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Matrix Representation: What Happens to |a''><a'|?

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What are the problems that need help with?

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Density Operator for 2 Systems: Pure State

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Can a Particle with Rest Mass Travel at the Speed of Light?

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What are sigma and sigma_1 in problem 6.2 of Goldstein?

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Solve String Theory Problem: dX/dx=∂X/∂x?

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Real and Complex Parts of a Wave Function

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How Many Electron States in the Irreducible Part of 1BZ?

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Yes, these all refer to the same concept.

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Brachistochrone curve - Gravity and other influences

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Adding Ice to Water: Physics Forum Solutions

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What Are the Limits to Quasi-CW in Non-Linear Optics?

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Dynamics: Tangential and Normal Coordinates

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How can I correctly solve for dA in Gauss's Law for a sphere?

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What are the properties of reciprocal lattice vectors?

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What Happens When an Infinite Square Well Expands Symmetrically?

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Electrical Resonance and Complex Numbers

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How Does Erasing Computer Memory Affect Entropy?

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Where Does the Last Equality in Equation 6.79 Come From?

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Atoms per unit length and area in BCC along [111]

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Circuit Nodal voltage question out thanks

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Klein-Gordon-Schrodinger and Dirac equations

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Prove (g^n,h) = ng^{n-1} from Poisson bracket (g,h) = 1

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Commutativity Equation Of Hamilton and Position Operators

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How to Determine v0 Using Superposition in a Complex Circuit?

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Vectors that constitute the diagonals of this parallelogram

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Velocity and accleration of a particle

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Do Plastics Release Toxic Fumes When Burned or Decomposed?

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Probability of measuring specific energy of particle

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Can we measure time and accelaration at the same time?

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Solving 1D/2D Eigenvalue Equation for Proving Function

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Why does contracting with the metric tensor reduce 16 terms to 4?

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Electric potential of +Q at distance r vs 2r

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Proton electric potential/ final speed calculation

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How Do You Determine the Eigenstate of S_x with Eigenvalue +ħ/2?

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How do I know if this field has a mass term?

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Are These Expressions for Probability Current Density Equivalent?

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Difference between Ẋ^μ and Ẋ in Zwebach QC 6.4

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Max Mass on Helium Balloon: 4.40 x 10^-3 kg

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Will the electron reach the opposite plate?

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Electric field from a linear charge distribution

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QM - Can We Conclude [A,B]=0 with {|a',b'>}?

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Finding eigenvalues and eigenspinors of 3Ŝx+4Ŝy

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Is the Joule-Thompson experiment an isenthalpic process?

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Is Richard Robinett's Fourier Transform Convention Unconventional?

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QC 6.4 Zwiebach: Deriving the Relativistic Dot Product

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How to Derive Lagrange's Equations for a Double Pendulum?

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How do we obtain the Lagrangian of the EM field in Ryder QFT, 2nd Edition?

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Compton scattering fractional wavelength change with blue light and X-rays

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Power plant with 400 MW output and 40% efficiency

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Equations to do with the z distance of a screw helix.

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Comparing de Broglie wavelengths at 100V and 10,000V

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Which Irreducible Representations Do PCl5 Orbitals Belong To?

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What is the Characteristic Electric Field in an Atom?

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Can Newton's Second Law be Applied to Relativistic Motion?

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Dynamics - Normal and Tangential Coordinates

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Solved: Griffiths Quantum 4.58

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Finding kinetic energy from friction and velocity

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Determining Whether An Object Is Actually Gold

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How Is a Sidereal Day Measured Using Stellar Observations?

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Asteroid breaks into chunks with mass ratio 2.4:1 heading toward starbase

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Problems 4.2 and 4.4 from Reif's Statistical and Thermal Physics

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How Many Oscillations and Amplitude of a Damped Pendulum in 4 Hours?

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Gas flows from cylinder A to cylinder B

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Solving Problems Involving Ge, Well Lagged Wires, and Heat Flow

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Calculating Viscosity of Newtonian Fluid

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How Can Special Relativity Connect Momentum and Velocity Changes?

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Net force an an infinitesimal string

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Adiabatic expansion of a monatomic gas

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How Can You Derive the Electric Field of a Dipole for r>>d?

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Riemannian manifold and general relativity

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Energy eigenvalue and eigen vector

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Solve Hermitian Operators: Prove Int. w/ Wavefuncs

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Calculate $\hbar \ln$ Gaussian Path Integral w/Einstein Summation

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Function approximation near a given point

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Duality between generators of changes and observables in QM

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Momentum-space Schrödinger equation for harmonic oscillator

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Gradient of 1/r with respect to source coordinates in Griffiths

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Is Griffiths Quantum 2.51 the Ground State Solution?

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How Do You Calculate the Length of a Spaceship Using Relativity?

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How to understand equation 6.51 in Ryder QFT 2nd ed. Page 192?

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Solving WKB Eigenvalue Problem for Bound States

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Partial derivative of Psi function

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Solutions to Schrodinger's Wave Equation

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Probability of particle in interval from normalized wave function

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Dielectric sphere - Find the electric field

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Solve the Exponential Question: Breaking Distance at 60 km/h

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Book recommendations for superconductor lab report

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Solving Differential Equations: Getting Started with Initial Conditions

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Is the Hermitian Conjugate of an Operator Always Hermitian?

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Solving the Puzzle: Two Snowcats Towing an Emergency Shelter

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How much 32P stock solution is needed after 12 days?

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Calculating KE of a Dust Particle: 1 microgram at 1 mm/s

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Is u(x) = exp(-x²/2) an Eigenfunction of \hat{A} = d²/dx² - x²?

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Maxwell Distribution of speeds

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Carbon-14 dating of mummy shroud with half-life 5730 years

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Calculate Signal Power from dBm vs Wavelength Graph

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