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Graduate Derivation Of Lorentz Transformation by Lawden
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Undergrad Time vs Space: Physical Quantities Compared
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Graduate Can Future Generations Really Travel Back in Time?
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Graduate Einstein Field Equation purely in partial derivatives wrt x,y,z,t?
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Graduate Moment of inertia corrected with relativity
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Graduate Is time perception solely influenced by time dilation?
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Graduate What does a spacetime interval of zero mean for objects traveling at c?
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Graduate Curvature of Time: How Do We Experience It?
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Where Can I Find the Penrose Lecture Link Mentioned in the Forum?
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Graduate Pertinence of relativity of simultaneity
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Graduate Artificial Black Holes, again
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Graduate Researchers create gravity in lab experiment
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Graduate Faster than the speed of light?
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Undergrad Is a uniform gravitational field a gravitational field?
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Undergrad Constant Velocity: Does Time Dilation Occur?
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Graduate Lorentz's Derivation: A Historical Exploration
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Graduate Addition of velocities: What actually happens?
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High School Can we travel faster than the speed of light?
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Graduate Speed of Light & Accelerating Frames
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Graduate Is energy conserved in an expanding universe?
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Graduate Standard Derivation: What Makes it Standard?
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Undergrad Speed of light relative to universe expansion?
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Undergrad Time Dilation: Relativity's Surprising Effect
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Graduate Photon beyond light speed?(?tachyon?)
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Graduate Light under light gravitational force
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Graduate Is expansion of space relative?
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Graduate Lorentz Transformations in xy & xyz Directions | Pat
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Graduate Time Dilation: Clarifying the Concept for Pat
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Graduate Are Spacelike Movements Physically Possible in Our Universe?
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Graduate Can Gravity Be Understood as a Gauge Theory Through Rovelli's LQG Approach?
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Graduate Wormholes: Are they practical?
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Graduate Gravitational Radiation Calculation from Rotating Rods
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Graduate Does motion break existing symmetries?
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Graduate Reducing the time invested in teaching SR
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Undergrad Throwing a string into a blackhole
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Graduate Deriving Lorentz Transformation: Is it Time-Saving & Physically Correct?
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High School Does Time Move Relative to Space?
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Graduate Equivalence of Clocks in Gravitational Fields: A Thought Experiment
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Graduate What Happens to the Circumference of a Rotating Disk in the Lab Frame?
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Graduate Energy-momentum density of point particle
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Graduate Does Matter Float or Sink in Space?
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Graduate Need a little help on special relativity.
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Graduate Electromagnetic wave propagation
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Graduate Accelerating frame in special relativity
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Graduate Stress-energy tensor of a wire under stress
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Graduate Is Empty Space Just a Bunch of Relationships Between Events?
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Graduate Is General Relativity Fully Verified by Experimentation?
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Graduate Uncovering the Mystery of Time: The Search for Physical Evidence and Definition
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Graduate Riding on a beam of light - time and space
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Graduate Does Velocity Affect Gravitational Red Shift in Light Signals?
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Undergrad Understanding Relativity from A and B's Point of View
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Graduate Have You Seen this Transformation Equation Before?
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Graduate Are gravitational fields additive?
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Graduate Is Clock Synchronization Truly Possible According to Einstein's Theory?
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Graduate GPS Satellites & the Twin Paradox: Time Dilation Explored
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Graduate Does Gravity Have a Limiting Distance?
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Graduate Magnetism results from relativistic effects on a moving charge?
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Graduate Can a Pseudo-Special Frame of Reference Eliminate Paradoxes in FTL Travel?
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Graduate Twin Paradox: Are Causes Relative?
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Graduate Swartzchild metric and free fall
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Graduate What is the relationship between black holes and time dilation?
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Graduate Accelerated Frames: Explaining an Observer's Perspective
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Graduate Pythorean Theorem and General Relativity
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Graduate Anomalous refractive index? How doesnt this defie relativity
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Graduate Relativity Theory: What is needed?
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Graduate Dark Energy Interation With Gravity?
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Graduate Relative speed of a photon - mk2
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Graduate Conflict between electrodynamics and classical relativity?
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Graduate Understanding Spacetime Diagrams: Event E & Coordinates in K & K
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Graduate Length contraction from two inertial frames
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Graduate Length (and Mass) vs. Time Dilation
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Graduate Special Relativity vs General Relativity: T_{\mu\nu} = 0
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Graduate Two Body Problem in GR: Formulation & Solution
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Graduate Angle independence of Michelson-Morley type experiments
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Graduate Special relativity particle observation puzzle
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Undergrad Does velocity affect mass in physics experiments?
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Graduate Does light have its own gravity field?
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Graduate Does black hole's gravity really travel out of it's own Event Horizon?
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Graduate Proof of Buchdal's Theorem | Show & Send Link
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Undergrad Not possible to shield gravitational forces
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Graduate How does one construct the action which gives the equation of motion?
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Graduate Transformation of epsilon and miu
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Graduate Time as a Dimension: Is Time Expanding?
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Graduate Group Structure of Einstein Equations: Casimir Operator & Conserved Quantities
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Graduate When is a derivation of the Lorentz transformation good
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Graduate Does a gravitational field have mass?
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Graduate What are the key applications of Relativistic corrections in modern physics?
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Graduate What is the relationship between mass and energy for massless particles?
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Undergrad Doppler effect / expanding universetrouble uniting both concepts?
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Graduate Einstein-Hilbert action.
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Graduate Relativistic thermodynamics problem
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Graduate No such thing as a stupid question, just stupid
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Graduate NYT article about the speed of shadow > c
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Graduate Nothing can travel faster than light
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Undergrad What Is the Relative Nature of Light Speed?
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Graduate How do different theories of spacetime affect the concept of speed?
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Graduate What is the purpose of defining the matter tensor in general relativity?
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Undergrad How Does the Twin Paradox Challenge Our Understanding of Time Dilation?
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Graduate Non-linear transformations for dummies
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Graduate Can We See an Object After It Disappears If It Travels Faster Than Light?
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