Science & Mathematics - 23 October 2006

If T is a contraction mapping, how could i show that T^n (i.e. T raise to the power n) is also a contraction mapping???
please help me out??? I hav to submit the proof tommorow...

2006-10-23 07:13:42 · 3 answers · asked by chemical engineer 1 in Mathematics

2006-10-23 07:10:46 · 1 answers · asked by Javier 1 in Physics

My daughter is a visual person...I would like to find a website that has all the states and their capitals for her to start learning them. Anyone know of a good one?

2006-10-23 07:02:26 · 1 answers · asked by Jen-Jen 6 in Geography

The dream i had was really freaky. Im im my moms room. when all of the sudden it gets lk really dark. i look out the window and see it is raining its dark foggy and blue looking. i turn back around and theres these little kids ranging in age from lk 2-5 there sitting aroud in my moms room staring at me their blue looking and almost look as if their clear. there eyes are read and their dressed in clothes that you would see a kid wearing in the 1800's!

2006-10-23 06:59:22 · 11 answers · asked by Sabrina B 2 in Other - Science

I am from germany and a fiew people say that it depends of living in the north or the south half of the earth. My swirl turns clockwise, does an australian swirl really turn unclockwise?
Sorry for the bad english.

2006-10-23 06:58:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

A ball of mass 0.120 kg is dropped from rest from a height of 1.25 m. It rebounds from the floor to reach a height of 0.600 m. What impulse was given to the ball by the floor?

2006-10-23 06:58:27 · 2 answers · asked by activegirl 1 in Physics

Me and brother in law are building a shed. the center of the roof is 6ft from the edge. the hieght to the top is 42" maybe off by two inches, measured to inside the 2x4. Anyway anyone tell me how to obtain the angle of the roof with this info. We were aiming for around 30 degrees but while on the roof it seemed a heck of a lot steeper.

2006-10-23 06:58:22 · 3 answers · asked by Grev 4 in Other - Science

pure example

2006-10-23 06:57:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

2006-10-23 06:56:32 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Science

I am a firm believer in Creationism, and Jesus Christ. why do people put so much faith in evolution, I honestly want to know.

2006-10-23 06:54:05 · 20 answers · asked by resistance fighter1 3 in Biology

2006-10-23 06:51:39 · 5 answers · asked by vinceandtrina 1 in Mathematics

Which of the following is the LCM of 14, 22, and 308? Is it: 22, 154, 308, or 14 ??

2006-10-23 06:49:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

2006-10-23 06:48:58 · 9 answers · asked by GREENSIDE53 2 in Earth Sciences & Geology

2006-10-23 06:47:46 · 6 answers · asked by MN S 1 in Physics

or would you stay on Earth?

2006-10-23 06:45:18 · 12 answers · asked by connie 1 in Astronomy & Space

if we are searching on some other planet for life what is that thing that we should b looking 4. it it somthing that can breath? or somth that cam multiply? of somth that can move ? somth that can react to somthing ?or wath?

2006-10-23 06:43:21 · 7 answers · asked by piyush k 1 in Other - Science

2006-10-23 06:43:08 · 17 answers · asked by Peter W 2 in Astronomy & Space

These points have a special name and I cannot seem to find the answer anywhere!

2006-10-23 06:42:27 · 6 answers · asked by niknak2two 1 in Mathematics

If you have not studied dark energy or dark matter do not bother answering - I would like to hear some intellectuals speak.

2006-10-23 06:42:08 · 10 answers · asked by Christian Paragon 3 in Astronomy & Space

These points have a special name and I cannot seem to find the answer anywhere!

2006-10-23 06:42:07 · 5 answers · asked by niknak2two 1 in Mathematics

2006-10-23 06:40:52 · 5 answers · asked by robert w 1 in Engineering

have there been any moon sightings in england today?

2006-10-23 06:40:23 · 4 answers · asked by kammyno1manufan 1 in Astronomy & Space

it may from other botany or zoology

2006-10-23 06:36:12 · 14 answers · asked by maha 2 in Biology

1.) From CuSO4*H20, The first weight was 1.57g, when heated, .57g of Suso4 was Left, How many Moles of Water(H20) was Lost?

2.) Magnesium Acetate*H20, the first weight was .84g, when heated, .43g of Magnesium Acetate was left behind. How many Moles of Water(H20) was lost? Thanks! (Show how you got it)

2006-10-23 06:33:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Chemistry

2006-10-23 06:32:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

2006-10-23 06:32:03 · 2 answers · asked by ibid 3 in Chemistry

As a cross check it was also dated using radium and was found to contain 32% of its original amount. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. If we assume the dating procedures are accurate, what is the half-life of radium (to the nearest year)?

2006-10-23 06:29:17 · 2 answers · asked by thebeautiful08 1 in Mathematics

I am wondering if two 4" hydrulic pistons have the same power as one 8" inch piston? My brother says that one 8" piston is stronger than two 4's? I think it they should be about the same, although there might be a difference in the size of hydraulic pumps needed? Thanks

2006-10-23 06:28:47 · 6 answers · asked by myidbob55 1 in Engineering

In the classical problem where a bullet is shot as a monkey as the monkey drops off a tree branch, does the monkey get hit, or does the bullet hit the monkey?
I know the answer is that the monkey gets shot, but can you explain it using physics terms?

2006-10-23 06:25:16 · 9 answers · asked by indrul1 3 in Physics

Describe with the aid of examples and suitable diagrams.

2006-10-23 06:23:57 · 13 answers · asked by Sujica 1 in Zoology