November 28, 2007

November 28, 2007 Wednesday 8:57 PM

Notes Section


150 that matter


What I would like to do


I always wondered what those things 
were called.

Water Strider


Sounds like an ample
supply of interesting mathematics.

Crack of a Whip

But be sure to follow the 
trail to the papers..

The Fellow is from University of Arizona
"# Whip waves (PDF)
T. McMillen and  A. Goriely, Physica D, 2003
# The shape of a cracking whip (PDF)
A. Goriely and T. McMillen, 
Phys. Rev. Lett 2002, 88, # 244301.(PDF)
"



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