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    Ideas for a physics related programming exercise

    You could do something like a magnetic or electric field simulator/calculator with visualizations?
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    Induction on a Loop Homework: 0.520Ω Square Wire

    Yes, as tjkubo said, for this problem you can't simply say \Phi_B=BA\cos\theta but instead must use \Phi_B=\int\vec{B}\cdot\textrm{d}\vec{A} How would you write \textrm{d}\vec{A} in terms of dy in this problem?
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    How Does Rotating Polaroid Filters Affect Light Intensity?

    Homework Statement Two sheets of polaroid are aranged as polarized and analyzer. Suppose that the preferential direction of the second sheet is rotated by an angle \phi about the direction of incidence and then rotated by an angle \alpha about the vertical direction. If unpolarized light of...
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    How Does a Magnet's Position Change Over Time When Falling Near an Iron Wall?

    Looks to me like the vertical position would have a uniform negative second derivative, and the horizontal position would have a uniform positive third derivative, perhaps? i.e. x=\frac{1}{6}kt^{3}+\frac{1}{2}a_{0}t^{2}+v_{0}t+x_{0} where k is the constant third derivative
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    Why is the series 1 + -1 + 1 + -1 equal to one half?

    Today, my professor said something like "The series 1 + -1 + 1 + -1 and so on is defined to be one half... but let's not go into that." and then didn't feel like explaining when people asked him why. I have no idea why that would be true... It seems like a similar case might be...
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    Fnet=ma 2008 #14: Kinetic Energy Increase with Angular Velocity

    Well, as you're pulling in the tether, angular momentum is conserved. Angular momentum: L=mvr, so: mvr_{1}=mvr_{2} rewriting v as wr... \omega_{1} r_{1}^{2}=\omega_{2} r_{2}^{2} With \omega_{2}=2\omega_{1}, we get r_{1}^{2}\omega_{1}=r_{2}^{2}\left(2 \omega_{1}\right)...
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    Argh - De Broglie and the wave equation

    Well... the de broglie equation is \lambda=\frac{h}{p}. I don't really think that p=mv works for light, because photons have no mass. I don't really know what I'm talking about though.
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    What is the mass density of a submerged cylinder?

    The way I would go about doing this problem--I don't know if it's the best way--is to say the cylinder has a mass m, then figure out the volume of water needed to equal this mass. You can then equate this to a formula for mass of the cylinder.
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    How Does Rope Tension Vary Along Its Length and Affect Wave Speeds?

    Homework Statement A flexible rope of length l and mass m hangs between two walls. The length of the rope is more than the distance between the walls, and the rope sags downward. At the ends, the rope makes an angle of \alpha with the walls. At the middle, the rope approximately has the shape...
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    Other Becoming an Engineer: Considerations and Personal Experiences

    The problem I'm having is deciding on whether to do a pure science (probably physics or chemistry; mathematics might be too pure even though i love it) or engineering. I'm currently finishing up my fall semester of freshman year... I love physics and math the most, and also have a strong liking...
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    Solving Force on Rotating Bar at Pivot

    Isn't the equation for angular velocity \omega=\omega_{0}+\alpha t? I think you're confusing it with \phi=\phi_{0}+\omega t+\frac{1}{2}\alpha t^{2}
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