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    Need an Exact Explanation of the Double Slit Experiment

    Ok, it's starting to make more sense then. I guess I'll go ahead and post my idea then. Maybe it's just interactions in general that cause the collapse? This seems like an obvious idea, but I haven't seen any interpretations that suggest this.
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    Need an Exact Explanation of the Double Slit Experiment

    Wait, I'm talking about modern versions of the experiment, which use particles like neutrons or electrons. Also, you guys are only answering half of my question. I also want to know how the wave function collapse is caused. Everything I've read has said that observing the particle as it enters a...
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    Need an Exact Explanation of the Double Slit Experiment

    Google is how I learned what I know. If the information wasn't vague or contradictory, I wouldn't be asking.
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    Need an Exact Explanation of the Double Slit Experiment

    All I know about the Double Slit Experiment is that some particles are shot at a pair of slits, and the particle apparently splits, goes through both slits, and interferes with itself, creating an interference pattern, but if the particles are observed, they collapse and give the results you'd...
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    Completely General Lorentz Transformation

    Oh, ok then. It just got a lot more complicated. Hrmm... how about the Lorentz Transformations with the 3 components and the rotations applied before the boosts?
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    Completely General Lorentz Transformation

    Could you specify, exactly, what you mean? When you parametrize it, it should just be 3 rotations and 3 boosts, correct?
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    Completely General Lorentz Transformation

    Does anyone have the matrix form of the completely general Lorentz Transformation, with rotations AND boosts, or does it not exist?
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    Radius of Gyration for Generic Polygons

    I need to calculate the radius of gyration for a generic, convex polygon, where the density is constant, the axis of rotation is the centroid (which is known), and the positions of the vertices are known. Does such an equation exist?
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    Composition of 2 Boosts in Special Relativity

    Most of what I've learned about Special Relativity is self taught using Google and Wikipedia because I'm still in high school, so forgive me if I'm saying something wrong. Does anyone have the exact equation for the composition of two boosts, without the rotation that's induced by combining two...
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    What is the Stress-Energy Tensor

    After reading this And a line written in the pdf linked in this post I did a bit of thinking, and suddenly it started making sense to me. Thanks guys, I think I've got it! EDIT: I went down and read Bens' post, and these two paragraphs helped to confirm that what I'm thinking now is correct...
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    What is the Stress-Energy Tensor

    I have tried that page, but I don't understand a few things. For example, when they say "momentum density," what does that mean in this context? All components have Pascals as the units, correct? So the definition of density that I'm familiar with wouldn't give the proper units. They seem to use...
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    What is the Stress-Energy Tensor

    I have been trying to self teach General Relativity through Wikipedia, mathematical "experiments," and Google, but no matter how much searching I do, I can't figure out what, exactly, the Stress-Energy Tensor is, or what the components mean.
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