LaTeX Exercise 1

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

Imports


In [1]:
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.


In [2]:
Image(filename='normaldist.png')


Out[2]:

$f(x, \mu, \sigma) = \frac{1}{\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}} e ^ { - \frac{(x - \mu)^2}{2\sigma^2} }$

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.


In [3]:
Image(filename='tdseqn.png')


Out[3]:

$ih \frac{\partial}{\partial t} \Psi(\mathbf{r}, t) = \left [ \frac{-h^2}{2\mu} \nabla^2 + V(\mathbf{r},t) \right] \Psi(\mathbf{r},t)$

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.


In [4]:
Image(filename='delsquared.png')


Out[4]:

$\Delta f = \frac{1}{r^2}\frac{\partial}{\partial r} \left ( r^2 \frac{\partial f}{\partial r} \right ) + \frac{1}{r^2 \sin \theta} \frac{\partial}{\partial \theta} \left ( \sin \theta \frac{\partial f}{\partial \theta} \right ) + \frac{1}{r^2 \sin^2 \theta} \frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial \psi^2} .$