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Theory of Images or Gauss's Law for Concentric Conducting Spheres?

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Why superposition of TISE eigenstates is not a solution

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FCC Reciprocal to BCC: Proving Equation

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Electromagnetic fields: Eletric potential inside a non conductive sphere

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What Limits Observation in Quantum Mechanics?

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How Do You Find the Centroid of a Structural Shape with C-Beams?

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Maximum oil pipeline flow rate and required slope for Re = 2000

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Coriolis effect on a river flowing north-east?

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Potential of Shell, Direct integration problems

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Small hole at bottom of cylindrical tank draining water?

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What Is the Mass of an Oil Drop Balanced Between Metal Plates?

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Expectation value of spin in an Ising lattice

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Commutator notation in classical field theory

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Possible Decay of Omega Minus Particle?

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Wavefunction obeying Schrodinger equation.

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Where Does the Double Hat in the Hamiltonian Raising Operator Come From?

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Calculating U-233 Radiation Exposure: 20mSv/yr Equivalent Dose

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Find charge distribution of a point charge at origin.

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Proving Gauss Theorem for Surface of Curved Charged Conductor

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What is the L/R constant for this series circuit?

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Sudden approximation in tritium beta decay with 19 keV electron

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Why is <n|a|n> zero for the lowering operator?

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How Do Raising Operators Work in Quantum Mechanics?

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Energy Momentum Tensor and Divergence Theorem

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Why is the radius 8/12 instead of 8 in the belt and wheel problem?

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Angular mometum and the commutator?

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Energy needed to produce top-antitop pair in proton-antiproton collision

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What Are the Time Units for Mean Anomaly Calculation?

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How Can Pulse Duration Change After Passing Through a Material?

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How Is Efficiency Calculated in Coal Gasification Projects?

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Wheel and mass problem with torque equation

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Why Must the State of a Quantum SHM Particle Be of This Form?

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Questions about Baryonic Density Perturbations

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Compton Effect: Finding Recoil Velocity of Electron at 180 Degrees

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How to show that the universe is static( not expanding)

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A dielectric + an infinite line of charge = use method of images

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Do Moving Charges Generate Both Electric and Magnetic Fields?

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Can Intense Laser Pumping Induce Lasing in a Two-Level System?

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Spherical harmonics, angular momentum, quantum

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[Special Relativity] - Time Dilation

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Question on finding inductance of parallel plate transmission line.

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What Causes the Upward Force of Surface Pressure in Water?

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How to get the left and right haar measure as

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Matlab regress function error with too many arguments

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How to Determine the Total Cross Section for an Isotropic Reaction?

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Potential of a Sperical charged shell

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How does the concept of retarded potential apply to an infinitely long wire?

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Do higher dimensional spacetimes have symmetries in their extra dimensions?

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What is the commutation between Xk and Xl?

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Small part of central potentials in quantum

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General Relativity - Riemann Tensor and Killing Vector Identity

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Magnetic induction of infinite conducting sheet using Ampere's Law

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Finding Pr² Y when Pr Y = -iℏ(1/r)d/dr(r Y)

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Why Is dz/dt Negative in Cosmology?

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Three resistor problems: Wheatstone bridge and series/parallel circuits

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Why does e^(-iHt/ℏ) = e^(-iTt/ℏ)e^(-iVt/ℏ) + O(t²)?

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How to Find the Half-Life of an Isotope from Decay Rate Measurements?

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Gravitational potential energy released in core collapse

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Feynman diagram of how Z is produced at LHC, and info?

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Solving the Equation: y'' + y((1-((y')^2))/(1+((y')^2))=0

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What Is Pure Einstein Gravity?

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Hermite Polynomial Recurrence Question

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Showing that an equation satisfied the helmholtz equation

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Astrophysics (comet orbit question)

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What is the significance of thermodynamic potentials?

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How to Determine Charge Distribution in a Coaxial Cable?

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Fourier Analysis of a sound signal using Mathematica

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Proving solution for Schrodinger's Simple Harmonic Oscillator

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Calculating Fraction of Electrons Removed from Iron Ball

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Carbon dating from activity of sample

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Do particles remain stationary in the lab frame for elastic collisions?

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Finding Kinetic Energy of An Alpha Particle

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Always the same problem comes on me, I will be mad

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How Does a Static Magnetic Field Behave in a Homogeneous Medium?

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How Are the Components of Angular Momentum Derived Mathematically?

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Rotating wheel with kinetic friction

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Electric dipole in a uniform electric field

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Temperature at crustal depth from geothermal heat flow

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Time Evolution of Schrodinger's Equation

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Find Potential, Grounded Infinite Plate and a Dipole

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Energy levels for two particles in infinite potential well

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Catenary Realism: Calculating Weight of Electric Wire

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Solving Torque/Axel Problem: Angular Acceleration & Velocity

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Gravitational field inside and outside spherical shells

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Find induced E field inside a disk in an uniform magnetic field.

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Why Can Pl Be Taken Out of the Commutation in Quantum Mechanics?

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Expectation values of spin operators

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How Do You Calculate the Number of Steps in a Random Walk?

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How Does Temperature Change in an Adiabatic Process of a Carnot Engine?

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What Happens if Masses are Negative in Newtonian Potential?

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Why Does Heat Come from the Air to Melt Ice in Water?

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