Questions tagged [uncertainty]
Questions on calculations, manipulation or presentation of data that considers uncertainty, errors, or confidence intervals. Also on estimating or quantifying these uncertainty, errors or confidence from data or first principles.
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Propagation of errors:
I am working on error propagation in Mathematica for a physics calculation involving tau lepton decay. I have a complex function that calculates the lifetime of the tau lepton based on various ...
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How to deal with Around[list] not evaluating if the list elements have Around Head instead of being numeric?
Background I like using Around for data analysis so I can easily keep track of measurement spread and uncertainties. It also automatically produces plots with error ...
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NIntegrate a discrete data set with uncertainties
Consider a data set with some numerical uncertainty in the y-values, such as the following ...
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Estimating the uncertainty in the slope of a straight line with no associated uncertainty
I am just starting out with mathematica and cannot for the life of me find how to find the uncertainty in a slope. I am attempting to find the exponent in a logarithmic relationship between two ...
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Built-in way to handle uncertainty in measurment and physical constants?
Is there a built-in or fairly elegant way to handle uncertainties in measurement data and/or physical constants? For instance, the 2010 CODATA for the elementary charge is given as $\mathsf{1.602 176 ...
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