or signal processing (compression, etc.). It's a way of converting between the time domain and frequency domain. (Yes, I'm an engineering prof at VT).
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JDS, right?
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** Edited by JoesterVT at 6/26/2025, 11:05:17 AM
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** Edited by HokieJamie at 6/26/2025, 12:33:37 PM
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I had 6 quarters and I learned A. in Trig in HS. Or was it Geometry?
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...or was that Tartar? I could never figure out the difference....
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Co-ops alternated quarters
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called "Applied Partial Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems" (I still have the textbook). I paid a PhD math major $10/hr for tutoring, recommended by a classmate that had taken the class, when I needed it. He also helped in pointing out some of the problems that are likely to be on the exams. Ended up getting one of the two "A's" given in the class. I asked the PhD if this stuff came easy to him. He said no, he had/has to labor at it just like most of us.
** Edited by MikeVT85 at 6/26/2025, 10:45:37 AM
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Hint for me I discovered D late in my sophomore year and used it the rest of my AOE degree.
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was what I found. And Pythagorus died in 495BC
** Edited by UTPr0sim at 6/26/2025, 9:33:08 AM
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B looks very familiar.
Drawing a blank on C.
D looks a little familiar...
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