LaTeX Exercise 1

The images of the equations on this page were taken from the Wikipedia pages referenced for each equation.

Imports


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from IPython.display import Image

Typesetting equations

In the following cell, use Markdown and LaTeX to typeset the equation for the probability density of the normal distribution $f(x, \mu, \sigma)$, which can be found here. Following the main equation, write a sentence that defines all of the variable in the equation.


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Image(filename='normaldist.png')


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\begin{equation*} f(x,\mu,\sigma)=\frac{1}{\sigma \sqrt{2\pi}} e^-\frac{(x-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2} \end{equation*}

In the following cell, use Markdown and LaTeX to typeset the equation for the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for non-relativistic particles shown here (use the version that includes the Laplacian and potential energy). Following the main equation, write a sentence that defines all of the variable in the equation.


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Image(filename='tdseqn.png')


Out[5]:
\begin{equation*} i \hbar \frac {\partial}{\partial t} \Psi(\mathbf{r},t) = [\frac {-\hbar^2}{2\mu} \nabla^2 + V(\mathbf{r},t)]\Psi(\mathbf{r},t) \end{equation*}

In the following cell, use Markdown and LaTeX to typeset the equation for the Laplacian squared ($\Delta=\nabla^2$) acting on a scalar field $f(r,\theta,\phi)$ in spherical polar coordinates found here. Following the main equation, write a sentence that defines all of the variable in the equation.


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Image(filename='delsquared.png')


Out[6]:
\begin{equation*} \Delta f = \frac{1}{r^2} \frac{\partial}{\partial r} (r^2 \frac{\partial f}{\partial r}) + \frac{1}{r^2 \sin \theta} \frac{\partial}{\partial \theta} (\sin \theta \frac{\partial f}{\partial \theta}) + \frac{1}{r^2 \sin^2 \theta} \frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial \varphi^2} \end{equation*}

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