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Show for tensors (A · B) : C = A^T · C : B = C · B^T : A

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Three Plate Capacitor and Force

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What is the series derivative of sin(kx)?

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Electrostatic energy of two opposite charges in water and in a vacuum

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Mathematica returns non-numerical integrand while minimizing

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Why transpose the symplectic matrix when changing subscript indices

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Quantization of angular momentum

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QFT Lagrangian Problem: Find Free Particle Action Hermitian Way

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Using given Fourier transform to find the equation for the wave packet.

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Finding potentials given potentials at other points

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Quantum Mechanics: Harmonic Oscillator Variance.

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Applying summation convention to generalised Hooke's law

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Show that 1/√(1-(u'/c)²) equals γ(1-vu/c²)/√(1-(u/c)²)

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How Does the Kennedy-Thorndike Experiment Address the Ether Wind Hypothesis?

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Trouble with simple elasticity derivation

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Multiple Electron Spin Measurements

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Is My Solution to Problem 2 in Electrodynamics Correct?

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Thermal Physics Introduction- solving for entropy and temperature change

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How Does Ether Wind Cause Length Contraction?

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Finding force from electric potential energy using gradients.

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Wavefunction is cos(kx), probability of momentum?

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What property of lagrangian is used here?

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Microstates of two (similar looking) configuration

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Why do these terms vanish in this solution?

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How to move a particle in a VMC calculation

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QM Fourier Transform and Integral rules

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Mass Diffusion and Heat Conduction: A Steel Carburization Example

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What is the Correct Q for Calculating Black Hole Temperature?

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Projectile Motion from a height with Air Resistance

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Lagrangian for point mass on a hoop

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Can unitary operators on hilbert space behaive like rotations?

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Enclosed charge of an electron cloud with a given charge density function.

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Trace of γμkμγ5γνoνγν γ5

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Quantum Theory: Operator Exponentiation

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How Do Commutators of Functions of Observables Work in Quantum Mechanics?

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Tricky integral in QM variational method

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Ionization Energy (Quantum Mechanics)

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Newtonian particle problem with air resistance

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Angular momentum polar coordinates

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Momentum term to be expanded in dirac gamma matrices

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How Do You Calculate Tension in a Spinning String Loop?

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Completing the square for integration of e^( )

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How Can the Creation Operator L+ Be Applied to Y_l^m in Quantum Mechanics?

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Magnetic field around sinusoid shaped wire

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Rotation Operator Matrix Representation using |+z> and |-z> Basis

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Using symmetry solving Schrödinger equation

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How Does Group Speed Differ from Phase Speed in a Dielectric Medium?

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Rolling disk with applied force: Lagrangian and generalized forces

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Quantum Mechanics: Particle in a Box Periodic BC's

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Drilled hole through earth - Diff EQ w/ Gauss' Law

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What is the relationship between <x> and <p> in linear momentum?

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Non-Dimensionalize PDE: Boundary Conditions, Initial Conditions

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Calculating eigenvalues of G Parity

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A dielectric hemisphere

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How Can You Find ψ(x,t) from ψ(x) for a Free Particle?

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Change in Electric Energy of Spheres

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Compton scattering when E mc^2

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Finding acceleration in circular motion using rectangular coordinates

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Difficult equation to understand in Goldstein's Mechanics

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Semiconductor Physics - Density of States Calculation Problem?

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Potential Barrier (quantum mechanics)

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Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory and Transition Probabilities

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What is the Electric Field Above a Helix with Uniformly Distributed Charge?

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Solving Spherical Symmetry in Hydrogen Atom

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Volume charge density for neutral coaxial cable

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Laplace equation on two semi-infinite conductor planes

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Two state oscillations and quantum oscillator

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Flux of vector field through cylindrical wedge using divergence theorem

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How Do You Find Wavefunctions from Given Quantum States?

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Quantum Well with Infinite Barriers

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How much is molecules and how much is else in 1cm3 od air?

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Goldstein classical mechanics discrepancy?

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Why does enthalpy increase if all work energy went into internal energy?

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Lagrangian for velocity dependent potential

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Super-hard differential equation in classical mechanics problem

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What Is the Dot in \(\dot{q} \cdot \dot{q}\)?

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Bead sliding on rolling hoop: when does the particle fall off?

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Are Velocity and Acceleration Vectors Perpendicular When Speed Is Constant?

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Hamiltonian in spherical coordinates

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What are the applications of AND and OR gates using diodes?

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Computing the expectation value of momentum, kinetic energy, and compute

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Calculations with Dirac deltas and position/momentum operators

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Laplace's equation (2D, cartesian)

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Why Does Integration by Parts Yield Extra Δk in Wave Packet Analysis?

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How can I solve Poisson's Equation using an identity from Griffiths?

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Cartesian Tensors and some proofs and problems regarding it.

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What Information Does the Equation of State Provide in Ket Notation?

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Proof involving Dirac Delta function

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Two masses connect by a rope over unequal slopes

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How to Evaluate [A*A, A] Given [A, A*] = 1?

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First Friedmann Equation forms

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Statics Equilibrium: Normal Force and Static Friction

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What is the magnitude E of the field?

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