2.14.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

2.14.2.1 Help find a bright object on Mars!

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=11819

In today’s news, scientists found a bright object on one of Curiosity’s photos (it’s near the bottom of the picture below). It’s a bit tricky to find - I actually spent quite some time staring at the ...

asked by Victor K. https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1351 198 votes

answered by Niki Estner https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=242 257 votes

2.14.2.2 Extract real part of a complex expression better than Re does

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I have a complex expression with real positive variables only.

Mathematica Input Style:

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answered by nixeagle https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=814 52 votes

2.14.2.3 Solving \(L=\frac {3}{2} \sqrt {4 \pi ^2 A^2+W^2}-\frac {\sqrt {5 W \sqrt {4 \pi ^2 A^2+W^2}+6 \pi ^2 A^2+3 W^2}}{\sqrt {2}}+\frac {3 W}{2}\) for \(W\)

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When I solve the aforementioned equation for \(W\) or \(A\) on Mathematica I get a long and ugly equation in return, namely one of the solutions for \(W\) is: (attempt to read at your own health)

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answered by Alexei Boulbitch https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=788 15 votes

2.14.2.4 How to ask Mathematica to imitate Andy Warhol’s pop-art painting?

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I tried to ask Mathematica to imitate Andy Warhol, let it convert a Marilyn Monroe’s portrait so that it looks like Warhol’s world famous pop-art painting.

However, the result shown below is far from ...

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answered by Dr. belisarius https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=193 65 votes

2.14.2.5 Cutting bagels into linked halves

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I recently came across this video: Mathematically correct breakfast, which shows how a bagel can be neatly sliced into two identical linked halves. I’d like to try this with Mathematica. Here’s a ...

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answered by Heike https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=46 76 votes

2.14.2.6 How to generate a random snowflake

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=39361

’Tis the season... And it’s about time I posed my first question on Mathematica Stack Exchange. So, here’s an holiday quest for you Graphics (and P-Chem?) gurus.

What is your best code for generating ...

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answered by Silvia https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17 181 votes

2.14.2.7 Finding unit tangent, normal, and binormal vectors for a given r(t)

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For my Calc III class, I need to find \(T(t), N(t)\), and \(B(t)\) for \(t=1, 2\), and \(-1\), given \(r(t)=\{t,t^2,t^3\}\).

I’ve got Mathematica, but I’ve never used it before and I’m not sure how to coerce ...

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