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Graduate A thought Experiment on velocity greater than C
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Graduate Why Lowering Index on Components Affects Physical Variables
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Graduate Gravitational Potential Difference in Uniform Gravity Field
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Graduate Modified Car and ditch paradox
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Undergrad Energy Storage & Mass Change: Is There a Link?
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Graduate How exactly to calculate the age difference in Twin paradox
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Graduate Black hole - contradiction to the Pauli exclusion principle?
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Graduate Does a photon experience time or is it affected only 'instantaneously'?
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Undergrad Objects at the Speed of Light question
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Graduate Are Lorentz transforms unique?
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Graduate Falling down an infinitely deep well
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Undergrad Introduction to SR: Inertial Frame of Reference Explained
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Challenge: superluminal average speed
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Graduate The change spatial distance between 2 events
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Graduate Can a photon arrive before an observer traveling at the same speed?
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Graduate One-Way Speed of Light: Experiment Basis & Aether Theories
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Graduate Can Gravitons Escape a Black Hole's Gravitational Pull?
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Graduate Having velocity of light is like having infinite Velocity
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Graduate Is there a perfect correspondence between spacetime and reality?
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Graduate Understanding Schwarzschild Geometry: Math & Physics Requirements
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Graduate Explaining Why Light Travels in Α'Β'Γ' in Relativity
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Graduate Explore Einstein's Theory of Relativity & Time Travel
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Undergrad Just when I started to get things straught in my head.
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Undergrad No problem, glad I could help! :smile:
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Graduate Suppose relative v in S <> -v in S'
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Graduate Better understanding of causality
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Graduate Comparing Einstein's 4D Space-Time to a Fluid: Is it Possible?
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Graduate Information content of the metric, Riemannian and Ricci tensors
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Graduate Does Particle Acceleration at the LHC Lead to an Increase in Mass?
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Graduate Inverse Square Law + Special Relativity
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Graduate Unifying Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: The Challenge of Planck Units
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Graduate Stress-Energy Tensor from Lagrangian: Technical Question
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Graduate Does General Relativity Explain Tension in Space-Time?
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Graduate Time travel when velocity> light speed
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Graduate Covariant Green's function for wave equation
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Graduate Lorentz or Poincare invariant?
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Graduate A thought experiment doubt on General Relativity.
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Graduate You can't exceed the speed of light
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Graduate Speed of Light Dilation: Does Observer See Slower Beam?
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Graduate The vacuum Einstein equations and flat spacetime
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Graduate Why can photons travel faster than c?
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Graduate Thought experiment concerning worldlines
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Graduate Is a Photon the Optimal Channel for Communication Between Inertial Observers?
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Graduate Conservation law at high speeds
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Graduate Is the Speed of Light Decreasing Due to a New Interpretation of Ether?
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Graduate Can the Fabric of Space-Time Break Under Extreme Mass?
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Graduate Why is the speed of light constant and independent from the observer?
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Graduate Why Expect Gravity Waves from Distant Cosmic Events?
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Graduate Twin Paradox: Accelerating Rocket Ship from Earth in 2100
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Graduate Creating black holes through relative motion
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Graduate Is the Speed of Light Absolute or Relative in Special Theory of Relativity?
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Graduate Thought experiment: Orbiting bodies close to C
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Undergrad Does Gravity "Lose" Pulling Power?
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Graduate The Fourier-Minkowski transform?
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Graduate Another 'photon's reference frame' thread
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Get a Translation Copy of Pauli's Legendary Relativity Article - Expert Tips
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Graduate Is a falling elevator a valid inertial frame?
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Graduate Why Do Spaceships Shorten When They Fly at the Speed of Light?
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Graduate What is gauge in General Relativity?
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Graduate What is a Simple Example of a Functional and Lagrangian in Gravity?
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Graduate Understanding the Physical Meaning of Wigner Rotation
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Undergrad Is it realy true that nothing can travel faster than light? if so, why?
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Graduate General Relativity and Minkowski space question
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Graduate Structure of Minkowski Space
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Undergrad Floating in Space: Can Humans Create Their Own Orbits?
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Undergrad Mass and Speed in Special Relativity
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Graduate Help understanding special relativity concepts please.
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Graduate Is the Pen on My Desk a Geodesic and Is My Room an Inertial Frame?
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Graduate Question on Space time geometry
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Graduate Relativistic effects on apparent angular size
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Graduate How Does Gravity Influence the Speed of Light in Space-Time?
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Graduate Gravity: Effects of Curvature & Speed of Light
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Graduate Understanding Noether's Theorem: Field Theory on Minkowski Space
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High School Understanding the Equation E=mc^2: Any Thoughts?
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Undergrad How fast are we really moving?
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Graduate What happens when you enter a black hole
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Graduate Still learning about special relativity, .
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High School Earth's Diameter Stick: A Spinning Spiral?
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Graduate Einstein’s return to ether, what future of relativity?
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Undergrad What is the difference between the equivalence principle and Newton's third law?
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Graduate Is c invariant in Accelerating frames?
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Graduate Gravity/Curved Spacetimes effect on Time
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Graduate Do Moving Trains Affect Time Synchronization?
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Undergrad Extended Coulomb's Law: Need Help w/ LaTeX
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Graduate Where is My Understanding of Relativity Wrong in the Light Clock Example?
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High School What is the significance of squaring speed in E=mc²?
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Graduate Is there a simpler way to understand the Lorentz factor?
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Graduate Infinite mass = infinite gravity ?
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Graduate What software do real physicists use for GR calculations?
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Graduate Are My Thoughts on GR Body at Rest Correct?
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Graduate Length contraction in a current carrying wire?
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Graduate Is Everything "Else" a Black Hole?
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Graduate Electrons' Angular Velocity in Atomic Structure: Examining the Same V?
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Graduate Is light speed faster coming from a smaller star?
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Graduate Understanding the Impact of Michelson Morley Experiment on Modern Science
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Graduate Can GR be formulated as background dependent?
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Graduate Contravariant derivative tensor problem
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Graduate Photon Trajectory in Moving Laser Pointer
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Graduate Some Burning Questions about Time Dilation
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Graduate Confused about Velocity Based Time Dilation
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