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Thank you again for the feedback Mike and Dr. Du. Interesting stuff and a clear example of how little things can add up to a lot. I can't help but wonder if, even without Einstein, one could have eventually deduced e=mc^2 from measurements of mass had, of course, those measurements been precise...

Why is it that the deuteron mass is less than the sum of it's parts? Or am I framing the question incorrectly? - AC

For anyone who comes along this way with a similar question or questions as I had when I began this thread, here, for better or for worse, is a summary of my recent calculations. Corrections or improvements to the data most welcome. Based on CODATA 2010 values... 9.10938291(40)*10^-31 kg =...

@ Mike and Dr. Du. Thanks for the responses. I re-ran the numbers with the correct Deuteron mass and the change was negligible. Here is a link to a set of data from the Kitt Peak National Observatory using the correction of 1.000288 to correct angstrom measurements in vacuo to angstron...

Well, getting closer to getting a fix on this (maybe), but not sure if I am theorizing correctly that the difference between theoretical values and observed values is due to the refractive index of air. Any help would be appreciated. In the meantime a bit of data... Using Balmer_H (B_H)...

So, the next question, assuming I have calculated correctly above, is this: How does one work into the equations the refractive index of air? Does one. for instance, simply divide wavelength by ~1.00029 to get observed values? e.g. 656.281 = H_alpha = 656.469 / 1.00028646 = 656.281. H-alpha...

In response to Dr. Du's feedback, and on the basis of CODATA 2010 values... 9.10938291*10^-31 kg: electron mass 1.672621777*10^-27 kg: proton mass 1.674927351*10^-27 kg: neutron mass 1.0973731568539 * 10^7 m^-1: Rydberg Constant ... here is what I calculate to be the first five lines in the...

Deuterium Spectrum (nm) 410.07, 433.93, 486.01, 656.11 I came upon these figures on a commercial product site for Deuterium lamps. So, question: Are they correct? If so, then... 364.5068222*(3^2/(3^2 - 4)) = 656.11 364.5068222*(4^2/(4^2 - 4)) = 486.01 364.5068222*(5^2/(5^2 - 4)) = 433.93...

I realize this topic is a bit dated, but still worth a quick follow-up... Well... no, actually. As Khashishi noted, the 4 and 0 relate to standard uncertainty and are associated with the last two digits 9, 1, meaning that the value for electron mass is probably 9.10938291*10^-31 kg, plus or...

I'm not sure what you mean by "analogous to polygonal numbers." Oblong numbers map 1:1 to triangular numbers (= 2 times a triangular number) and triangular numbers are one kind of polygonal number, but Polygonal numbers in general? It's true that the polygonal numbers can be constructed from...

Can't say as I understand your Flash model, but it sure does look cool, Jeremy. Feel free to explain it a bit more. Also, since you mentioned spin 5/2... ... here is a purely numerological observation that may or may not be of interest to you in relation to Stan Sykora's comments here at...

I'm not a physicist, Jack, but you might want to familiarize yourself with the Lorentz Factor at the very least. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_factor If you want to know more, maybe post a topic in the General Physics section of the site. I'd gander that folks who can explain it far...

Sorry to burst your bubble, Jack, but all you've discovered is that 86400/299792458 is close to .0003 - AC

Mandelbra, Unfortunately, I have no paper to link to, and by no means is that failing for a lack of searching; but here's a little example of what I mean from the 29th row of the Eulerian Triangle (data courtesy of OEIS). Check any of these values modulo 29 and you'll get the same answer: 1...

FWIW, all Mersenne Prime Exponents > 3 are congruent to 1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 or 23 (mod 24), which happens to be the automorphism group for 24 (8 total self-mappings). This follows from the fact that all Mersenne Prime exponents are prime and therefore follow the form n = 6x +/- 1 for n >3. - AC