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| Now, to the Example. | | Now, to the Example. |
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| + | Once again, let us begin with a 1-feature alphabet <math>\mathcal{X} = \{ x_1 \} = \{ x \}.</math> In the discussion that follows I will consider a class of trajectories that are ruled by the constraint that <math>d^k x = 0\!</math> for all <math>k\!</math> greater than some fixed <math>m,\!</math> and I will indulge in the use of some picturesque speech to describes salient classes of such curves. Given this finite order condition, there is a highest order non-zero difference <math>d^m x\!</math> that is exhibited at each point in the course of any determinate trajectory. |
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| + | Relative to any point of the corresponding orbit or curve, let us call this highest order differential feature <math>d^m x\!</math> the ''drive'' at that point. Curves of constant drive <math>d^m x\!</math> are then referred to as ''<math>m^\text{th}\!</math> gear curves''. |
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− | Once again, let us begin with a 1-feature alphabet !X! = {x_1} = {x}.
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− | In the discussion that follows I will consider a class of trajectories
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− | that are ruled by the constraint that d^k.x = 0 for all k greater than
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− | some fixed m, and I will indulge in the use of some picturesque speech
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− | to describes salient classes of such curves. Given this finite order
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− | condition, there is a highest order non-zero difference d^m.x that is
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− | exhibited at each point in the course of any determinate trajectory.
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− | Relative to any point of the corresponding orbit or curve, let us
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− | call this highest order differential feature d^m.x the "drive"
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− | at that point. Curves of constant drive d^m.x are then
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− | referred to as "m^th gear curves".
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| One additional piece of notation will be needed here. | | One additional piece of notation will be needed here. |
| Starting from the base alphabet !X! = {x}, we define | | Starting from the base alphabet !X! = {x}, we define |