He'll post that, no doubt, any day now.
I just talked to Anand. His girl is being confusing, sometimes with kissing, sometimes with "just hanging out" and not-dating. I know you are supposed to do sympathetic murmurs when that happens, but I couldn't help it. I kept trying to problem solve. He liked one solution. From now on, data! Time on the x-axis, affection on the y-axis. Once he figures out the underlying equation, it'll be much easier. An old ex told me I was a Bessel function, but he never told me which one or showed me the graph.
posted by Megan at 8:33 AM
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Erm, he didn't need to show you which graph --- he was telling you affection was oscillatory (ok) and decayed over time (not so good, no?)...
s.
If you haven't been, it seems like this is a site you might enjoy visiting. Lots of graphs and Venn diagrams. Maybe not enough real math for the true geek, but I've been enjoying it.
decayed over time (not so good, no?)...
Well, we were nineteen and twenty-two, so we didn't think we were getting married.
What kind of graph does it become when you think you're going to get married? Some kind of exponential decay?
Justin
Maybe oscillating, but still rising over time as your lives become more interwoven, is what I think.
If I actually had to graph a relationship, I'd say it looks more like a sinc pulse, with marriage coming at t=0.
You'd probably have to throw in some boundary conditions before and after t=0 to adjust the graph accordingly at the different stages, but, I think sinc(t) most naturally describes it.
Justin
Actually, I'm going to revise that, I'm going to say engagement comes at time t=0, then things go into a rapid free fall from there, what with the stress of planning a wedding and all.
Justin
Please post the data if you really get it. I'm very curious to see.
Personally, I'm hoping for something like Bessel function of the second kind for myself.
So far, so good.
A4
Well, Justin, almost surely engagement comes when the function is above 0 and, assuming continuity (Can we really assume it?), it's all downhill from there. :-D
Justin et. al. are arguing special cases now, with details that are down in the noise.
Back up though, Bessel's (sinc or otherwise) don't cover enough cases. Strict decay envelope clearly doesn't work for all cases.
s.
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