The Jeans Instability Describes the

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Multiple Choice

The Jeans instability describes the

• A) explosion of a star at the end of its life, the supernova phenomenon.
• B) overcoming of gas pressure by self-gravity in a cold and dense interstellar cloud, to form a star.
• C) conditions under which sufficient numbers of neutrinos can trigger the collapse of an interstellar cloud.
• D) expansion of a gas cloud after gravitational contraction because of buildup of great heat within the cloud from gravitational potential energy.

Understand the impact of additional contributions or withdrawals on the future value of investments.

Analyze investment strategies for long-term financial planning and goal setting.

Understand principles of financial mathematics and their application in calculating interest rates and returns on investments.

Calculate effective and nominal rates of interest for various compounding frequencies.

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