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Operator with 3 degenerate orthonormal eigenstates
With this information I concluded that the diagonal elements of ##\hat{A}## are equal to the eigenvalue ##a##, so ##\hat{A} = \begin{bmatrix} a & A_{12} & A_{13} \\ A_{21}& a & A_{23}\\A_{31} & A_{32} & a \end{bmatrix}## but I can't see how to go from this to the commuting relation, since I...- Celso
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- Eigenstates Operator
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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Superposition in separation method of variables
Each different boundary condition means a different charge configuration, how can this problem be solved using superposition?- Celso
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- Differential equation Electrostatic Method Separation Superposition Variables
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Graduate Rigid body motion - thin disc
Why is the gravitational potential energy of the chain's center of mass equal to the total kinetic energy of the disc after it was fully wrapped? My first thought was to write ##E_{0}=(M/2+M)g∗2πR=E_{f}= Ep## (from the chain) ##+Ec## (from the disc). Instead he wrote ## mg \frac{l}{2} ## = ##... -
Undergrad Curve Inside a Sphere: Differentiating Alpha
Honestly I don't know where to begin. I started differentiating alpha trying to show that its absolute value is constant, but the equation got complicated and didn't seem right.- Celso
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- Calculus Curve Differential geometry Geometry Sphere
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- Forum: Differential Geometry
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Calculating Momentum and Energy Conservation in Elastic Collisions
What do you mean by soliving in the direction of m1?- Celso
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Undergrad Partial derivative interpretation
How do I interpret geometrically the partial derivative in respect to a constant of a function such as ##\frac{ \partial}{\partial c} (acos(x) + be^x + c)^2##? -
Required speed for two events to be simultaneous
I'm doing some exercises about special relativity and one of them asks to find the speed in an arbitrary frame of reference (1) in such a way that it perceives two events at the same time that didn't happen simultaneously in other frame of reference(2). Is it correct to state that if the...- Celso
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- Events Interval Special relativity Speed
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Differential equation for the simple pendulum
How do I start this? I plugged the differential equation at wolfram alpha and it semmed too complicated for such an exercise. I've also looked at a sample of an answer on cheeg where the initial approach is to rewrite the equation as ##\frac{d}{dt} (\frac{\dot\theta^2}{2}-cos(\theta)) = 0## How...- Celso
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- Analytical mechanics Difference equation Differential Differential equation Oscilation Pendulum Simple pendulum
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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How Does the Particle's Velocity Change on the Roller Coaster Track?
because if the problem is consistent (which I'm not sure), ##h_{2}## can be written as function of the other given variables- Celso
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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How Does the Particle's Velocity Change on the Roller Coaster Track?
yes, it's in portuguese. I don't have the file now (it's on my PC), apart from what I've written in my previous answer, it only asks to find: •The velocity at B •The x and y components of the velocity at B •The height h2 knowing that the horizontal distance between B and C is 10m The first two...- Celso
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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How Does the Particle's Velocity Change on the Roller Coaster Track?
That's all, as far as I know. This is actually an That's all, the problem's statement is simply "the following picture represents the configuration of a falling objetc". It's actually a problem I tried to solve for another person but I couldn't figure out after an hour- Celso
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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How Does the Particle's Velocity Change on the Roller Coaster Track?
I first found ##v_{B}## by ##E_{p,A,B} = mgh_{1} = E_{c, B} = \frac{1}{2}mv_{B}^2 \therefore v_{B} = \sqrt{2gh_{1}} ## After this I made several failed attempts basically trying to find its final velocity so I could use conservation of energy. Spliting the velocity into its components never...- Celso
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- Classical mechanics Particle Roller coaster
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Show that the terminal speed of a falling spherical object ....
To write ##v## as a function of time, I wrote the equation ##m\frac{dv}{dt} = c_{2}v^2 + c_{1}v - mg \implies \frac{mdv}{c_{2}v^2 + c_{1}v - mg} = dt## To solve this, I thought about partial fractions, but several factors of ##-c_{1} \pm \sqrt {c_{1}^2 +4c_{2}*mg}## would appear and they don't...- Celso
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- Air resistance Differential equations Falling Mechanics Speed Spherical Terminal speed
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Undergrad Simple harmonic motion interpretation problem
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Undergrad Simple harmonic motion interpretation problem
It has a root in ##x/A = 1##, but in that case the distance would be equal to the amplitude, not zero