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Graduate String Theory's implications of ontology
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Graduate Supergravity as the low energy effective action of Superstring- / M-theory
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Graduate Closed and open strings in M-theory
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Graduate Paul Townsend`s 3D Superparticle.
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Graduate Is Gravitational String Theory the Unified Theory of Everything?
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Graduate Can a Super Grand Canonical Ensemble Exist?
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Graduate Epistemological Role in Science and Synthetic A Priori Knowledge
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Undergrad String theory in one sentence please
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Undergrad Mixed Partial and non-partial derivative definition
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Graduate Classical Information: An Exploration of Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Gauge invariance of Euler-Lagrange equations
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Graduate Dax discussions of Beyond SM theories/including newcomer questions
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Graduate Does John H. Schwarz now believe in Verlinde`s gravity?
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Graduate Deriving the equations of motion in f(T) gravity
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Graduate The mathematics required for mathematical physics (LQG, ST, FT, etc)?
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Questions dealing with astrophysics
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Graduate What is the importance of the Duffing Differential Equation?
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Graduate How would gravity or any 1/r^2 force act in one dimension?
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Graduate Explicit embedding of gravity+Standard Model in E8 (new Lisi paper)
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Graduate The Multiversians are at the gates
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Elegant Universe TV show streaming Video
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Graduate Question on Witten's paper: Perturbative Gauge Theory As A String Theory
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Graduate Does this rule out cosmic natural selection? (1.97 solar neutron star)
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Graduate Big dimensionless numbers (in Planks units)
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Graduate Classical gravity, Supergravity and strings
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Graduate Matter from misjoints of spinfoams?
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Undergrad Why Is Action Defined as Energy Minus Potential Energy in Physics?
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Graduate Matrix Model for Membranes and D-brane Dynamics
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Graduate How does the axion solution actually work?
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Graduate Bianchi's PI talk on quantum polyhedra in LQG
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Graduate Why Do Superfields Have Quadratic Terms in Theta and Theta Bar?
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Graduate What Happens to Gravity in Bound States of Hydrogen Atoms?
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Graduate 't Hooft omni-theory proposal looks testable
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Graduate Lagrangian and Action question?
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Graduate Don't mess with the pass integral
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Graduate Does Spin of Particles Change in a Gravity Field?
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Graduate Jfy4 comment sparked by Torsten and Helge's new paper
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Graduate Quantizing Geometry or Geometrizing the Quantum?
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Graduate Understand Vector Product with Levi Civita Symbols
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Graduate Smolin's Cosmological Natural Selection: How does it help the problem?
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Graduate Self-Completeness of Einstein gravity via Black Hole formation
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Graduate Moduli Space of Tori: Intuitive Understanding in T-Duality
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Graduate Bivectors & Tensors: Understanding & Connection
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Graduate Finding Solution to Laplace Equation
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Graduate Inflation requires initial symmetry?
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Graduate Is the new spin foam model's graviton behavior problematic?
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Graduate String Theory and Spacetime - Some Questions
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Graduate Quantum Gravity Experiments: Proposals & Models
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Graduate Theory of everything and unifications
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Undergrad Gravitation & Electromagnetic Forces: Interdependence?
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Graduate F-string, NS5-brane & D-string
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Graduate Is Theoretical Physics Progress Stagnating?
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Graduate Infinite Dimensions: Is M Theory Correct?
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Graduate Can Gravity Influence the Flow of Time?
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Graduate Can String Theory Explain the Relationship Between Frequencies and Particles?
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Graduate What is the distance between strings and how are they spread across space?
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Graduate Causal Sets lectures have started (video online)
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Graduate Lorenz attractor&calabi-yau space
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Undergrad What Makes Gravity the Ultimate Force in the Universe?
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Graduate Graviton: Is It Possible That It Does Not Exist?
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Graduate String theory and CP violation
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Graduate What is the Fuzzball Hypothesis?
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Graduate Progress on braided spin networks?
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Graduate Why is String Theory Considered to be a Scientific Theory?
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Graduate Progress on M Theory: What We Know So Far
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Graduate String Theory: Formula of the Strong Force
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Graduate Quantizing Time: Fact or Theory?
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Graduate Holography, bekenstein and information distance
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Graduate Is the Era of Enlightened Scientific Discovery Over?
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Graduate Cross fertilization between string and non string approaches.
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Graduate Why do matrix models fail to be The M-Theory?
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Graduate Unigrav applied to problems of time and cosmo constant
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Graduate Emergent relativity from causal networks
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Graduate Mass and gravity originating from the quantum vacuum
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Graduate Fermion Cube: Standard Model Lagrangian & Preon Model
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Graduate Understanding the Geometric Modulus of Calabi-Yau Spaces
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Graduate String creation and destruction
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Graduate In LQG, where do things come from to make the Big Bounce?
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Graduate Bounce derived in spinfoam cosmology
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Graduate Holographic Dualities and the Potential Misdirection of String Theory
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Graduate Gravity field differential equations
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Graduate Refreshing paper by Rovelli (nods to filmmaker Khrzhanovsky)
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High School Ed Witten & M-Theory: Physics I Project Ideas
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Graduate Penrose interpretation of quantum gravity
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Graduate What's the General Consensus on Heim Theory?
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Graduate I understand the main goal of all physicists is to unite quantum
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Graduate Poincare conserved currents : Energy-momentum and Angular-momentum tensors
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Graduate Seminal Papers in Quantum Gravity?
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Graduate Is Holographic Principle a confirmed theory ?
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Graduate What Do UV and IR Mean in the Context of Quantum Gravity Theories?
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Graduate Are dualities not just an expression of equivalence in physical theories?
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Graduate String Theory: a layman's explanation [joke]
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Graduate Confused about symmetries and canonical transformations
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Graduate Why strings and not zero dimensional fundumental particles?
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Graduate Gravity is not entropic force ?
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Graduate Understanding Compactified Dimensions in Superstring and M-Theory
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Graduate What are the dimensions beyond 4, 10, and 26?
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Graduate Our picks for second quarter 2010 MIP (most important QG paper)
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Graduate What Are the Extra Dimensions Beyond Our Familiar Three?
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