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    Dirac Delta Function - unfamiliar definition

    Wow... Irrelevant, but that nicksauce guy who started the other thread is a good friend of mine in RL. I'm going to call him now! Ha, small world. Oh, and I understood the (false) justifications, thanks.
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    Dirac Delta Function - unfamiliar definition

    Given: f(x)=\delta(x-a) Other than the standard definitions where f(x) equals zero everywhere except at a, where it's infinity, and that: \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} g(x)\delta(x-a)\,dx=g(a) Is there some kind of other definition involving exponentials, like: \int...
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    Understanding Time Dilation in Special Relativity

    Well, if t is negative, that means the event is in the past, for the observer, right? Doesn't that mean he never observed it? I figure it doesn't mean the same thing as saying it's 3 meters in the negative x direction, as you can look back and see it, but if it's the past. Although, now that...
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    Understanding Time Dilation in Special Relativity

    See, I've just started taking this class, and evne though I've already read books by Martin Gardner and Brian Greene, I don't understand any of this stuff... well, not any. But my math seems to be wrong. I have 2 frames, S and S', such that t=t'=0 and x=x'=0. Event A occurs in frame S at...
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