I would like to animate the motion of a bicycle racer on a classic velodrome track i.e. one with varied vertical and horizontal curvatures along its length.

Is there a source which explains the math expressions which model the shape of such a track?

`~`[int](convert(convert(series(x^x, x), polynom), list), x = 0 .. 1)

Can this sequence (produced above in list form) be displayed as 1, -1/2^2, 1/3^3, -1/4^4, 1/5^5 -1/6^6 etc.

That is with the powers unevaluated.

Please describe the step-by-step application of the rules of differentiation which produce this derivative:

diff(a(x)^b(x), x) =        

a(x)^b(x)*((diff(b(x), x))*ln(a(x))+b(x)*(diff(a(x), x))/a(x));

Below are five subsindets commands.

I believe I understand the actions of B and C, but I fail to understand the actions, individually and taken together, of  E, F and G.

B := subsindets(u(i, j)^2*v(i, j)+u(i-1, j), 'specfunc(u)', proc (f) options operator, arrow; subsop(1 = op(1, f)+1, f) end proc);

C := subsindets(u(i, j)^2*v(i, j)+u(i-1, j), 'specfunc(anything, u)', proc (f) options operator, arrow; subsop(1 = op(1, f)+1, f) end proc);

E := subsindets(u(i, j)^2*v(i, j)+u(i-1, j), 'specfunc(symbol, u)', proc (f) options operator, arrow; subsop(1 = op(1, f)+1, f) end proc);

F := subsindets(u(i, j)^2*v(i, j)+u(i-1, j), 'specfunc(`+`, u)', proc (f) options operator, arrow; subsop(1 = op(1, f)+1, f) end proc);

G := subsindets(u(i, j)^2*v(i, j)+u(i-1, j), 'specfunc({`+`, symbol}, u)', proc (f) options operator, arrow; subsop(1 = op(1, f)+1, f) end proc);

Where can I find a thorough explanation of specfunc with examples?

I have learned that the eigenvectors of an solid object's Inertial Tensor are its principal axes and are an orthonormal set, however two of the eigenvectors in the cube in the uploaded worksheet are not orthogonal.

Where is my error?

CubePrincipalAxes.mw