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Math help pls

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cbj
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So the position of a simple harmonic oscillator is given by Acos(wt+phi) or Ee^(-i(wt+phi)) where A and E are constants and w is omega. Can someone tell me how the shit you can raise the natural number to negetive i times wt+phi and end up with a completely real solution?
Jan 28 2013 4:57PM
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RimJobber
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Yes.
Jan 28 2013 4:58PM
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WPoch
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What is this i dont even
Jan 28 2013 4:59PM
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cbj
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Impossibruuuuuu
Jan 28 2013 5:00PM
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WPoch
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You actually answered his question...
Jan 28 2013 5:01PM
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Hammyslapwagon
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Jan 28 2013 5:03PM
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RimJobber
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No. It's 56.3
Jan 28 2013 5:04PM
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FatWhore
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34.52567
Jan 28 2013 5:05PM
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RimJobber
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Trust me. I'm an engineer
Jan 28 2013 5:05PM
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vandersteeze
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use eulers identity

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Jan 28 2013 5:19PM
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vandersteeze
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with x = wt+phi
Jan 28 2013 5:20PM
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cbj
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I get that much, where it comes from but where does the i*sin(x) go?
Jan 28 2013 5:32PM
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whoa-dere
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your username stands for cunt blowjob
Jan 28 2013 5:42PM
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chicken
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both the real and imaginary parts of the complex number must satisfy the differential equation on their own.
Jan 28 2013 5:48PM
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chicken
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actually I have an old book that explains it well and quite concisely. I'll post it here for you
Jan 28 2013 5:50PM
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Steve-Brown
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what math class is this....shit....

Jan 28 2013 5:53PM
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spliff.Life
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i havent taken math for several years, but from whats been posted, would you set your first natural number to i power to isinx+cos x and theyll either square or cancel
Jan 28 2013 5:58PM
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chicken
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you might just need the last page but I included the whole section just in case.

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Jan 28 2013 6:16PM
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Mitchell.
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dont understand this shit but +K for going out of your way to help
Jan 28 2013 6:17PM
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cbj
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That actually makes sense. So the real and imaginary parts are handled as separate solutions... Much better than having a complex solution with real and imaginary parts.
Jan 30 2013 8:03PM
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Darth.Maul
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Don't you just love math!? I sort of miss Calculus, Stats isn't very mathy so far :(

All math nerds UNITEEEEE!!!
Jan 30 2013 9:28PM
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SFB
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the answer would be -223oi423i4uy3234873849ryoiesufhbkjlsdnvdfgjdffsadf3wor8ewruiwr934 to the tenth power.
Jan 30 2013 9:33PM
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Krokodile
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I just took Calc 4 and an Electrical Engineering class where I learned this shit.

And I remember none of it.

Sorry.
Jan 30 2013 9:36PM
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chicken
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just out of curiosity, what is calc 4?

I've never heard of it before. Is it what you call introductory ODE's?
Jan 31 2013 5:31PM
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Wallisch_pl
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lost
Jan 31 2013 5:34PM
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Krokodile
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Yeah, at my school its full name is Calculus 4: Elementary Differential Equations, and it's the highest level math most technical majors have to take.  The next level splits into things like partial differential equations, real, complex, and numerical analysis, discrete math, and some others I can't remember.
Feb 1 2013 10:02AM
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act.resist
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cum bitch junk
Feb 1 2013 10:30AM
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sober_sadface
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da lolz

Feb 1 2013 10:50AM
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Fluttershy
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Did you try setting it to wumbo?
Feb 1 2013 12:40PM
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act.resist
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I wumbo, you wumbo, he, she, me wumbo. WUMBO. wumboing. we'll have three wumbo. wumborama. wumbology. the STUDY of WUMBO? It's first grade
Feb 1 2013 12:52PM
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cbj
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Patrick
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