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    B Why can't Solar panels be hemispherical, or a curved strip type?

    I don't see enough equations in any of your 3 posts in this thread for readers to check. Don't make us guess! Learn enough LaTeX to post your work here, including basic assumptions, equations, and the form of the integral you evaluated numerically by spreadsheet. A diagram of the geometry you're...
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    Compton shift problem

    This is wrong; check your arithmetic. EDIT: I also get 17.8%.
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    Just a computer programmer that enjoys physics

    Welcome to Physics Forums! But before sharing your papers here, please review the forum guidelines: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/physics-forums-global-guidelines.414380/ In particular: Speculative or Personal Theories: Physics Forums is not intended as an alternative to the usual...
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    I A sufficient condition for integrability of equation ##\nabla g=0##

    You avoided my request above for a reference, so I request again: please supply a credible published reference that explicitly discusses the possibility, existence and consistency of a path-dependent metric/tetrad in 4D spacetime. Otherwise you waste everyone's time trying to debate an...
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    I A sufficient condition for integrability of equation ##\nabla g=0##

    Just look at Wikiedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_connection! So for the Levi-Civita connection ##\left\{ _{\mu\nu}^{\alpha}\right\}##, the spin-connection ##\omega## is expressed uniquely and unambiguously in terms of ##e## and its first derivatives. For more general connections...
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    Thank you to mentors, advisors and members

    Congratulations! But do note that neither IJRAP nor its ISSN: 2201-1056 are listed on Clarivate's Master Journal List. So unfortunately said journal is not considered a valid reference source here on Physics Forums. I'm curious: how did you make the choice to submit and publish there?
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    I A sufficient condition for integrability of equation ##\nabla g=0##

    How is this paper relevant to your claim in post #23? The tetrad ##e## and spin-connection ##\omega## appear nowhere in the Schmidt paper. And your later GitHub reference is not refereed so it's disallowed on Physics Forums. My citation in post #22 explicitly states that the...
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    It is an honor to be here with you

    Please cite a credible published reference that claims protons and neutrons contain antiquarks in addition to quarks.
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    I A sufficient condition for integrability of equation ##\nabla g=0##

    Not according to the reference I posted above. Only the tetrad ##e## and connection ##\Gamma## can be independently and freely selected, from which the spin connection ##\omega## is then derived. Can you quote a credible reference that says otherwise?
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    I A sufficient condition for integrability of equation ##\nabla g=0##

    Your equation is not an integrability condition that must be satisfied by ##e,\omega,\Gamma##. Instead, it simply defines the spin connection. From page 5 of https://people.physics.illinois.edu/stone/torsion.pdf: So you are free to select any arbitrary tetrad field ##e## and any connection...
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    History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics

    Paul Merriam's arXiv paper reads more like philosophy, with a capital P, not physics. All of its recent references appear in philosophy journals. Is it suitable for posting on PF?
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    Finding the nth roots of a complex number

    All of Mathematica's roots cube to ##-2+2\,i##: Did you make an arithmetic mistake?
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    Finding the nth roots of a complex number

    Here's what Mathematica gives for the roots of the equation ##z^3=-2+2\,i##, expressed in both rectangular and polar form. You can use these results to verify your formula:
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    I Modern View of Quantum Phenomena

    1) Can you elucidate the criteria by which a fundamental theory is distinguished from an effective one? 2) Can you cite examples of known fundamental theories? Thanks.
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    A Physical properties of the vacuum in GR vs. QFT

    Yes, gravitational fields in vacuum or a medium can be viewed as inducing effective dielectric properties therein. Here's the abstract of a 1980 paper on the subject: Dielectric tensor and magnetic permeability in the weak field approximation of general relativity by Pegoraro, F. ; Radicati, L...
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