No kidding, straight out of my text book:
the tayl1 of the Taylor series, r(x, t0) is order |x-x0|2
1This misspelling of “tail” is standard in the literature for comic intent.
Note to self: there are much better ways to make math more amusing.
Later in the text: "sticky friction, or stiction, ...."
No footnote, no quotations, no apologies this time.
2 comments:
Stiction is exactly how I would describe my kitchen floor right now. (We seem to have had a bit of a spill.)
I think Television had a song about stiction....
well, almost.
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