Lambert W Function

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  @Profu-de-Blues · 1 year ago

  When your name starts with L but your function is a W 💀

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  @Pragg. · 2 years ago

  Ah yes it has a "W" for a reason

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• AL

  @alter5066 · 2 years ago

  chat is this a w function

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• BE

  @begufibegufi6355 · 2 years ago

  There are some teachers that show you how smart they are. And there are teachers the teach you how to solve. You are the perfect example the latter one.

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  @thethievingmonkey · 2 years ago

  First semester of Mech Engineering, a professor gave us a task to solve an equation to find the ideal chord length for an airplane wing. He didn't tell us the equation was unsolvable via elementary functions, essentially the point was having students crack heads at it until figuring out they couldn't solve it analytically and needed to use some numerical method, a valuable lesson going into engineering. Instead I did some research online and found the Lambert W function and managed to solve the equation with it. I'm not sure if he was impressed or mad that I avoided the main point of the exercise, but I did get a 10.

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• ST

  @steelspear · 2 years ago

  The best thing is I learn Math from your videos without getting bored. Thats a mark of a great teacher.

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• JA

  @jayniesgottagun · 2 years ago

  You are cool. My dad was a math and science teacher for over 40 years (a great benefit for me). He instilled in me a love of math. I'm glad I found your channel. It's time to reclaim my lost working years now that I'm retired.

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  @darrynreid4500 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m a Principal Scientist in mathematics and theoretical computer science (mainly) and still enjoy your videos. I&apos;m not a teacher (unless you count the odd PhD), so I really admire your skill at teaching, which is something I don&apos;t really have.<br>My wife is giggling, teasing me about - erhem - watching another guy solving him some sexy little equation. 😊

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• MI

  @missoss · 2 years ago

  Easily the best intro to the Lambert W on YouTube.

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• BR

  @brokenamigo4880 · 2 years ago

  i dont know were these functions are used i am here for the vibe this man has

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• CH

  @christianlibertarian5488 · 2 years ago

  This is the perfect level of math for me. I haven’t done this stuff for forty years, and it feels good to get back to it.

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• DD

  @ddognine · 2 years ago

  Great job for an introduction to the Lambert W function. It is important to point out though, that unlike logs, the Lambert W function is multi-valued between [-1/e, 0). Therefore, you have to be careful when using it.

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