Using physics simulations to find targeting strategies in tenpin bowling
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·April 22, 2025joncrane
Question: the authors use the term "inhomogeneous" to describe the oil pattern. Is there a difference between heterogeneous and inhomogeneous?
TheJoeMan
Heterogeneous refers to a mix of dissimilar compounds, while inhomogeneous is more about a varying of properties throughout a single compound.
So in the abstract, the friction surface is called inhomogeneous because it's referring to the floor as one component with a varying friction coefficient.
fnord77
subtle difference: "heterogeneous" generally implies a mixture of distinct, separate elements or components, while "inhomogeneous" can refer to a lack of uniformity in properties within a single substance
at least in chem
VectorLock
Now lets see it with candlepin.
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Calwestjobs
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Sonnigeszeug
Its a physics paper and not a news paper article.
I do assume that the notion is used and also implies the 'resolution'/'precision' of that number.
Calwestjobs
why do people numbers need resolution, emphasis but dollar amounts does not?
Sonnigeszeug
One has a source, the other is a figure of speech without a source.
This reminds me of previous work showing where you should aim in darts (https://www.stat.cmu.edu/~ryantibs/darts/). Basically, if you're very accurate you should aim at the 20, but next to it are 1 and 5, so if you're less accurate there are more forgiving spots on the board.