Re: Solid State Tesla Coil Book Available

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

> Software packages such as Mathematica can calculate values of the
> capacitance formula to any degree of accuracy. Unfortunately the Mathematica
> package cost about $1,600 (half that to an educational institution).

To just evaluate a formula, there are certainly less expensive
alternatives...
 
> Anyway I'm playing around with approximation theory to see if I can extract
> a useful algebraic formula that approximates the capacitance formula given
> in Moon and Spencer. If I'm lucky, I'll share the result with the list.

What is the formula? Is it ideally exact or just an empirical 
approximation?

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz