<p>In a recent presentation by Sedgewick, he recounts in 1977 Flajolet noticed that they had a formula in common, both in different domains (see slide 4 in <a href="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~rs/talks/AofA2AC.pdf">http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~rs/talks/AofA2AC.pdf</a> )</p>

<p>I saw the same thing in an article on tantalizing links between matrix eigenvalues distributions, nuclear physics and Riemann's zeta zeros <a href="http://web.williams.edu/go/math/sjmiller/public_html/RH/Hayes_spectrum_riemannium.pdf">http://web.williams.edu/go/math/sjmiller/public_html/RH/Hayes_spectrum_riemannium.pdf</a> </p>

<p>My question is: Say I have derived a formula/equation - how would I go about searching for an occurrence of the formula in other domains? Can I make Wolfram Alpha do that?</p>

<p>Thanks for any pointers</p>

<p>Daniel Bilar</p>

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2012-06-04T21:30:23.460Z
This question might be more appropriate for [academia.se].
Kaveh
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2012-06-09T16:58:07.777Z
Maybe, but it's not a perfect fit in either place. So why not leave it here. At least the context is closely related to tcs.
Suresh Venkat
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Formula in common: How to search for same/similar equations in other knowledge domains?
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# Formula in common: How to search for same/similar equations in other knowledge domains?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-06-04)

In a recent presentation by Sedgewick, he recounts in 1977 Flajolet noticed that they had a formula in common, both in different domains (see slide 4 in <http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~rs/talks/AofA2AC.pdf> )

I saw the same thing in an article on tantalizing links between matrix eigenvalues distributions, nuclear physics and Riemann's zeta zeros <http://web.williams.edu/go/math/sjmiller/public_html/RH/Hayes_spectrum_riemannium.pdf>

My question is: Say I have derived a formula/equation - how would I go about searching for an occurrence of the formula in other domains? Can I make Wolfram Alpha do that?

Thanks for any pointers

username_0

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This question might be more appropriate for [academia.se].  
> **username_2**: Maybe, but it's not a perfect fit in either place. So why not leave it here. At least the context is closely related to tcs.  

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