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They have applications all over physics.

• taneq 4y ago
  Yep, cool. It's much more fun to discuss something if you have some kind of starting point for discussion, though. There seems to be a number of interesting things about these - which ones were OP thinking of? Otherwise it's just a random wiki link.
  • exmadscientist 4y ago
    Strongly agreed. Why are these more interesing than the Airy functions? What's cool about them today? Posting random Wikipedia links is about as interesting as posting random dictionary entries. I'd much rather see a short intro or at least comment on the article rather than just a link.
    • Agentlien 4y ago
      I disagree about random Wikipedia link. While I sometimes wish for more context, most times when a link to a Wikipedia page hits the front page I read the article and learn something cool and unexpected.
      • kragen 4y ago
        When I scanned the Oxford English Dictionary, that happened to me often with random dictionary entries. I probably spent as much time reading random dictionary entries as I spent actually scanning the damn thing.
• Yajirobe 4y ago