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Is the Commutator of x and f(x) Always Zero?

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Beam current and drift velocity calculations in A level physics

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Water pressure at bathtub bottom in psia and psig

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Deriving minimum escape height and velocity

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Is energy conserved in Minkowski space with a time-varying electric field?

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How Do You Calculate the Velocity of a Compass Joint in Motion?

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Normalization integral for sin(θ)e^(-iφ) wavefunction

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Probability of measuring positive parity for exponential wave function

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Rotating a two-dimensional coordinate system using linear algebra

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Arfken, parity operation on a point in polar coordinates

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Why does A become |A| when normalizing a wavefunction?

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How Is Tension Calculated in the One Dimensional Wave Equation?

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Solving a 2D Projectile Motion Problem: Find x

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Eigenvectors of coupled 2 different mass system

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Wavelength in finite potential well

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Orbital Nodes (Diagrams of Psi/Psi^2)

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Why is ⟨x⟩ zero when Ψ is odd?

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Terminal Velocity In Glycerin 2.10 in Classical Mechanics

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How do you find the lattice constant of atoms?

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Why Does the Integration of exp[abs(x)+3]*delta(x-2) from -1 to 1 Equal Zero?

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Can the Sun Heat a Liquid to Five Times Its Own Temperature?

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Expressing a potential inside a spherical shell as

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Electric flux through gaussian cube

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Calculating Electric field and total charge

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Lagrangian for a rod constrained with ends on a vertical circle

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Raising and lowering operator coefficients

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Properties of Hermitian operators in complex vector spaces

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Finding the centroid of a cardiod curve.

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Two waves vanishing at x = 0 and x = L with fixed wave velocity

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Green's function for a critically damped oscillator

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Classical mechanics - finding distance D in terms of velocity

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Solve Schrodinger Equations: Fourier Series/Integral for Psi(x)

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Classical Mechanics: Fictitious Forces: Centrifugal, Coriolis, Transverse, etc.

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Vector components in polar coordinates from Schutz chapter 5

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Determination of the polarization of a light wave

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Maximum intensity of two nearly equal-frequency waves with beats

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Integrating 3 equations together

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Work and surface tension in alveolus expansion during breathing

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Newtons Three Laws and Force Question

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Quantum mechanics problem - Potentials

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Relativistic Inelastic Collision of Protons

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How Is Binding Energy Calculated in Nuclear Reactions?

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Finding grad, div, and curl of given scalar and vector fields

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Ordinary Diffusion and integration by parts

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Compton Scattering: Finding Angle from only Initial Energy

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Evaporation Moisture: 0.3L/m2 Hot Water at 50°C

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State space and its subspace : finding a basis

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Finding orthonormal simultaneous eigenkets of two operator matrices

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Show that the vector has zero divergence

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Solution to diffusion equation in 1d spherical polar coordinates

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Setting up refraction through water and lens, finding focal length

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How Is Angular Velocity Calculated in This Classical Mechanics Scenario?

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Pendulum with time dependent length

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How Do You Determine the Time Evolution of a Wave Function Given \(\psi(x,0)\)?

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Significance of commutators in Quantum mechanics

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What Is the Physical Meaning of Vector Potential in Electromagnetism?

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Transmission coefficient of spin-1/2 in magnetic field

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Question 1.7 Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition)

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Expressing volume change with thermal expansion coefficient β

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Find the flux through a surface S (Electromagnetic Theory)

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What Is the Charge Distribution p(rho) for This Electric Field?

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Solving for magnetic vector potential (An integral issue)

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How to get the solution of idU(t)/dt=H(t)U(t)

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Calculate most probable energy from Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution of energy

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Measurement in quantum mechanics problem

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How Does a Density Matrix Represent Quantum Averages?

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Calculating Potential Energy of 4 Charges - Deriving V(x,y,z)

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First order coherence classical optics problem

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Mercury barometer with imperfect vacuum measuring error

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Understanding Neutral Buoyancy: Formulas and Calculations Explained

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What Are the Coefficients for Probability in Quantum Mechanics?

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Surface tension and work of a bubble or drop? S

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Estimate section of area under Maxwell-Boltzmann Curve

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Calculating Commutator of Two Operators

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Electric field and potential for concentric cylinder and shell

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Evaluating a 'logarithmic' derivative

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Harmonic oscillator partition function

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Translation check for Schrödinger equation solver project

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How Do You Find Space Charge Density from an Electric Field?

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Two particle of mass, find distance of equilibrium position?

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Heat transfer processes in ideal gas PV diagram

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Equating Units in Plank's Blackbody Equation

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How can the inner product of two signals be calculated?

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Time dependent dispersion (Quantum Mechanics)

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Relation betwen de broglie and compton

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Magnetic Moment of a Charged, Rotating Sphere

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Why isn't the normal force mgsin60 in this rotating rod problem?

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Wavelengths due to electric dipole transitions

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What is the Speed of the Composite Particle After Collision?

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Quantum statistics expectation value

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Entropy of Mixing for Two Ideal Gases at Different Temperatures

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How can I use Matlab to plot forces and velocities from level sets?

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Statistical Mechanics: classical Heisenberg Model

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Tracking equation producing wrong acceleration value

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What Is the Minimum Power Required for a Heat Pump to Maintain 20°C?

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Does an Ideal Opamp Output Any Current?

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