Concept Question How many quadrature points do you need to integrate exactly the stiffness matrix of a lD finite element with quadratic interpolation for the displacements? gauss
1. Historical Background oo Politics dominated the revolutionary phase of American writing The crisis in American life carried by the Revolution made artists self-conscious about American subjects o The spiritual life in the colonies during that period was molded by the bourgeois Enlightenment
Problems to be concerned with 1. How should we define the concept of Information 2. What are the typical features of Information compared with matter and energy 3. What are the relationship and difference between Shannon Information and comprehensive Information 4. How to reasonably classify Information 5. How to properly represent Information
1. Model of Communication System Noise Source Sink T Channel T: Transformation Source, sink, and channel are given beforehand Transformation to match the source with the channel
1.1 System Fundamentals Definitions System: Definitions System- integrity of elements that form a certain structure internally and perform certain functions externally. L von Bertalanffy: System --set of interrelated elements