The Tenth Muse

[Erasmus]

ERASMUS HAS COMMANDERED THIS PREVIOUSLY EMPTY THREAD FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPREADING HIS LIMITLESS KNOWLEDGE. ASK ANY QUESTION AND YOU SHALL BE ENLIGHTENED.

[Allan]

Help!

Question: Please find the areas of the surfaces generated by revolving the polar coordinate curves about the indicated axis.

r = sqrt (cos(2theta)) 0<= theta <= pi/4 about the x axis

thanks

[Erasmus]

ERASMUS WILL ANSWER THE GODS OF BARBEAU'S BOX.

1. USE A DOUBLE INTEGRAL TO FIND THE AREA OF THE LEMNISCATE r=sqrt(cos(2theta))
HENCE The integral is int(theta= 0 to PI/4){int(r= 0 to sqrt(cos(2theta)) r dr} dtheta.

I WILL NOT CALCULATE THIS, SINCE I HAVE RUN OUT OF ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES AND LOST THE TRANCE THAT GUIDED MY HAND. YET LIKE THE ORACLE AT DELPHI I HAVE GLANCED CYRPTIC HINTS THAT MAY AID YOU.

1. GRAPH IT.
http://www.answers.com/topic/lemnisc...cos-2theta-png
2. SINCE IT IS ABOUT THE X AXIS YOU MAY HAVE TO USE SYMMETRY TO FIND YOUR ANSWER... I.E. DOUBLE YOUR ANSWER.

THAT IS ALL ERASMUS SHALL DO. ERASMUS IS FAR TOO IMPORTANT TO ANSWER SIMPLE MATH EQUATIONS..BESIDES THERE ARE EASIER WAYS TO GAINING ENLIGHTENMENT GENESIS. JOIN MY REVOLUTION AND ALL WILL BECOME CLEAR.

[Barbeau]

What is your password? What is your real name? What is your billing information? What is your e-mail address?

[Allan]

and what hall at Washu do you stay in?

[Erasmus]

THESE QUESTIONS ARE ERRONEOUS. ONE SHOULD QUESTION HOW ONE CAN AID ERASMUS'S REVOLUTION.

THIS QUESTION IS INFINITELY MORE RELEVANT AND WILL REQUIRE MUCH MEDITATION OR ZEPPELIN USAGE TO FIND ENLIGHTENMENT. THOUGH SOME THINGS ARE OBVIOUS.

1) TURNING OVER ALL YOUR MATERIAL WEALTH TO THE CHURCH OF ERASMUS TO BETTER SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF THE REVOLUTION IS AN INDESCRIBABLE RELIGIOUS ECSTASY.

[Erasmus]

ERASMUS GROWS WEARY WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. HE WILL TAKE MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS.

I HAVE ALSO DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A GUIDE TO THE REVOLUTION FOR ALL TO SEE AND HEAR SO THAT THE WORD OF ERASMUS MAY SPREAD. vive la revolution

[Cindy]

what is the meaning of life?

[Erasmus]

CINDY, ERASMUS IS GLAD THAT YOU HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION, WHICH ERASMUS WILL ANSWER IN TWO PARTS.

1) FOR THE INFIDEL, THEIR ONLY PURPOSE IS TO JOIN THE CHURCH OF ERASMUS AND REPENT FOR TIME SPENT AS HERETICS.

2) THOSE ALREADY PART OF THE CHURCH OF ERASMUS ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION FOR THEY HAVE BEEN ENLIGHTENED.
vive la revolution.

[Chimera]

What is the purpose of using all caps?