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Charged Particle Oscillating in External Constant Electric Field

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Virial temperatures - why does this equality hold?

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Electric Field of a Spherical Shell Cut in Half

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Deriving entropy of mixing from ideal gas entropy equation

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Density of State for a two atom basis

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Electric field of a uniform finite cylinder

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Thermodynamics filling steam tables for water

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Calculating Averages in a Unidimensional Quantum System

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Quantum Mechanics: Evaluate the following using Ket-Bra notation

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What is the Uncertainty in Wavelength for an Excited Atomic State?

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Can a Particle in a Bounded System Have Momentum in One Direction?

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Solve 3 equations in three unknowns I, W, and L

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Quantum Mechanics Operator/eigenstates problem

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Levi Civita 4 tensor as pseudotensor

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Hamiltonian Commutator: Finding [H,P_x] for Polarization Operator

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Conceptual Question on General Relativity

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Evaluate the energies of muonic K X rays in Fe

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Why does a sycamore seed auto-rotate when falling?

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Classical mechanics, motion of a particle over a helix

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Mean Value property (harmonic functions) with a source?

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Frobenius series recurrence relation numerator condensing

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Magnetic Field Equation in Spherical Coordinates to Cartesian Coordinates

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How to integrate partial differential eqn

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Ket Notation - Effects of the Projection Operator

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Simple quantum mechanics operator question

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Is an Antisymmetric 4-Tensor Zero if Any Off-Diagonal Component is Zero?

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Fourier sine and cosine tranformation, difficult problem, (for me)

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Quantum Mechanics 3D harmonic oscillator

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Relativistic decay of particle into two equal-mass daughters

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Circular Motion Due to Coriolis Force

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Showing Unitary Operator U is a Fraction of Hermitian Operators

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How Do You Convert Foucault Pendulum Equations to Polar Coordinates?

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Reflection coefficient for EM wave in seawater at 10 GHz

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Problem with numerator in a series expansion

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Variational method approximation for half-space linear potential

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Stat. Phys. : Renormalization Group and scaling hypothesis

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Converting molar entropy s(u,v) to total entropy S(U,V,N)

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Lagrangian for two identical rods connected by frictionless joint.

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Central force field-condition for closed orbits.

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Fourier Coefficients of an Even Function

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Find Bohr Radius from Approximate Potential Energy

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Equation of motion of coupled springs

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Reversibility criteria in thermodynamics and entropy

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Magnetic field of a cylinder with magnetization M=ks^2

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How Does Polarization Change Along the X-Axis for Counter Propagating Waves?

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Find angle between planes (011) and (001)

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Concentration of Radon in atoms per cubic meter

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How to Convert FSR from Frequency to Wavelength?

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Continuous Surface Charge Source - Integral Confusion

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How Much Does Shaking a Water Bottle Increase Its Temperature?

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How to Calculate the Expectation Value of x^2 in Quantum Mechanics?

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Solve x=ytan(y): Analytical Technique Needed

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Obtaining the Half-life equation experimentally

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Max temperature for 3.2 V incandescent light bulb

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Mott's scattering cross-section formula

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Solving Electrical Physics Problem: Find Electric Force on Point Charge

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Quantum Mechanics - Superposition of Wavefunctions?

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Distance of Closest Approach of Particle to PLanet

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How Do You Determine the Four-Vector Quantities for a Moving Particle?

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Relativity of simultaneity for novas 2500 light-years away

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Net force direction on -2 mC charge in three-charge system

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Laplace equation derivation, where does the potential go

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Thickness of material to absorb electron beam

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How Do You Evaluate a Sinc Integral in Quantum Scattering Theory?

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Spontaneous disintegration in classical mechanics

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How Is Heat Flow Calculated in a Constant Temperature Quasistatic Process?

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Spin-dependent Hamiltonian of two particles

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Time to gravitationally collapse ( Derivation)

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Solving Quick Bra-Ket Question: |t> + |a> = 45°

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Classical Mechanics: Finding force, equilibrium points, turning points

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Minimizing Chi-Squared Function in MATLAB

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Energy Released in Thermonuclear Runaway of 1 Solar Mass White Dwarf

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RLC Low-Pass Circuit: Find Current in Resistor

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RC circuit switching at t=0 from A to B

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Solving Subterranean Trains Problem

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How Does Particle Size Affect Gas Laws in Hard Sphere Models?

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Quantum Mechanics: Uncertainty and Commutation relation

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Index notation - I never know when to introduce a new symbol?

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Particle constrained by 4 springs SHM

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Are the Two Definitions of Hermitian Operators Equivalent?

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Elastic scattering energy transfer without initial energy given

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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of J.n

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What is the speed when a ball hits the ground

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Lagrangian equation from this free body diagram

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Neutron Diffraction: Finding Wavelength of Neutron

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Relative error definition of entropy

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Mechanics question on equation of continuity

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Using Boltzmann distribution law to find Temperature (1% of photons> 1eV)

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Energy of an electron in a uranium atom

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Problem with Dimensional Regularization

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