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The acceleration of a solar sail due to solar pressure <tex>\vec a_s</tex> given the position vector from the sun to the sail <tex>\vec r_s</tex> is: | The acceleration of a solar sail due to solar pressure <tex>\vec a_s</tex> given the position vector from the sun to the sail <tex>\vec r_s</tex> is: | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 22 May 2008
Mimetex
Mathematics can be displayed on SolarSailWiki using the Mimetex program, which uses a subset of the LaTeX math formulas. All you need to do is enclose a valid TeX/LaTeX formula inside <tex>...</tex> tags. Formulas will be rendered as GIF images.
- Mimetex documentation
- LaTeX documentation
- The Not so Short Introduction to LaTex - with a very complete chapter on typesetting mathematical formulas
Some examples:
<tex>\sqrt[3]{a x + x^2}</tex> produces
The acceleration of a solar sail due to solar pressure given the position vector from the sun to the sail
is:
where is max sail acceleration at Earth's distance from the sun (1 AU),
is the length of an astronomical unit,
is the magnitude of
, and
is the unit vector normal to the sail surface.
