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Can you square both sides of a four-vector equation after rearranging?

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Quantum Mechanics - Angular Momentum probability

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Calculating Impedance and Drawing a Basic Phasor Diagram

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How Is Redshift Calculated in Changing Epochs?

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Finding the kinetic energy of an electron

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How to find out if a planet can have a atmostsphere

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Is the Gravity Term Correct in Buoyancy Calculations?

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How to Prove [A,B^{n}]=nB^{n-1}[A,B]?

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Covariance equations of motion and symmetry

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Light in an optical fiber - variational calculus

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Why does [x, p²] = 2iℏ instead of 0 when computing directly?

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Work by an ideal gas in a thermodynamic cycle

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Deriving the Nambu-Goto Equation of Motion

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How to Find the Speed of Particles from a Decay Event?

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Improving the accuracy of a Java simulation of n-orbital bodies

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How to Approach a Three-Dimensional Force System with a Corner Joint?

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De Broglie wavelength of electron in first Bohr orbit

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Numerical Computation (Euler method)

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Understanding General Relativity: Questions on Page 11 of Notes

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Spacetime represented in coordinate geometry

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Glashow model left/right hypercharge ratio

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Energy splitting from spin-orbit interaction.

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Bell's Theorem: Griffiths' Probability Density & Indeterministic QM

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External Fields and Negative Energy Transitions In Dirac Particle

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First Law of Thermodynamics - Correct Formulation?

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Is There a Hidden Factor in the Definition of [A,A]?

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What is the charge density of the wire?

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How Do You Derive the FRW Metric for a Closed Universe?

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The T dS equations and Sackur-Tetrode equation

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Constructing Eigenstate for a given hamiltonian

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What is the Lattice Constant of Iron?

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Stuck on Shankar Problem 14.4.3?

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Interaction Hamiltonian for two coupled oscillators

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Is the Wave Equation Invariant Under a Lorentz Boost?

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Solving for v(t), tmax, and Max Height of a Thrown Ball

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How Does Pressure Change with Altitude?

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Calculating Speed of Lead Bullet on Steel Sheet

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Showing N and K_r commute using ladder operators

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Observers moving at the speed of light (Relativity)

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Angular velocity of rotating ring with suspended mass

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Plasma physics - single particle in time-varying B-field

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What Is the Electric Field Inside a Metal Ball in a Uniform Field?

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How Is Total Lifetime Calculated for a System with Multiple Decay Modes?

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Density Parameters using Mathematica

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Cable on a Table (classical mechanics)

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What Are the Equations of Motion for a Disc on a Rough Surface?

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Plane wave at dielectric boundary with Gauss's law and polarization

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Showing zero entropy change when heating water with a Carnot engine

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A Problem from Work, Kinetic Energy, and Power

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Solving a nonlinear differential equation from homework

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QM decomposing linear polarization states

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General relativity question on mass conservation integral

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Blackbody energy detector, from Liboff's QM

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Expectation value of the angular momentum operator

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What value of q/Q maximizes the electrostatic force between two spheres?

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Potential Energy Operator subjected to a Coulombic Potential

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Representing Wavefunction as Superposition of Eigenstates

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Relativistic Energy/Momentum of Particles

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<r> and <V(r)> in the Hydrogen Atom.

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Electric flux through one face of the cube.

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Difference between a magnetic field and an electric field

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DYNAMICS QUESTION S.O.S (kinematics of particle)

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Deriving the mass conservation integral in GR

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Microwave Spectroscopy - Obtaining info when isotope absorptions are known

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What is the thermal efficiency of an ideal gas cycle?

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Integration by parts of a dot product scalar integrand

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How do you calculate the total number of states from equation 16?

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Last thing to be recorded near Black Hole

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Volume of a solid based on number of atoms

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Does the Equation of Motion Satisfy the Commutator Relation?

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How Much Will Mercury Rise in a Thermometer Due to Thermal Expansion?

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How Does a Photon Rocket's Velocity Depend on Its Mass Reduction?

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Solve Physics Q1 from 2007 Paper61. Cambridge Maths Postgrad

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Can the speed of light be observed to be faster than c?

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How Do You Normalize a Quantum State in Quantum Mechanics?

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Entropy as a function of a density operator?

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SO(10) 16 representation, decomposition & young tableau

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Lorentz transformations on spacetime

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Electron Density of Silver: Calculate With Formula

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How Does Time Dependence Affect Quantum Operators?

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How Do You Solve These Projectile Motion Problems?

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Stationary state of two body wave function

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How do I find the resulting 4x4 matrix for the square of \eta?

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How to relate impulse with speed of the ball

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What is the conjugate impedance of 30+j40?

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Calculating Wavelength of Emitted Radiation in Carbon Monoxide Molecule

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Solving Mechanics Q: Who Wins Car A or B at Turn?

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Solving the Reif Problem 2.4: Isolated System of Spin 1/2 Particles

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Symmetry of a lagrangian & Noether's theorem

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What is the next step in solving kaon decay using relativity?

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