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Solving Harmonic Oscillator Coefficients w/ Hermite Polynomials

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Solving for Diameter and Mass of a New Kuiper Object with a Satellite

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Solving a Tutorial Problem on Bravais Lattice

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Magnetic Field and direct integration

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How Does Tilting the Screen Affect the Double Slit Interference Pattern?

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What Is the Final Speed of an Electron Accelerated Through 200V?

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Do wavefunctions in 1D potential wells have n maxima at energy level En?

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Tennis ball-racket collision: Deformation and duration

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Astronomy - Greenhouse Effect (integral troubles mainly)

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X-Ray Scattering: AP = k/|k|.r on Page 43

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How Is Atomic Polarizability Calculated for a Hydrogen Atom?

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Schwarzschild geometry unstable orbit GR question

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Young and Freedman 11.76 rotational dynamics problem

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Lagrangian Mechanics - coupled oscillator?

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Bouncing particle in Visual Basic with random initial coordinates

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Quantum mechanics and an evil integral

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Ballistic pendulum with 4g bullet and 2996g block

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A combination of two potential wells

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Solving Water Level Puzzle: Page 6 of 1902 Exam Solutions 2004

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Minimimum separation of to resolve 2 stars

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Really weird application of Lenz's Law ()

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Conceptual fluid mechanics question

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Particle in an infinite potential well

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Understanding Baseball Bat Center of Mass: Seeking Explanation

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Why is the Lorenz gauge chosen for causality in EM potentials?

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How to Calculate the Energy Between Two Dipoles?

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How to Convert the TISE for SHM into Dimensionless Form?

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Find Error in Calculating Energy Eigenstates of Particle in Box

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How Do Initial Conditions Affect Oscillations in a 10 Mass-Spring System?

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Why does the spherical harmonic formula give zero when m = l?

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Want to verify textbook ans on angular velocity

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Thermodynamic Equilibrium of N2 Molecule in Electrical Discharge

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Rutherford Scattering problem with a heavier nucleus

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How to Determine the Work Function and Initial Wavelength of a Cathode?

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What Is the Mass M in a Pulley System with a 3kg Object?

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USEMENT PARK PHYSICS: Will a Roller Coaster Stay on the Track?

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Photon/Electron absorbtion in atoms

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Develop Lagrangian for Frictionless Pulley System w/ Moment of Inertia

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How Do You Solve These Simple Harmonic Motion Problems?

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Motion of spring mass with charge in magnetic field

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QM: Does $\frac{d\psi}{dx} \rightarrow 0$ at ±infinity?

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Normalizing wave function in infinite square well

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Calculating Maximum Speed of 2kg Block on a Spring

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Solving Point Charge Impact Time on Grounded Plane

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Parasitic Capacitance in Transistor Amp

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Movement along and off a barrel hoop

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Efficiency and Performance of a Reversible Heat Engine

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Thermodynamics - Ideal Diatomic Gas

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What Is the Best Sensor to Use for OCR Physics Coursework?

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What Determines the Void Space in Cubic Crystalline Structures?

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What is the Wavefunction of a Particle Confined in a Circular Tube?

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Solving the Wobble Rate for a Plate Thrown Off Axis

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Otto cycle efficiency and heat calculations for each step

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How Does Work Done Compare in Isothermal and Adiabatic Expansion of Gases?

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Show that the ball undergoes simple harmonic motion

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Car accelerating on circular path with friction limit

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Adiabatic electrical Thermodynamics question -

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Skier on hemispherical slope problems

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Energy of photon emitted from Positronium transition

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Boundary conditions for open ends and driven strings in wave motion

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Find Telescope Diameter to Resolve Two Stars

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Solving Wavefunction of Particle in Square Well Potential

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Action (and the principle of least of which)

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Proving \lim_{x\rightarrow \pm \infty} xV(x)[\psi(x)]^2 =0

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Strange derivation: Statistical thermodynamics

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Understanding Quantum Spin Number vs Angular Momentum

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Calculating Magnetic Field of a Monopole - Dirac Condition

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Driven, damped harmonic oscillator - with particular solution

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Satellite Motion and Electric Fields

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Coefficient of friction between the tires and the road

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Solving Scale in an Elevator: N-W=ma?

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Why does pressure equal density times mean squared speed?

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How to Calculate Enthalpy and Entropy Change for SiC Heating?

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Magnetic field inside wire with uniformly distributed current

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Prove Critical Damping: x(t)=A+Bt e^(-Beta t)

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Work needed to move charge from infinity to center of sphere

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Resistance of Sample w/ Impurities: Proving Constant?

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Electric force between two charges on z-axis

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How to determine reflected and transmitted waves from continuity conditions

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Buoyancy - how much does this person drink?

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Can a thin film reflect or transmit zero light?

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Calculate the protons kinetic energy

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N-coupled oscillator- both series, and parallel.

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The Consequences of Inelastic Collisions in Kinetic Theory

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Finding currents I1, I2, I3 using Kirchhoff's laws

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General case for pojectile motion from height h

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Linear Momemtum Need dire assistance

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Determining mass in scattering process

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How Is a General Solution for Laplace's Equation in 2D Obtained?

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Why Wave Function Extends in Finite Potential Well

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Using a Rotary Potentiometer and Float

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Calculating Force Exerted by Wind on Object

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