Showing posts with label ask heather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ask heather. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Ask Heather #2



Dear Heather,
If you were a glass of water, and you were on fire... would you pour yourself out??


Workin for the weekend,

Javier


Dear Javier,
I can't see how a glass or water could be on fire, but yes.


Keep it fresh,

Heather

Got a nagging question? Ask Heather. She knows.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Ask Heather #1

Dear Heather,
I'm trying to integrate a super exponential function in a convex domain, but I have a free boundary problem. What can I do?

-Virginia Boeing Small


Hey Ginny -
Free boundary problems can usually be fixed by putting up fences or making the superexponential functions wear electric collars. But those are negative reinforcement solutions. It's much easier if you make your convex domain a happy, peaceful, interesting place to live, and then maybe your super exponential function won't want to test the free boundaries at all.

Keep it fresh,
heather

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