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Problem39 33

This document discusses using a Taylor expansion to approximate the sine function when the input variable is close to some point. It then uses this approximation to calculate the probability (P) of a function (ψ) over a small volume (V) for two different cases where the reference points (x0, y0, z0) are different. In the first case, P is calculated to be 1.00 × 10-6 and in the second case P is calculated to be 8.00 × 10-6.

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Problem39 33

This document discusses using a Taylor expansion to approximate the sine function when the input variable is close to some point. It then uses this approximation to calculate the probability (P) of a function (ψ) over a small volume (V) for two different cases where the reference points (x0, y0, z0) are different. In the first case, P is calculated to be 1.00 × 10-6 and in the second case P is calculated to be 8.00 × 10-6.

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33: Following the hint:


If we Taylor expand sin( ax ) about a point x0 , we get f ( x0 )  f ( x0 )( x  x0 )     
sin( ax0 )  a cos(ax0 )( x  x0 )    . If x  x0 is small we can even ignore the first order term
and sin( ax )  sin ( ax0 ).
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 2  πx 
For us x  x0  0.01L which is small compared to L so ψ ( x, y, z )    sin  0 
 L  L 
 πy   πz 
 sin  0  sin  0 .
 L   L 
L
a)  x0  y0  z0 
4
6
 2
3
π  2
3
 2
  
2 6
P ψ dV    sin 6   V     2  (0.01L)  1.00  10 .
3

L
  4
   L  
1
b)  x0  y 0  z 0 
2
3 3
 2 π 2

2
P ψ dV    sin 6   V    (0.01 L) 3  8.00  10 6.
 L  2  L

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