[CS-FSLUG] Calculus
Yama Ploskonka
Yama at veritasacademy.net
Thu May 25 09:58:58 CDT 2006
Thank you, Clinton, yet much of what you say is FOAF evidence.
As a physicist working in optics, do you have one - not asking for more
of your time - one example of something specific _you_ have calculated
using calculus? Just one. Equation very much appreciated. To make it
more enticing: I will hang that one on my wall, by the computer, and
get my wife to explain it to me until I get it. I mean, I'm supposedly
a bright kid, I should be able to get that Calculus...
I hope that NDA is not a problem with you as it is with Dave...
Thanks
Yama
Clinton Evans wrote:
> I use calculus routinely in the course of my work.
<FOAF>
> It is an immensely useful
> tool for a wide range of problems. Every time a mechanical engineer works out
> a center of gravity or a moment of inertia he uses calculus. Every time an
> electrical engineer works an AC network problem, he uses calculus. In terms
> of dollars per equation, Every time an orbital mechanics person works out how
> to get a space craft to Neptune, he uses calculus.
>
> Maxwell's Equations are the most economically important piece of physics in
> the past 200 years and calculus is at the heart of the theory. It is
> fundamental to everything from radio through power generation and
> transmission to physical optics. It also provided the most important clue
> leading to relativity. Talking of relativity, calculus is also fundamental to
> general relativity.
</FOAF>
> I am a physicist and work in optics. My use of calculus is so diverse it is
> hard to know where to start but here is a short list:
>
> Optical Coatings
> Polarization
> Optimization
> Radiometry
> Diffraction Theory
> Geometric Optics (Fermat's Principle)
>
> Quite apart from its utility, calculus is also interesting. It has its own
> beauty and is as worthy of study as anything in literature, the arts or any
> phenomenon of the physical world.
>
> Clinton
>
>
> On Wednesday 24 May 2006 13:24, Yama Ploskonka wrote:
>> David Aikema wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>>> With degrees in French Lang & Lit, and certification as an elementary
>>> school teacher, I'm unsurprised that you speak of not having used
>>> calculus outside of school.
>> ouch!
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