Related papers: Lambert W function and hanging chain revisited
After defining in detail the Lambert $W$-function branches, we give a large number of exact identities involving (infinite) symmetric functions of these branches, as well as geometrically convergent series for all the branches. In doing so,…
The Wigner functions on the one dimensional lattice are studied. Contrary to the previous claim in literature, Wigner functions exist on the lattice with any number of sites, whether it is even or odd. There are infinitely many solutions…
Problems formulated in terms of logarithmic or exponential equations often use the Lambert $W$ function in their solutions. Expansions, approximations and bounds on $W$ have been derived in an effort to gain a better understanding of the…
The Lambert W function was introduced by Euler in 1779, but was not well-known until it was implemented in Maple, and the seminal paper of Corless, Gonnet, Hare, Jeffrey and Khuth was published in 1996. In this note we describe a simple…
In this work, we have taken up some distributions, mostly Weibull family, whose quantile functions could not be obtained using the traditional inversion method. We have solved the same quantile functions by using the inversion method only,…
When a falling ball chain strikes a surface, a tension is created that pulls the chain downward. This causes a downward acceleration that is larger than free-fall, which has been observed by recent experiments. Here a theoretical…
A new equation is proposed to explain the curvature of spent sparklers. We found the state of a segment of the sparkler to depend strongly on the state of its spent segments. The equation is nearly able to produce the sparkler shape for a…
We present a new approach to examine transient dynamics in a class of non-autonomous delay differential equations. Exact solutions for these equations are obtained using the Lambert W function alongside an appropriately chosen initial…
The harmonic chain is a classical many-particle system which can be solved exactly for arbitrary number of particles (at least in simple cases, such as equal masses and spring constants). A nice feature of the harmonic chain is that the…
Based on a Problem and its solution published on the pages of SIAM Review, we give an interesting integral representation for the Lambert $W$ function in this short note. In particular, our result yields a new integral representation for…
In this paper we introduce the $p$-adic analogue of the Lambert $W$ function, and study its main properties.
Lambert's problem is a classical boundary value problem in analytical mechanics. It arises when trying to determine the energy required to place a particle, subject to a central gravitational potential, in a "free fall" trajectory…
We discuss a new type of delay differential equation that exhibits resonating transient oscillations. The power spectrum peak of the dynamical trajectory reaches its maximum height when the delay is suitably tuned. Furthermore, our analysis…
In this paper, the notion of the catenary curve in the sphere and in the hyperbolic plane is introduced. In both spaces, a catenary is defined as the shape of a hanging chain when its potential energy is determined by the distance to a…
The motion of weights attached to a chain or string moving on a frictionless pulley is a classic problem of introductory physics used to understand the relationship between force and acceleration. Here, we consider the dynamics of the chain…
In my 2011 Annals of Applied Statistics article [Goerg (2011)] I wrote that "Whereas the Lambert $W$ function plays an important role in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and other fields, it has not yet been used in statistics."…
It is shown that the scattering length can be obtained by solving a Riccati equation derived from variable phase theory. Two methods of solving it are presented. The equation is used to predict how long-range interactions influence the…
In the present work, we introduce the Lambert-Tsallis Wq function. It is a generalization of the Lambert W function, that solves the equation Wq(x)expq(Wq(x)) = x, where expq(x) is the q-exponential used by Tsallis in nonextensive…
It has been known for more than 300 years that the shape of an inelastic hanging cable, chain, or rope of uniform linear mass density is the graph of the hyperbolic cosine, up to scaling and shifting coordinates. But given two points at…
In this work, we establish the response of scalar systems with multiple discrete delays based on the Laplace transform. The time response function is expressed as the sum of infinite series of exponentials acting on eigenvalues inside…