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In this case, the same way I would -- calling out to SymPy. Once you verify (with SymPy or another CAS, like Mathematica) that the given function has the claimed Jacobian determina…

I'm partial to Caratheodory's definition of the derivative, which avoid limits like the infinitesimal approach, but doesn't pull in all the extra baggage that come with infinitesim…

I think what's left unsaid in the paper is that if a Lorentz-invariant speed exists, then it is unique. (This is easy enough to show.) Therefore, once you show that the speed of li…

https://akalin.com I write very infrequently, but my favorite posts are: - Why is the Quintic Unsolvable? - https://www.akalin.com/quintic-unsolvability - A Gentle Introduction to …