{"id":76129,"date":"2015-04-15T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?guid=d219027b390666963ee0c695b770d360"},"modified":"2015-04-15T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T00:00:00","slug":"a-pade-approximant-approach-to-two-kinds-of-transcendental-equations-with-applications-in-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?p=76129","title":{"rendered":"A Pad\u00e9 approximant approach to two kinds of transcendental equations with applications in physics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this paper, we obtain the analytical solutions of two kinds of transcendental equations with<br \/>\nnumerous applications in college physics by means of the Lagrange inversion theorem. Afterwards we<br \/>\nrewrite them in the form of a ratio of rational polynomials by a second-order Pad\u00e9 approximant from<br \/>\na practical and instructional perspective. Our method is illustrated in a pedagogical manner for the<br \/>\nbenefit of students at the undergraduate level. The approximate formulas introduced in the paper can<br \/>\nbe applied to abundant examples in physics textbooks, such as Fraunhofer single-slit diffraction,<br \/>\nWien\u2019s displacement law, and the Schr\u00f6dinger equation with single- or double- \u03b4 potential. These<br \/>\nformulas, consequently, can reach considerable accuracies according to the numerical results;<br \/>\ntherefore, they promise to act as valuable ingredients in the standard teaching curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this paper, we obtain the analytical solutions of two kinds of transcendental equations with<br \/>\nnumerous applications in college physics by means of the Lagrange inversion theorem. Afterwards we<br \/>\nrewrite them in the form of a ratio of rational polynom&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-76129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rss-fuusikaharidus","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}