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How Does Special Relativity Affect Collision Time in Moving Spaceships?

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Magnetic system, partition function

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Solving arbitrary potential barrier problems

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Can u make if A>=B then output=1 Else output=0 using these logic gates?

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Condensed matter-integral over density of states

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How Do You Determine the Value of A in a Wave Function?

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Ram pile driver collision velocity

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Spins 1/2 and Time-Dependant Perturbation Theory

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Why Do Physicists Use Infinitesimals and Differentials Like Regular Numbers?

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Kittel's Solid-State Physics: Finding Cutoff Frequency \omega_D

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Quantum spherical harmonic oscillator:eigenfunctions

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What is the collision question for this dynamics problem?

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How Does Symmetry Simplify Quantum Harmonic Oscillator Integrals?

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What is the Velocity of the Spring After Compression?

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Proving Lorentz Condition for Retarded Potentials in Griffith 10.8

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Singularity of sin(√z)/√z at z = 0

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What Type of Singularity Does f(z) = (1-e^z)/(1+e^z) Have at Infinity?

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How Does Expanding a Quantum Potential Well Affect Particle Probability?

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Write a program to simluate multi object

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Wheatstone Bridge: AC Source Effects on Balancing Condition

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Detector Coverage and Power of Electric Dipole: Calculation and Diagram

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Can Magnetic Dipoles' Alignment Shifts Be Heard?

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Solving Infinite Square Well Potential - KEmin = 1.507e-18 J

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The Depletion Layer in Thermal Equilibrium

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How to Solve for Average Energy as T Approaches 0 and Infinity

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Where Does Equation (3) in Kittel's Chapter 5 Come From?

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Electronics (Diodes + capacitors) questions

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Calculating Heat Transfer Time for Steel Immersed in Zinc Bath

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Finding redshift where radiation and matter energy densities are equal

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Statistical mechanics average energy

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Hydrogen atom:<K>,<V>,momentum distribution

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How do you inhibit NAND and NOT gates?

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Solve tanh(ax)=x: Fixed Points for Non-linear Dynamics

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Why does ∂r/∂t = 0 in time derivatives of volume integrals?

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What are some common applications of Laplace's equation in E&M?

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Why is a grating preferred over a single slit for diffraction patterns?

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Why does Griffiths distinguish pure dipoles from physical dipoles?

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The capacitance of the two metal sphere system

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What is the Electric Field Near a Small Hole in a Charged Spherical Shell?

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Conversation of energy / momentum problem weird circumstance in equations

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Electric potential outside a grounded cylinder in uniform field

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What are pure and physical dipoles in Griffiths?

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Griffiths E&M parallel plate capacitor problem

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Why is D parallel to E₀ in Griffiths problem 4.18?

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Why Does Rho_b Blow Up (Griffiths Pg. 176)

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How do You Calculate the Potential Energy of Coupled Oscillators?

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Using Euler Lagrange in General Relativity

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How Does a Magnetic Field Affect a Suspended Rod in a Circuit?

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Creating Entropy by Mixing Hot and Cold Water

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Velocities in rotating and inertial reference frames

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Solving Griffiths 4.10: Calculating V(r) Using Equation 4.13

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What Are the Concepts of Time and Spacetime?

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What Is the Force on a Square Loop in a Magnetic Field?

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Solving for Griffiths torque on a dipole

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What Does (\vec{p} \cdot \nabla)\vec{E} Represent in Griffiths Eq. 4.5?

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Equipotential Lines: Different Charge Magnitudes Explained

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Wine glass acoustics - wavelength not what expected

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Why does reducing wavelength affect photon emission rate?

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Why are Field Lines Always Perpendicular to a Conducting Line?

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Does Tension Apply in One-Dimensional Particle Systems?

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Planning Lab to measure how emf varies with an angle

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What does dl represent in the line integral formula for EMF?

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What is the answer to Problem 1 part c in Statistical Mechanics 6.1?

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Does dW = -PdV when work terms use H, M, T instead of P, V?

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Finding eigenfunctions of the linear momentum operator

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Harmonic oscillator special state (QM)

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Questioning the Efficiency of a Heating/Cooling System as a Heat Engine

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Normalization of Slit #2 Wave Amplitude

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What is the minimum uncertainty in the energy of a \rho meson?

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What Is the Equation of State for a Gas Given Its Gibbs Function?

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What is a hydrostatic system in this MIT thermodynamics context?

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What is the Shortest Timed Path for a Body to Reach Two Points in Space?

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Why does my Malus law graph curve instead of being linear?

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Why is the harmonic oscillator ground state valid only at x = 0?

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How Does Lenz's Law Apply to EMF in a Triaxially Bent Wire?

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Calculating D from ρv = 2sinФ + cosФ (c/m^2) in Electrostatics

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Why Does the Ideal Gas Law Only Have Two Independent Variables?

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What Is the Equation of Motion for a Particle with a Given Lagrangian?

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Classical mechanics marion and thornton

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How to Determine u(t) for a Damped System with Step Function Force?

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Why must all three boundary constants be negative in Griffiths 3.15?

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How Does Grounding Affect Charge Conservation in Electromagnetic Theory?

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Solving a Wave Equation with Electric Fields of Different Frequencies

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Electric Potential Energy of protons

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Stat. Mech: energy-temperature relation of a perfect classical gas

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What Is the Change in Entropy of a Resistor and the Universe?

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Griffiths Problem 4.10: Finding Sigma for Polarization Vectors

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Determining an expression for an entropy equation

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Why does charge move toward a grounded conducting plate?

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Electron Under Gravity: Lose Potential Energy in First Centimeter

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Finding the Fundamental Frequency and Length of an Open Pipe at 20°C

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