The kinetic energy of the three unit masses is . Expanding the potential gives
Thus the small-oscillation mass and stiffness matrices are
where is the all-ones matrix.
The vector is an eigenvector of the stiffness matrix with eigenvalue . Every vector orthogonal to it has coordinate sum zero and is an eigenvector with eigenvalue . Since , the generalized eigenvalue problem for small oscillations gives equal to these eigenvalues. One orthonormal choice of normal modes is
The last two may be replaced by any orthonormal basis of the sum-zero plane because the frequency is degenerate. Hence the normal frequencies are .
On the slit plane , choose
so that as . This branch cut gives, for , the boundary values
Integrate over the boundary of a large disk with a thin slit removed. The upper bank is traversed from to and the lower bank from to , so together they contribute
At infinity the Laurent series is
and hence the counterclockwise large-circle integral tends to . By the Cauchy integral theorem, the large-circle and slit-boundary contributions sum to zero. Therefore
which yields
For a radial function, the equation is
Therefore, assuming the population density and radial flux decay at infinity and are regular at the origin,
Thus is conserved; it is the total population obtained by integrating density over the plane. This is the global form of the equation's conservation law.
Set
Then
while the radial diffusion term has the same prefactor and equals
Equating them and multiplying by gives
so the proposed ansatz is a similarity solution.
Regularity at makes the constant of integration zero. Wherever ,
for some . The nonnegative weak solution continues as once this parabola reaches zero:
This is the two-dimensional Barenblatt profile for quadratic porous-medium diffusion; its degenerate diffusivity permits compact support.
Indeed, conservation requires
so if desired. At time the populated disk has radius and hence area
Treat the cell counts as independent Poisson random variables. Under independence of Month and Hospital, the independence log-linear model for a two-way contingency table is
with no Month–Hospital interaction. Compare its Poisson deviance with the appropriate upper quantile of a chi-squared distribution. This is the likelihood-ratio test of independence in a contingency table.
The approximation assumes independent counts with correctly specified Poisson means, identifiable parameters, and sufficiently large fitted cell means for the asymptotic chi-squared law to be accurate. Equivalently, one may condition on the margins and use the corresponding multinomial sampling formulation.
For the month table there are cells and independent model parameters, so the residual degrees of freedom are
Since
model 1 does not reject Month–Hospital independence at the level.
After combining months into four quarters, the table is , giving
degrees of freedom. Now
so model 2 rejects Quarter–Hospital independence at the level.
There is no contradiction. Relabelling twelve months as four quarters aggregates the contingency table, changes the null hypothesis, and reduces the degrees of freedom. The quarter-level hospital pattern is coherent enough to cross the much lower six-degree-of-freedom threshold even though the more detailed month-level omnibus test does not. This is an instance of how aggregation can change a contingency-table independence test.
Let a slowly varying wave have phase , wavevector , and angular frequency . The local dispersion relation is the Hamilton-Jacobi equation . Equality of mixed derivatives, followed along a curve with velocity , gives the Hamiltonian ray-tracing equations
Here is the total derivative evaluated along a ray, and is the group velocity.
For , , , and are conserved. If is the angle between the ray and the -axis, then and . Hence Snell's law is
For the ray launched with at , this constant is . Therefore
which proves
For , write . Since the ray and wavevector are parallel,
Near the upper turning point, put . Expansion gives
If at the turn, integration yields the local ray path
The ray is tangent to the line , turns smoothly, crosses , and repeats symmetrically between and . Increasing decreases , while sends the turning level outward.
The relation makes this a length-seven binary cyclic code. Since , the generator polynomial of a cyclic code gives
The polynomial itself is a codeword of Hamming weight three, so the minimum distance is at most three. A nonzero word of weight one cannot vanish at the nonzero element . If a weight-two word vanished there, then ; because has order seven and , this forces . Hence there are no nonzero words of weight below three, and
The equation gives in the finite field , and therefore
By the root-evaluation syndrome for a cyclic code, this is the syndrome of the single error . Since , minimum-distance decoding uniquely corrects one error. Subtracting and adding agree over , so the decoded codeword is
For each incompressible Stokes flow without body force, and
The divergence theorem gives
Incompressibility removes the pressure term, antisymmetric velocity-gradient parts do not contract with the symmetric stress, and the remaining integrand is , symmetric under . This proves the Lorentz reciprocal theorem for Stokes flow:
By Linearity of Stokes flow, the drag on a translating body is linear in its velocity, so . Apply the reciprocal theorem to two translation solutions with velocities and . Their surface velocities are constant and the far-field contribution vanishes, yielding
Since the two vectors are arbitrary,
Thus the hydrodynamic resistance matrix is symmetric and, for fixed fluid viscosity, depends only on body geometry.
A straight rod has fore-aft symmetry about its centre. Gravity acts through that centre, so the translational-rotational coupling and applied torque vanish. Kinematic reversibility of Stokes flow and Uniqueness of Stokes flow then rule out spontaneous rotation: the inclination remains constant.
Let the speed for perpendicular translation be . The given factor of two makes the parallel speed for the same force component. Resolving gravity parallel and perpendicular to the rod gives
Resolving these velocities horizontally and vertically gives
Therefore

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