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  1. 14 minutes ago, uncool said:

    There are countably many triplets of integers (a, b, c) such that a^2 + b^2 = 2c^2. There's even a method to find them.

    Do you know how to find a triplet (a, b, c) such that a^2 + b^2 = c^2?

    a=2mn, b=m^2-n^2,c=m^2+n^2

  2. I have two instruments for measuring my blood pressure, arm and wrist.  The diastolic readings (lower) tend to agree.  However the systolic (higher) readings tend to be far apart.  The arm reading runs about 30 points higher.  Is this a meaningful difference or a sign of instrument error?

  3. 22 hours ago, uncool said:

    This isn't exactly true; the actual definition involves lots of "there exists" and "for all"s. If the function is nice enough, then yes, this "pseudo-proof" tells you that the second derivative must be equal to the expression given; however, the second derivative does not necessarily exist.

    I have assumed all these niceties are in place, so I answered the question as posed.

  4. Late night thunderstorm - lightning appeared to hit less than a few hundred feet from house.  Immediate effect  - light in hall (ordinary bulb dimmed) went out, although electric power was still on (electric clock still working).  Ten minutes later light in hall comes back on.  How can an ordinary light bulb behave this way?

     

  5. I presume there is something which prevents the weight from sinking.  Weight of water in tube equals weight of water in basin + 10 kg.  If wight sinks to the bottom, it can be ignored and the weight in the basis = weight in tube.

  6. Energy is used to describe photons, etc. which have no rest mast.  Pure is a popular term which means there are no particles with mass, such as electrons, quarks, etc.  The fundamental question that is under discussion here is why is there matter now?

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