07-17-2009, 11:28 PM
Quote:I believe that that was the operator that transformed Napoleon from an emperor to a prisoner. Highly advanced math, indeed.:)
Quote:Second, there are relationships (including some partial differential equations) that have multiple solutions such that the sum of the solutions is also a solution. Again, the important concept is that it is a sum of solutions -- again a linear combination.This is what I didn't realize - that this too is called linear. I took linear algebra but forgot it by the time I was done so I was stuck on linearity like a line is linear. The rest I get - thanks.