User talk:Frank Layden

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welcome
I just started editing. Frank Layden (talk) 14:55, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Writing my story "on location"
If you come to this page, have fun answering this question:

Has all life on Earth descended from a single bacterium that mutated to make the final optimization in the universal genetic code? Frank Layden (talk) 03:49, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes. Or,  no.  Or,  maybe.  Wait... what was the  question again?  ;-)   74.192.84.101 (talk) 00:23, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Douglas Youvan
I'm somewhat concerned about your emphasis on Douglas Youvan, given the history of banned users who edited that article (like User:Doug youvan). The fact that you post your question to various User Talk pages despite its irrelevance doesn't help your case.--Prosfilaes (talk) 05:29, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I am writing for a major publisher with a working title, "Biophysical Conjecture". If I am required to send a notarized copy of an ID somewhere, let me know. My engagement letter might also be available. While I am digging through material, I don't see why I shouldn't be improving Wikipedia articles on what I must become expert even beyond my own degree and work in physics.


 * The "irrelevant question" was meant as a jesture of friendship to you.Frank Layden (talk) 23:31, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Hello Frank, left you a reply over here; I believe Fordham and Mercer. User_talk:Bbb23. Congratulations on your upcoming publication, and thanks for improving wikipedia. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 00:12, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello
I am more than happy to help you in any way I can. GiantSnowman 20:06, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * You'll have to be a bit clearer than that I'm afraid. GiantSnowman 15:15, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

My first article?
If you pass by and see this and know something, let me know:

"However, the single isomer of clomifene, enclomiphene under the brand name Androxal, is currently under phase 2 trials for use in men." Frank Layden (talk) 22:54, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Humor: Einstein and Lorentz in the Twin Paradox
Einstein begins, “You know, Hendrik, people say we think so much alike we must be twins, but we are obviously different ages.” Lorentz responds, “Yeah, I know, it sort of a twin paradox – I think Siggie started that one. Forget it, let’s play marbles.” Lorentz said, “Here’s the rules. From a 50/50% mix of red and blue marbles we each have to put the blue marbles in a blue container and the red marbles in a red container.” Einstein responded, “I’ve done something like this before, and I noticed I get worse and worse as the number of items to sort gets larger and larger.” Being the mathematicians they are, they decided to give each other a 50/50% chance of winning. That meant doing some preliminary games to develop a handicap – like in golf.

First Lorentz tried it. Given 2 marbles to sort, he completed the task in 2 seconds. 4 marbles, 4 seconds; 10 marbles, 10 seconds, etc. Now, for Einstein: 2 marbles, 2 seconds; 4 marbles, 24 seconds; 10 marbles 3628800 seconds, etc. Lorentz said, “Looks like I scale linearly as x, as the number of marbles, increase … But, wow, Albert, you scale as a factorial, x!”. They both realized the handicap was x! / x, with Albert’s nonpolynomial rate (x!) on top of Hendrik’s simple polynomial rate (x). Einstein said, “I think I know how to normalize for our respective handicap using a new vehicle I just invented that runs on an E=mc^2 engine and dilates time (t) to t’ based on division of t by that equation you just discovered with ( 1 – (v^2 / c^2))^-0.5. We will have to neglect F = ma because it will be crushing and W = fd because of the consequential heat at the launch site.” Lorentz agreed and added, “Let’s play for the best rate, after normalization, because I don’t want to do all the integrals for total velocity and time!”

Einstein fret that he had problems naming the vehicle, “I found that Folks-Wagon is taken, so I called it a You-Van. In fact, you get in – because I am slower.” They worked out the math and found the necessary velocity for the handicap to sort 100 marbles:

t’ = t (( 1 – (v^2 / c^2 ))^-0.5)

solve for v, with c = 1:

v = ( t’^2 – t^2)^0.5) / t’

substitute the scaling factors:

v = (((x!)^2 – x^2)^0.5) / (x!)

enter actual numbers:

v = (((100!)^2 – 100^2)^0.5) / (100!)

Lorentz looked again and said, “Too bad Cook and Levin haven’t been born yet!” Einstein added, “Oops, we have to wait for Wolfram, too, as we need a lot of precise digits for this calculation. Another day …”

P.S. Hypothesis: P might approach NP as v approaches c, but most of the effect is in the velocity range (c == 1) between (c - 1/∞) and c. Frank Layden (talk) 22:47, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

--- I think Youvan made an error. "In fact, you get in – because I am slower." should read: "Because you are so slow, I will get in first". Frank Layden (talk) 15:02, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

In-line reference of a personal website
This is an example of the use of a very good, personal website in a Wikipedia article Hydrophobicity scales, see White, currently #34. Frank Layden (talk) 00:53, 11 February 2014 (UTC)