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Plotting Complex Quantity Functions Is it possible to extend a tourist Schengen visa (12 more days)? Centering \vdots in a system of many equations I have a system of equations with an arbitrary number of equations (k). I'd like to use \vdots to compactly describe the system, like so:  \begin{align*}   R(-1) &amp;= \sum_{i=1}^m A(i)R(i-1) \\   R(-2) &amp;= \sum_{i=1}^m A(i)R(i-2) \\         &amp;\vdots                    \\   R(-k) &amp;= \sum_{i=1}^m A(i)R(i-k) \end{align*}     I'd like the dots, however, to be centered with = or the entire equation. Is there an elegant way of centering a column or row with AMSMath? I'm currently using an unholy combination of whitespace operators (\; \, etc.) to get the job done. Im new to Illustrator and have found the clipping mask is not so easy compared to Phtoshop. Could any one tell me how i can make this line texture a clipping mask over the circle? I uninstalled and re-installed steam. I didn't uninstall my games, and they still exist on my hard drive (I checked).  I have an SSD and a HDD, and to save space I install programs (including steam) to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam drive (SSD) and games to D:\Games\SteamApps (HDD). How to I let steam know the programs are installed there? Why does the classical path give the dominant contribution in the path integral? Why is it that the classical path gives the dominant contribution in the quantum mechanical path integral? How do we understand this? How to calculate the Fourier transform of a Gaussian function? I would like to work out the Fourier transform of the Gaussian function   $$f(x) = \exp \left(-n^2(x-m)^2 \right)$$  It seems likely that I will need to use differentiation and the shift rule at some point, but I can't seem to get the calculation to work. Does anyone have any advice?  By the way, I am using   $$\mbox{FT}(f)(k)=\int_{-\infty}^\infty f(x)e^{-ikx}\,\mathrm d x$$  as my definition of a Fourier transform. Many thanks. Identifying a resistor with a weird band combination How can I replay Apache access logs back at my servers to do real world load testing? I looked at  but I couldn't see how to replay my own existing logs in any of those tools. I have a bug that only occurs under certain load operations which my existing JMeter and AB testing stuff can't reproduce.  I want to simply give the tool access_logs and have it play them back, either faster or at the same speed. change whole font of beamer to arial bold italic? how to change the font of the content to bold italic ?  thank you   here my cool superbe example:  \documentclass[14pt,t]{beamer} \usepackage{url} \usepackage{hyperref} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{grffile} \begin{frame}\maketitle\end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{test0} \begin{itemize} \item test \item test \begin{itemize} \item test \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \end{frame} \end{document}   A possible solution would be to use:  \usepackage{helvet} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{phv} \renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv} %\renewcommand{\mddefault}{b}   % this content bold with b \renewcommand{\bfdefault}{phv} % Helvetica has no bx series \renewcommand{\updefault}{sl}   But it does do helvel arial bold for the whole document, and maybe there are ways to have the items/text of the slides in bold italic, and to keep normal phv for the top of the slide (frame title)? How do I use the Natural Earth SQLite DB with QGIS? I just downloaded the Natural Earth data in SQLite format from . I had assumed that this would be a SpatiaLite database, but it appears not to be! QGIS is failing to recognize it as a spatial database. OGR supposedly supports reading geometries even when stored in a plain SQLite database, but maybe QGIS doesn't use OGR for SpatiaLite?  The SQLite database does have geometry_columns and spatial_ref_sys tables. Is there some way to convert it to a full SpatiaLite database? How do you make the shapefile a Read-only so the client can not make any edits using 10.2.2 ArcGIS.  It is not within a geodatabase, just a stand alone shapefile.  I am using Windows 8 How to recover deleted files? Are there any tools, methods, incantations to recover recently deleted files on Ubuntu?  If it makes any difference, I want to recover a  2.x database file. But would be better to have a method/tool that works on any kind of file. I am using Paint to draw some swords for a character I have. I am not very experienced and this is my first time trying to draw swords.  My question is how large (Preferably in pixels) do I need to make the picture to make the curves on the sword to look smooth. I am using current scale of 100 pixels = an inch. For the first sword I made this worked fine as there were few curves and they were small but the one I am working on now have a larger curve. (A good reference is .)   