enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Initial condition - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_condition

    A linear matrix difference equation of the homogeneous (having no constant term) form + = has closed form solution = predicated on the vector of initial conditions on the individual variables that are stacked into the vector; is called the vector of initial conditions or simply the initial condition, and contains nk pieces of information, n being the dimension of the vector X and k = 1 being ...

  3. Butterfly effect - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

    A plot of Lorenz' strange attractor for values ρ=28, σ = 10, β = 8/3. The butterfly effect or sensitive dependence on initial conditions is the property of a dynamical system that, starting from any of various arbitrarily close alternative initial conditions on the attractor, the iterated points will become arbitrarily spread out from each other.

  4. Entropy as an arrow of time - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_as_an_arrow_of_time

    For example, whenever dealing with a gas of particles, it is always assumed that its initial conditions are such that there is no correlation between the states of different particles (i.e. the speeds and locations of the different particles are completely random, up to the need to conform with the macrostate of the system). This is closely ...

  5. Initial value problem - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_value_problem

    An initial value problem is a differential equation ′ = (, ()) with : where is an open set of , together with a point in the domain of (,),called the initial condition.. A solution to an initial value problem is a function that is a solution to the differential equation and satisfies

  6. Principle of locality - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_locality

    An event at point cannot cause a result at point in a time less than = /, where is the distance between the points and is the speed of light in vacuum. The principle of locality plays a critical role in one of the central results of quantum mechanics.

  7. Stefan problem - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_problem

    This is accomplished by solving heat equations in both regions, subject to given boundary and initial conditions. At the interface between the phases (in the classical problem) the temperature is set to the phase change temperature. To close the mathematical system a further equation, the Stefan condition, is required. This is an energy balance ...

  8. Method of averaging - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_averaging

    Example: Restricting the time interval [ edit ] Figure 4: The plot depicts two fundamental quantities the average technique is based on: the bounded and connected region D {\displaystyle D} of the phase space and how long (defined by the constant c {\displaystyle c} ) the averaged solution is valid.

  9. Uncertainty principle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle

    where = is the reduced Planck constant.. The quintessentially quantum mechanical uncertainty principle comes in many forms other than position–momentum. The energy–time relationship is widely used to relate quantum state lifetime to measured energy widths but its formal derivation is fraught with confusing issues about the nature of time.