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    Solve Harmonic Wave Equation: Manish from Germany

    I didn't understand what you mean, d^2 f/dx^2= -f*(2xk^2+2kwt)-2k^2*sin((kx+wt)^2) and nothing here suggest that there exist a constant A that for every t and every x d^2 f/dx^2=Af.
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    Solve Harmonic Wave Equation: Manish from Germany

    i actually think not, cos(x^2) or cos(2x*t) is not an harmonic wave. in general, an harmonic function f is a function that gives f''=A*f when A is a constant. the function you gave do not fulfil this requirement.
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    Understanding Normalization Factors in Scientific Research

    woah get your math straight. that's not true: exp(a^2) =(e^a)(e^a) the integral of exp[-x^2] is defined only from -infinity to infinity.
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    Angular momentum in Lagrangian Mechanics

    The answer to the question is that the angular momentum is a constant in relation to time, but the partial derivative in r is not zero. In other words: \frac{dl}{dt}=0, \frac{∂l}{∂r}\neq0. I do think that: \frac{dl}{dr}=0.
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    Angular momentum of earth from Lagrangian, am I correct?

    1 Astronomical Unit = 149 597 870 700 meters=15 *10^10 and not 15*10^6.
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    Thermodynamics cycle with liquid and gas

    What about the heating of the cylinder at step 2? Maybe that's where the Energy comes from. If it does than you will not have any problem. didn't you say that it's an insulated system? If it is, how does the atmosphere heats it? If it's not, energy can move from the system to the atmosphere.
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    Angular momentum in Lagrangian Mechanics

    In Newton's problem,and other central force problems in Classical Mechanics, you can get with decreasing the center of mass movement to the lagrangian: L=1/2m(r' ^2+r^2 \varphi'^2)-V(r) because \varphi is cyclic, you can write: \frac{d}{dt}(mr^2 \varphi')=0 or, defining the angular...
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    Who determined Coulomb's Constant?

    It's just a selection of unit's, you can't explain relationships between units like c and m/s. It's not a coincidence just a measurement. the meter is a unit previously connected with Earth circumfence, so obviously it isn't related with a universal property like the speed of light. for more...
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    Who determined Coulomb's Constant?

    I would say that it's because the light is a electromagnetic wave, obe that oscillate both in the electric field and in the magnetic field. But thwe first estimation of both epsilon and miu dates before the description of electromagnetic waves.
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    Who determined Coulomb's Constant?

    Coulomb's Constant is defined by the speed of light c, in that way: C=\sqrt{\mu_{0}\epsilon_{0}} where \mu_{0} is permeability of free space, defined as \ 4\pi\ \times\ 10^{-7} and thus \epsilon_{0} is well defined, κ_{e} is\frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_{0}}. So if we know c from experiments we can...
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