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High School Why is E=mc² Defined with c Squared?
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Undergrad How can the Equivalence Principle hold when we consider tidal forces?
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High School Is Time Just a Perception or a Fundamental Aspect of Spacetime?
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Undergrad Complex Isomorphism Error in Lorentz Transform
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High School Resistance of Space-Time fabric
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Graduate Isotropic metric and circumference of sphere
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Undergrad Understanding Electromagnetism & General Relativity
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Undergrad Generalized Tetrad Formalism for Rotating Spacetimes and the Equatorial Plane
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High School Acceleration of Particles: Black Holes & Speed of Light
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Undergrad Why Are Equally Spaced Events Preserved in Transformation?
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Undergrad Help with Anti-Relativity activist
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Undergrad Michelson Morley Experiment Light Source
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Undergrad Why does time have to be a complex (Minkowski metric)?
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Undergrad Interaction Term in EM Lagrangian - Explained
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Undergrad Solve Electromagnetic Field Acting on Charged Particle
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High School Learn Relativity Theory: Math Education Needed?
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Graduate Relativity: Is "c" Speed in Vacuum Only?
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Undergrad Stretched spring and change in mass
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High School Do black holes have a world line?
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Undergrad Compute Relativistic Velocities of Photons & Neutrinos
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High School A universal compass/speedometer
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High School A question of why time dilates and what is described by it
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Graduate Connection, Metric and Torsion
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Undergrad GR as a Graded Time Dilation Field in Euclidean Space?
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High School Calculate Speed of Relativistic Rocket by Observation
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High School Are objects moving relative to each other?
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Undergrad Differential Forms in General Relativity: Definition & Use
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High School Measurements within our solar system with relativity in mind
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Graduate Physical interpretation of Pauli-Lubanski pseudo-vector
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High School Can we travel faster than the speed of light?
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Graduate Transfer Momentum Along Axis by Torque: Special Relativity Analysis
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High School The moon and light that bends around it
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Graduate Penrose Process & Hawking Area Theorem Explained
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Undergrad Index Notation, Covector Transform Matrix Rep
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High School Measuring Rest Length While Moving
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Undergrad GR: How Much Mechanics is Involved?
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Insights General Relativity as a Gauge Theory - Comments
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High School Why is there a limit to the speed of light in special relativity?
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Undergrad Theoretical problem with an empty seat going faster than light
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Undergrad Geodesics on S2 Surface: Arc-Length Parametrisation
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High School Spacetime: Understanding Warps, Limits & Potential Energy
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Graduate Does Non-Uniform Gravity Transform E into B Fields?
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Undergrad Length contraction vs expansion
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Undergrad On the invariant speed of light being the upper speed limit
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High School Can Magnetic Fields Control Gravity?
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Graduate Inertia & Accelerated Expansion: How Does Machian Explanations Fit In?
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Undergrad Geodesics and affine parameterisation
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Undergrad Gravitational Wave: Energy & Amplitude Changes
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Undergrad Differential Forms in GR: Higher Order Derivatives
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Graduate Color of Deep Space: Distribution of Light Wavelengths
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Undergrad Why is proper time undefined for spacelike/lightlike paths?
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High School Measuring c from Earth: Is the Speed of Light Affected?
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Undergrad Why don't general relativity and quantum physics agree?
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Undergrad Relativistic Effect on Attraction between Moving Masses?
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High School Why Contraction in Relativity Theory?
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Undergrad Can Time Be Frozen and Plotted in 3D Space?
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Undergrad Wave Equation & Wave Displacement Invariance: Modern Physics
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Undergrad Applicability of E and B field Transformations
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Undergrad What does Pt mean in this formula?
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Graduate Generalisation of Maxwell's equations
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Undergrad Discrepancy in Co-Moving Charges Magnetic Force?
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High School FTL Spin 1 Gauge Boson: Impact of Dark Matter Discovery
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Undergrad SR Doppler Effect: Differences in Wave VS Momentum Models
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Undergrad By what formula is this graph predicted? Cumulative Periastron Time Shift
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Undergrad Proper Distance Between Surfaces of Constant R in Curved Spacetime
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High School Flashlights and Guns inside an Event Horizon
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Undergrad Understand Michelson-Morley Experiment from Feynman Lectures
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High School Question concerning mass effect
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High School How Thin Can Speed Make Things? 2D Possibilities
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High School What Happens Inside the Event Horizon of a Black Hole?
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Undergrad Relativistic Explanation for the Unipolar Generator
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High School Relativistic Simulation of Charged Particles: How a Physicist Would Go About It
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Undergrad Is Symmetry on μ and α Valid for the Derivative of the Metric Tensor?
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High School Does time dilation work this way?
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Undergrad Definition and measurement of proper length
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Undergrad Relativistic rocket - where is the relativistic mass?
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Undergrad Stress Energy Tensor for Oscillator: Setup for Electron in E-Field
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High School Examining Time Dilation and the Effects of Velocity on Perception of Time
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Undergrad Why y=y' in the Lorentz transformation?
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High School Simultaneity: Shroedinger's Cat and Exploding Balloons
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Undergrad Kinetic Energy & Speed in Inertial Frames: Chris, Bob & Angelica
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Undergrad Frequency of GW Arm Length Change: Properties & Detailed Explanation
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Undergrad Help with Derivation of Linearized Einstein Field Eqns
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Graduate Help with Weinberg p. 72 -- time dt for a photon to travel a distance d⃗x
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High School Is the time dilation in GR equal to that in SR?
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Undergrad Special relativity timebomb on distant planet 'paradox'?
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Undergrad Differential Forms: Definition & Antisymmetric Tensor
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Undergrad How can gravitational waves be detected if spacetime itself warps?
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Undergrad Superluminal Messaging and Causality Paradox: Myth or Reality?
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Undergrad What is the Simpler Name for Conserved Property of Spacetime?
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High School Gravity and electromagnetic radiation
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Undergrad Trying to understand covariant tensor
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Undergrad Who is Moving Faster: Planet or Probe?
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Undergrad Formation of Bound Systems, Stars & Galaxies in General Relativity
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Graduate Physical Relevance of Singularity Theorems?
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High School Can Black Holes Really Allow Time Travel and Survival Beyond the Event Horizon?
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Undergrad Solving SR Invariance: Minkowski Metric, Poincare Transformation, Index Notation
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High School FTL Gravity Waves: Is Faster-Than-Light Travel Possible?
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High School Dropping a Black Hole from Tower of Piza
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Undergrad Does the energy in cc also gravitate?
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