Paper Definition and 999 Threads

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    Paper discussing the mathematics of relativity

    Hello I am looking for a paper that discusses the mathematics behind the special/general theories of relativity. The majority of the papers I have come across so far discuss the principals of relativity and do not support it with mathematical conclusions. One of the papers I am looking for...
  2. marcus

    2007 Paper of the Year (A+ for leadership ability )

    2007 Paper of the Year (A+ for "leadership ability") in junior high school they started telling us about "leadership ability" which apparently was exemplified by some guy who was good at sports, didn't bug the teachers, and was perhaps a bit cleaner than usual. It certainly wasn't clear to me...
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    What Are Some Innovative Topics for a Classical Mechanics Term Project?

    Does anybody know a good topic for a classical mechanics term project. I just don't have any ideas. It can just be a high degree of problem solving for a traditional trivial question or be a Phenomenon.
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    Finding a Cubic Root: Pencil and Paper Technique

    I still remember how to extract a square root without a computer but could somebody remind me the technique to find a cubic root just with the pencil and paper?
  5. L

    Creating a Paper Egg Drop: Challenges & Ideas

    yes, the famous egg drop experiment. i really need help with ideas on what to construct...i was thinking that i would put a small box cushioned inside with toilet paper or tissue paper and lined with folded(like an accordion) paper / inside a bigger...the problem is: • The over all dimensions...
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    Publishing my research paper- Safe methods?

    Hello everyone, I am an undergraduate student. I am doing some research on my own, and almost two thirds through it. I was planning to contact a Professor for some advise, and some feedback ..etc Couple of days ago, a friend of mine, a PhD student in Nuclear Engineering, was shocked that...
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    Matrices Paper: Problem Modeling & C++ Solutions

    Im doing a short technical paper on matrices for my college magazine, and I am looking for some problem I can model. From what I gather, I would be using the problem/model to explain a certain concept of matrices. I was thinking about using C++ to model it, but don't know what model to...
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    Optimized Developing Mn+2 - Best Reagent Explained

    [SOLVED] paper chromatography Homework Statement Which reagent is the best to develop Mn+2? Briefly explain. Homework Equations Mn^+2 + 2OH- -> Mn(OH)_2 (s)(pale pink) Mn^+2 + C_2O_4^-2 -> MnC2O4 (s)(pale pink) 2Mn^+2 + [Fe(CN)_6]^-4 -> Mn_2Fe(CN)_6 (s pale green) 2Mn^+2 +...
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    Question about using we in research paper

    Question about using "we" in research paper is it ok to use "we" in a research paper even if you're the only author?
  10. marcus

    Most Influential Paper, third quarter 2007

    This quarter the poll is focused on four dark horse longshots. AASTRUP GRIMSTRUP (Missed them when they came out, but better late than never.) They have found a way to construct the Connes' Standard Model of particle physics, on the LQG configuration space of all geometries of a given...
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    What Forces Influence a Paper's Leap Toward a Charged Comb?

    Homework Statement What interactions are at play in the following scenario, and what objects are involved in the interactions? A tiny bit of paper jumps from a tabletop toward an electrically charged comb. (Consider the bit after it has left the tabletop but before it reaches the comb.)...
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    Need an Arxiv endorsement for preprinting my paper

    Hi, I've just completed a paper looking at the possiblity of adding a new force between neutrinos. And I'm looking to get an Endorsement from a publishing physicist so i can uploaded it to arXiv. Its almost an fully orignal idea, although L.M. Slad, did derive a similar force, he didn't look...
  13. marcus

    Minimal length and a new paper on deformed relativity

    http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3813 Non-Commutativity of Effective Space-Time Coordinates and the Minimal Length Florian Girelli, Etera R. Livine 5 pages (Submitted on 28 Aug 2007) "Considering that a position measurement can effectively involve a momentum-dependent shift and rescaling of the "true"...
  14. marcus

    Landmark paper from Freidel and Krasnov

    For the first time the Immirzi has found its way into spinfoam. they also got a Lorentzian version. I think this is an important paper. both these guys are top QG researchers since like 1998 (when spinfoam and groupfieldtheory started to happen). this paper has to be major...
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    How big of a deal is getting a paper published as an undergrad?

    I have submitted a publication to physics Letters A in the field of supersymmetric quantum mechanics (SUSYQM) my teacher says this is a pretty big deal but would like to hear some others opinion. I will obviously mention this when I apply but is it THAT big of a deal? Should I make a big deal...
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    Smilga paper, in which he derives an estimate to the fine structure constant

    I've been trying to figure out this paper by W. Smilga: Spin foams, causal links, and geometry-induced interactions I don't have the knowledge and background to be able to determine whether his derivation of an estimate to the fine structure constant is interesting, or just a trick. I am...
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    Can Infrared Radiation Detect Extra Glossy or Thick Pages in Scanning Machines?

    I am trying to develop a mechanism for automatically scanning documents which involves picking up pages or sheets of paper. I need a method for determining whether an extra page has been picked up. I have considered using a beam of light that would pass through the page or pages and a sensor...
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    A necessity: Where to buy graph paper?

