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Reposting my q

Seroius question: what is the average diameter of the human penis when erect

Integral of the diameter over the length of the penis, divided by the length of the penis.

Nigga u dum. dats da average diameter of A human penis, not THE human penis.

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THE human penis is my penis and I can confirm user is correct

Copying my post


Someone wanna explain how to use the normal form of a transition matrix to solve differential equations?

Currently working on
[eqn] \ddot{x} + 2 \dot{x} + x = 0 [/eqn]
Letting [math] v := \dot{x} [/math], gives
[eqn]

\begin{pmatrix}
\dot{v}\\
\dot{x}
\end{pmatrix} =
\begin{pmatrix}
-2 &-1\\
1 &0
\end{pmatrix}
\begin{pmatrix}
v\\x
\end{pmatrix}
[/eqn]
Letting the matrix equation be [math] \dot{X} = A X [/math]
The characteristic values are both 1.

And that's about as far as I can get with repeated characteristic values.
How do I find the rotation matrix P such that
[math] P \dot{X} = P A P^{-1} P X [/math]
I know that the normal form of A should be given by
[eqn] J = P A P^{-1} = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1\\ 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix} [/eqn]
and that if I find P, I can define U such that [math] U = P X [/math],
and use some easier differential equation solutions to solve the new [math] \dot{U} = J U [/math]

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