[uPelle]

I have just recently started working at a research center and found that out ID cards have this equation on the back of them:



Any of you have any idea of what this is? I asked a few of the PhD students and they didn't know off the bat... I have tried searching the web, but have not found a proper way to formulate a search term. The center itself was founded by Niels Bohr and is now run primarily by the department of chemical engineering of the Danish Technical University.

Thanks in advance!

[AWK]

Serch for ... series.

[Borek]

I asked a few of the PhD students and they didn't know off the bat...

Seriously? That's quite sad if true.

[Arkcon]

It could be a little hard to parse ... if someone really didn't feel like trying, you can't necessarily blame them.  Here's a fun project.  Look up each symbol, you'll find them in the index of an advanced math book, and see if you can learn what this formula means.  You can then dazzle the next person you meet.  You might even make yourself ready to do this math when you have to take it.

[Burner]

I think you can try using WolframAlpha, though I am not sure how to input all the symbols into it.

[Enthalpy]

I asked a few of the PhD students and they didn't know off the bat.

After 30 years importing-exporting slug traps they'd be forgiven to have forgotten this, but as PhD students, no.

[uPelle]

To be fair to the students it is represented in a big designers nightmare of gaudy colors and random symbols, with just this single equation actually meaning anything. It does seem quite random at first.

I understand the math involved, at least to some degree, the problem is that i know nothing of what input or what the result is supposed to mean... function of X plus delta X isn't exactly a unit of clear measurement that I'm familiar with

My educational level is quite a bit lower than the average for the center and not in chemistry, I work with the service department doing electrical work, and though being a massive nerd and science-hobbyist I haven't really been able to crack this one.

I have tried WolframAlpha but again couldn't get the phrasing right...

[Borek]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_series