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Graduate Symplectic geometry of phase space
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Graduate Gravity & Quantum Mechanics: Susskind's Letter Explained
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High School Surface volume of 3-sphere with radius of 2 Planck length?
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Undergrad What are the fundamental principles of physics that apply universally?
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Undergrad Other procedures to quantize Ashketer variables
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Undergrad Is Gravity Actually the Result of Quantum Collapses?
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Undergrad Can Muons or Tau Particles Be Explained by Kaluza-Klein Towers?
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Undergrad Geometry of GR v. Spin-2 Massless Graviton Interpretation
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Undergrad Is fine tuning maximized complexity?
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High School Outdated vs. Essential: A List of Superceded Theories in Physics
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Undergrad What if the mystery of unified theory is solved?
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High School Could a Warp Jet Revolutionize Space Travel by Compressing Space?
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High School Why does "gravity" need to be unified?
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Undergrad Derivation of Euler Lagrange's equations from D'alemberts principle
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Undergrad Is suppressed gravitational pull a possible explanation for dark energy?
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Undergrad Violation of lepton universality theories
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High School Time quantization in classical physics
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Undergrad Looking for literature re imperfect quantum gravity models
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Graduate Is there a new loophole in the no-go theorem of supersymmetry?
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Graduate (Perturbative) quantum gravity made simple?
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High School Understanding Boson Stars as Potential Dark Matter Candidates
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Graduate String Theory and Einstein-Cartan Gravity
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High School How Does the Higgs Boson Mass Impact Multiverse and Supersymmetry Theories?
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Graduate Joseph Polchinski's physics autobiography
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High School Can the Alcubierre Drive Overcome Quantum Mechanics Challenges?
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Undergrad Implications of validating loop quantum cosmology
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Undergrad Inflation "cooled Universe from 10^27 to 10^22 kelvins" why?
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High School Where does this equation for stationary points come from?
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High School No new fundamental particles at CERN until today
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Undergrad Is the new 3.0 TeV bump at ATLAS a fluke?
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Graduate A new hope for ST? Hold the thought of Jonathan J. Heckman
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Graduate Asymmetry parameter while relating proper time with distance
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Undergrad Different versions of Falkner-Skan equation
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High School What is the process for developing new physical laws?
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High School Quantum vs. Classical Mechanics in Differential Element Analysis
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Undergrad Are there new observables/operators in BSM?
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Graduate Weinberg: Quantum Mechanics Without State Vectors
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Undergrad Amplitudes of Fourier expansion of a vector as the generalized coordinates
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Undergrad Lagrangian method for an LC-Circuit
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Undergrad What is the General Form of a Wave Equation in a Medium?
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Undergrad Overview of Horava Gravity for Laymen
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Undergrad Testing string/m-theory extra dimensions prediction
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Undergrad Is this thesis a plausible explanation for muon weirdness?
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Graduate Erebons: Planck mass Dark Matter particles
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Graduate Is the Plank length the same in every direction?
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Undergrad Micro Black Holes and Dark Matter as fuel for spaceship?
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High School Einstein's Unified Field Theory - Details
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Undergrad M-theory and loop quantization of higher dimensional SUGRA
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Graduate Question about derivatives of complex fields
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Graduate Symmetry/Conservation Violated in Quantum Anomaly
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Undergrad Confusion in variation derivative
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Graduate Double field theory: Where is the extra space?
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Graduate What Happens to Information When a Star Becomes a Black Hole?
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High School What does the Hamiltonian depend on in a classical system?
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Graduate Jack Smith: A Life in Theoretical Physics
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Graduate Argument for Holographic Principle
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Undergrad Measurements at the Cosmological Horizon?
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Graduate Disoriented with unoriented and oriented open strings
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Graduate The failure to booststrap SU(3).
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Graduate Do you think this year's string conference solved anything
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Undergrad Quaternions vs. Einstein's four-vectors
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Graduate String perturbation equations from Polyakov action
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Graduate Massive Bigravity: Unbelievable Harmlessness of a Ghost?
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Graduate Does Shaposhnikov & Wetterich 2009 have a hierarchy problem?
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High School Trouble with Infinity: Understanding Density at a Point
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Undergrad Physics: Science and Understanding or Tool of Prediction
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Graduate Massive spin-s representations of the Poincare group
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Undergrad Why no higher derivative in physics?
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High School U-238 spacings and Zeta function zeroes?
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Undergrad Is GR about fixed curved background or dynamical?
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High School Under LQG is it possible to have an area with just nothing?
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Graduate LHC - absence of supersymmetric particles
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Graduate What are singular and double seesaw?
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High School Can Amplituhedron and E8 Theories Be Unified in String Theory?
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High School Can the vacuum density produce only normal matter?
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High School How can anyone explain the universal equilibrium density problem
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Graduate Gravitational field due to an entity in spatial superposition
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Undergrad Calculus in the derivation of Euler-Lagrange equation
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Undergrad Kaluza–Klein metric, space between charged capacitor?
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Undergrad Help a novice with EL equation derivation
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Graduate Theoretical physics -- where does spin 1/2 come in
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Undergrad Derivation of the Laplacian in Spherical Coordinates
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Undergrad String theory and Lorentz invariance - 10D vs. 4D....
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High School How to Apply Hermite Polynomial for Physics Problems
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Undergrad Black holes and extra dimensions
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Undergrad Symmetry on the partition function
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Graduate Laplace Eq. in Cylindrical coordinates
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Graduate Interpretation of the Weinberg-Witten theorem
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Undergrad Could Two-Dimensional Physics Offer New Insights into Our Reality?
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High School Hypothetical ring world thought experiment
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Undergrad Is the Holographic Principle the Key to Understanding Our Universe?
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Undergrad What is the Abstract Definition of Energy?
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Graduate Green function issue: can bound. cond. be applied mode-wise?
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Graduate Lyapunov coefficient for function f(x) = 1/(1+x)
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Graduate Shortest distance scales that a string can resolve
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Graduate The Polyakov Action & Weyl Transformations
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Undergrad Neutrino Mass, Baryogenesis, Dark Matter (Beyond the SM)
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Undergrad Is it Impossible for Entanglement > FTL Communication?
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Undergrad Does this variant of MOND exist?
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Undergrad How would a 4th Dimensional Object Move?
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