What is Independence: Definition and 354 Discussions

Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of a dependent territory.

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    Epsilon Pi's ideas on coordinate independence

    Tensors, a reason of great schism in physics? Yes, this application of that aristotelian principle, you have described so well, where the third is excluded and as so uncertainty is the reason why there won`t be a quantum gravitation theory, and a reason why physical laws must not be expressed...
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    Deriving Electric Field Independence on Negligible Separation

    I read from a website that the electric field is independent of the separation between the plates if the separation is negligibly small. But how to derive this?
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    On proving Linearly independence

    Hello. I want to ask questions... I hope you can guide me in showing the proof. 1. Let a, b and c be vectors in a vector space such that {a, b} is linearly independent. Show that if c does not belong to span {a, b} , then {a, b, c} is linearly independent. I know that is {a,b}...
  4. marcus

    Background Independence for the local Xray technologist

    A PF poster recently asked about the Background Independence feature that distiguishes classical 1915 General Relativity from Stringy theories. She suggested that the explanation be at the "basic Xray tech" level. That probably means starting with a short exerpt from Smolin article in...
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