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The Fermi paradox and the Drake equation

dc.contributor.authorDeVito, Carl L.
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-02T22:19:38Z
dc.date.available2024-01-02T22:19:38Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-29
dc.identifier.citationDeVito, C. L. (2024). The Fermi paradox and the Drake equation. Acta Astronautica, 215, 51-53.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0094-5765
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.11.036
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/670600
dc.description.abstractThe Fermi paradox and the Drake equation seem to be incompatible. Here we shall show that is not so, and the paradox actually justifies the assumptions made in formulating this equation.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_US
dc.rights© 2023 IAA. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en_US
dc.subjectAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.subjectCalculus of variationsen_US
dc.subjectDrake equationen_US
dc.subjectEuler-Lagrange equationen_US
dc.subjectFermi paradoxen_US
dc.titleThe Fermi paradox and the Drake equationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Mathematics, University of Arizonaen_US
dc.identifier.journalActa Astronauticaen_US
dc.description.note24 month embargo; first published 29 November 2023en_US
dc.description.collectioninformationThis item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal accepted manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.piiS0094576523006069
dc.source.journaltitleActa Astronautica
dc.source.volume215
dc.source.beginpage51
dc.source.endpage53


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