IPython Notebook for turning in solutions to the problems in the Essentials of Paleomagnetism Textbook by L. Tauxe

Problems in Chapter 1

Problem 1:

Given that:

$$ \nabla V_m = - \bigl( { {\partial}\over {\partial r} } { {m \cos \theta} \over {4 \pi r^2}} + { {1\over r} } { {\partial}\over {\partial \theta} } { { m\cos \theta}\over { 4 \pi r^2} } \bigr) $$

it follows that:

Complete this text using LaTeX formatting. see the above example. Notice how stand alone equations look like this: $$ Type your equation here $$ and inline math looks like this: $\alpha,\beta,\gamma$



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# code to calculate H_r and H_theta
import numpy as np
deg2rad=np.pi/180.  # converts degrees to radians
#  write code here to calculate H_r and H_theta and convert to B_r, B_theta


# This is how you print out nice formatted numbers
# floating point variables have the syntax:  
# '%X.Yf'%(FP_variable) where X is the number of digits and Y is the 
# number of didgets after the decimal.  
# uncomment this line to print
#print 'H_r= ','%7.1f'%(H_r), 'H_theta= ', '%7.1f'%(H_theta)
#  to format integers:  use the syntax:
# '%i'%(INT_variable)
#print 'B_r = ','%i'%(B_r*1e6), 'uT' # B_r in microtesla
#print 'B_theta =','%i'%(B_theta*1e6),'uT' # B_theta in microtesla

Problem 2a:

Some text to describe what you are doing. (Edit this!)



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#   to get  information from the user, you can use the command: 
# raw_input("TYPE A MESSAGE HERE"). For example:

Problem 2b:



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# take your program from 2a and modify it here to go back and forth.

Problem 3a:

a) This problem boils down to finding the value for ${\bf m}$ in Equation 1.8 in Chapter 1 that would give rise to a radial field of 10$\mu$T at a depth of 2890 km (radius of the Earth minus radius of the dipole source).

Write text here about how you solve the problem....



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# Write code here to calculate the moment, m and print it in ZAm^2

Problem 3b

b) To compare 10 $\mu$T with the field produced by an axial dipole of 80 ZAm$^2$, we need the second part of Equation 1.8 in the text:

Type your answer here with nice LaTeX formatting.



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# Write some code here that calculates H_r, H_theta, the total field
# in H and converted to microtesla.   Use nicely formated print statements 
# display your results.

Problem 4:

Write your answer in this markdown cell.



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