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    Need help solving what seems like a strange integral

    When dealing with |x| it often helps to use the piece wise expansion of it: =x, x>0 = -x, x<0. If you were on the interval from [-L,L] you would have 2 integrals one from [-L,0] and one from [0,L]. However, since you are only interested in the function from [0,L] then $|x|^3$= $x^3$. To solve...
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    Time derivatives in Spherical Polar Coordinates

    Given a vector v= {vr,vθ,vφ} you can write this in terms of the unit vectors = vr er+ vθ eθ+ vφ eφ. There I am using the notation that ei is the unit vector associated in the i'th direction. If you want to take the time derivative of this vector ∂t v = ∂t (vr er+ vθ eθ+ vφ eφ) =∂t (vr er)+ ∂t...
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    Statics problem -- Hinged members and anchor points supporting a mass

    Looks good to me. Just for ease of clarity, when you list angles either name them as ACB, CAB, CBA, or mention in the order you are writing them down.
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    Equation of motion from Hamiltonian

    In particular I think BvU is trying to draw your attention to the partial derivatives you wrote in your last statements. Check those dimensions to see if they are consistent with the definitions you wrote in the relevant equations section.
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    Working out how many ducks there are

    I would assume that the ducks are spherical. The best packing fraction for spherical objects is hcp(fcc) at 0.74. While this is a good bound, it has been shown that random packing is between 62 and 64%. By it has been shown I mean I took those numbers off of wikipedia. That being said, if we...
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    Degenerate perturbation theory for harmonic oscillator

    If you look at acting on one of your states |0,1> for example, then you cannot lower both. So these states would not contribute to the splitting.
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    Ellipsoid intersected by cylinder

    Two things, when you set up the boundaries of your integral you have to make sure you eliminate a variable at each step. Therefore you need to do the z integral before the r integral. Otherwise, you will integrate r and then introduce another r which you will not be able to get rid of...
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    How to identify if a semiconductor is n-type or p-type?

    The Hall Coefficient is: RH = \frac{1}{nq} For electrons, q= -e, and our hall coefficient is: RH = \frac{-1}{ne} Therefore we know that n-type semiconductors have negative RH.
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    Should Integration by Parts Be Used on Functions Like \( x \cdot y(x) \)?

    What you are looking for is something called integration by parts.
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    Solving 2nd order PDE of single variable

    Since the differential equation has the form of: (\frac{∂}{∂r})2 u(r) + a(r) \frac{∂}{∂r} u(r) + b(r) u(r) =0 With a(r) having a simple pole at r=0, and b(r) having no more than a pole of order 2 at r=0, it is sufficient to continue with the Frobenius Method: u(r) = rσ \sum knrn You can...
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    Derivative of Spherical Harmonic for negative m

    Hope this is what you were looking for. It isn't the final answer because you can still express Cot ø and Exp(iθ) in terms of the spherical harmonics but that part is not the worst. May even be able to find them in a table somewhere.
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    Derivative of Spherical Harmonic for negative m

    Isn't the azimuthal angle the argument of the Exp[], in this case θ?
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    Contour Integration used to solved real Integrals

    Sorry, a is real and a > 1. Rewriting sin as vela said came to the right answer, thanks.
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