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Matterwave reacted to Sagittarius A-Star's post in the thread Graduate Is photon frequency intrinsic or observer-dependent? with
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Yes, because it is massless. -
Matterwave replied to the thread Graduate Is photon frequency intrinsic or observer-dependent?.Just to give a 1-sentence answer: the frequency of light is observer dependent. -
Matterwave replied to the thread Graduate Is photon frequency intrinsic or observer-dependent?.Not sure why you bring GR into this and not sure why you bring photons into this. The measured frequency of waves depend on relative... -
Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad Why does coordinate dependence violate homogeneity in spacetime intervals?.If you go with the L+L derivation you only need to prove ##ds^2=ds'^2## because ##ds'## is arbitrary. Note the quote "in any other... -
Matterwave reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Why does coordinate dependence violate homogeneity in spacetime intervals? with
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By analogy, "homogeneity of time" would mean invariance under time translations. And "homogeneity of space and time", which is what... -
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If the potential in the box walls has only a finite width, yes. -
Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad Why does coordinate dependence violate homogeneity in spacetime intervals?.Imagine I say "this piece of clay is homogeneous" what would that mean? We can look at the density ##\rho## and conclude that ##\rho... -
Matterwave reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Momentum measurement and uncertainty with
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I think that's reasonably standard terminology, yes. -
Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad Momentum measurement and uncertainty.Unfortunately you can not resolve a logical contradiction via boundary conditions. -
Matterwave reacted to hokhani's post in the thread Undergrad Momentum measurement and uncertainty with
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To resolve this problem, Born-Von-Karman boundary conditions is used. -
Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad Momentum measurement and uncertainty.This is a self contradictory statement. A particle can't be everywhere and also confined to a box. :) Food for thought: if you have an... -
Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad Momentum measurement and uncertainty.Yes, this much is clear. From a purely terminological perspective, I would call each ##\Delta## an "uncertainty" while the uncertainty... -
Matterwave replied to the thread High School RocketGirl receives a radio message from Earth."He knows, she knows" is an easy way to spin your head around in circles and not get anywhere. Relativity is non-intuitive but it... -
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That product is what appears in the quantum uncertainty principle. But each ##\Delta## by itself is not constrained by that principle... -
Matterwave reacted to aletheia's post in the thread Undergrad Single-photon double-slit with multiple apparatus? with
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You’re right. Actually, you are all right. I did my study, applied my reasoning and understood why the idea was wrong. Thanks.