EDIT: I only have access to paint. I would use other programs if I could. Deleted comments are persisting in the global inbox I realise that there is other questions out there about the  (First open one I found is ), but this is marked .  I often get the below issue where it will notify me about comments on my  (in this case what appears to be the user re-writing after deleting their comment) that no longer exist.  Also, occasionally, I see comment snippets with text that doesn't match what is on the page when I view it.  Let me know if I should be trying to edit that one to remove the tag indicating that it has been fixed, and add the above as another answer. Do I have to enter the UK on my UK passport? Can you wait to add optional damage dice that apply on a hit (such as Divine Smite) until after seeing if the roll is a critical? Who are the diamond moderators, and what is their role? Some people have a diamond after their username (e.g. )    What special privileges do diamond moderators have? How can I become a diamond moderator? Who are the diamond moderators?  How many are there?      For more information, see  in the .     Note: not to confuse with certain Stack Exchange employees, for example  members or "community managers", who often have diamonds as well, but are not ordinary moderators. Rejecting a PhD offer after having accepted it. Advice? I have accepted a PhD offer from a very good university to do a project very close to my interests. I have told the project supervisor I accept it. In the meanwhile I have managed to secure a PhD offer from another 2 universities much better in world rankings and with better research groups and better faculty. Additionally these 2 universities do research exactly on what I want to devote my PhD research.  My only commitment to the first university is a mail confirming I accept. Nothing else. I understand declining the offer after already having accepted it is quite dishonest but it is a huge decision that will affect my future in a very significant level.   I would like your opinion and I would also like to ask for possible consequences of such an action. As far a postdocs concerned, in the first university there is no chance I ever get a postdoc since they do not actually do research on my area (except for the prospective supervisor and even he not as much).  UPDATE I have decided to do as I was afraid to. I have decided to choose a different university than the first one that I have already accepted the offer. My offer acceptance included:    An online "I accept" statement. An e-mail I sent stating "I accept the scholarship and this University is my first option"   I do not have any legal commitments since I have not signed anything. The supervisor of the first university though is really nice to me and continuously was sending me mails. How do I very nicely tell her I will not be joining in the end? Additionally the place I will go in the end will be for research in Mathematics and not Physics. Can I use this as a part of a sensical excuse?  WHAT I HAVE CHOSEN AND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WERE  I think that I should let people, especially other beginning grad students know what happened with my case. I have chosen to nicely tell the first university I got accepted that I will not be attending and will not be pursuing a PhD there since I decided I have different research interests (which is true). I had applied there in the first place since I was not sure what I wanted to do and because it was a nice program. Despite that, I got an offer from a World top university to work on 100% my research interests. I explained this to them, the first uni, and they happily let me go and wished me good luck, especially the supervisor who faught a lot secure me funding. I was lucky. Sort by author in Alpha bibliography Using the alpha bibliography style, citations are sorted by the citation key. I'd like to use the same style of authors-year citation keys (e.g., [CP92]) but have the bibliography sorted by the first author's lastname instead of alphabetically by the citation key itself. This would keep the same papers by the same first author together.  For example, alpha would produce the following sorted order:        [Cha81] D. Chaum. Untraceable...   [CL04] J. Camenisch and A. Lysyanskaya. Signature...   [CP92] D. Chaum and T. Pedersen. Wallet...      Whereas, abbr would produce the following sorted order:        [1] J. Camenisch and A. Lysyanskaya. Signature...   [2] D. Chaum. Untraceable...   [3] D. Chaum and T. Pedersen. Wallet...      I am looking for the same sorting as abbr but maintaining the citation key style of alpha.  Is there a way to achieve this hybrid style?