    I can't seem to find double-sided 8 1/2 by 11 graph paper. I've tried looking at Office Depot but they only have one-sided ones. Does anyone know of the cheapest way to buy graph paper online? Does Staples sell any 2 sided-graphing paper? By the way, I'm talking about the boxed ones that are...
  19. ZapperZ

    A fake word from The Simpsons made it into a String paper

    I don't know how they hope to get away with it, but I guess in string theory, anything and everything goes, especially with unrefereed "papers". These string theorists actually used a non-existent word "embiggens" from an episode of The Simpsons (BTW, the movie is hilarious!) in a "paper". I...
  20. marcus

    Another paper helping to clarify expansion-congrats, authors :-)

    another paper helping to clarify expansion--congrats, authors :-) http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2106 Coordinate Confusion in Conformal Cosmology Geraint F. Lewis, Matthew J. Francis, Luke A. Barnes, J. Berian James 5 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters (Submitted on 13 Jul 2007) "A...
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    I have an idea for a scientific/engineering paper

    And I'd like to write it and do the work on my own. It's a project that would probably take me a few months. I'm wondering : What are the best places to check to make sure no one has done anything like it? Article searches I mean. I currently do not have access to the search engines that are...
  22. marcus

    Garrett Lisi paper subject of Baez TWF 253

    JB starts This Week's Finds talking about the paper Garrett just presented at the Loops '07 conference http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/week253.html what the Standard Model looks like and why steps toward unification (like Garrett's) look the way the do.
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    Should I write a calculus level paper?

    I found a very elegant proof of a very well known calculus level result. The result, I don't want to say which yet, has been definitely proven by other means. I researched all the proofs, in a few books and all google, never have I seen my result there. I asked a math professor about it, but...
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    Deriving equations on Einstein's 4th paper

    Homework Statement I need to derive some equation that are on the paper "does the inertia of a body depend on it's energy content". http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/" I just don't know where to start and if someone can point me to the right direction, it will be so much...
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    Paper due on the stability of the quantum science

    Some body please explain quantum mechanics to me in ENGLISH please... I have a paper due on the stability of the quantum science but I don't even get it much less write a paper about it.. Thank you your help is aprreciated..
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    How Does the Velocity and Radius of a Toilet Paper Roll Affect Its Tearing?

    I'm extremely excited to embark on my physics project and it has all to do with ripping toilet paper rolls. As it is commonly known, when a full toilet paper roll is given a fast jerk, a sheet breaks off. However, as the roll is gradually used up, a faster jerk has to be applied or the...
  27. D

    Question about finding journal paper

    Hi there, I wasn't really sure where to post this but here seemed the best place. I'm trying to find a journal article but having a bit of trouble and was wondering if anyone knew where I could find it. It's an article from The Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics USSR from 1947...
  28. Andre

    New Paper: Very Important Discoveries Revealed

    Very important new paper here. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1138679v1 A little more descriptive: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-05/teia-csh051107.php I think that this may fit a lot better to certain pet idea than to all the warming talk.
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    What is the Maximum Allowable Load for a Restrained Hollow Steel Tube Strut?

    Revision on Past Exam Paper ! Hey there, i am stuck on this question in my past exam paper, and i have tried many ways of doing it but just simply not getting any where ! So please would u mind helping me out a little here !?? A rectangular cross section hollow steel tube (outer diameter 50...
  30. D

    Help with paper on gradient descent evolution of surfaces

    Hi all, I'm trying to understand someone's PhD thesis on the topic of variational surface evolution and its application in computer vision, and I'm having trouble working out how he evaluates some particular types of expressions involving the gradient. I think it'll be easier if I specify the...
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    Calculus Term Paper: Learn Essential Mathematical Skills

    In another thread, alec_tronn posted My basic reaction: Write a term paper for a calc 3 class?? My first and continued impression is that this requirement is just shovel work. It hinders rather than aids mathematical education. The time taken to write the paper is time not taken to learn...
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    Max Capacity of a Cone-Shape Cup from Paper

    Homework Statement A cone-shape drinking cup is made from a circular piece of paper of radius R by cutting out a sector and joining the edges CA and CB. Find the maximum capacityof such a cup. This is page#312 In James stewarts Calc book, 3rd edition by the way. Homework Equations...
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    Infrared Laser spinning a small paper

    Firstly, this is NOT a homework question although it may sound like it. My question pertains to http://youtube.com/watch?v=H5NwRfMJgOQ". My question is this: Could an Infrared Laser (there are varying power output lasers of 2W - 20mW) SPIN a paper of say 25 grams as seen in the vid on the tip...
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    What is the drag coefficient of a square piece of paper in aerodynamics?

    Hi, I am designing an experiment for an individual project and it happens to involve aerodynamic. I wonder if someone can give me some idea of the drag coefficient of a square piece of flat paper (the normal 80grams photocopying paper) traveling through air against its face? (i.e. not...
  35. T

    Question 21 - Final question on higher paper

    I can't think of a way to "show that y=...". Do I compare to x values? Thx
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    Discover How to Solve Non Calc Paper Question with Prime Numbers | Thx

    Hi, I have a question tThe number 40 can be written as 2^m x n, where m and n are prime numbers I managed to guess that m = 3 and n = 5 by trials and error by using low prime numbers. Is this the proper/best way to work out the answer. If not can someone show me a proper way Thx
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    Something majorly wrong with this paper?

    As some may have noticed, I have already mentioned that this paper doesn't really seem to be very clear but now I believe its mathematical basis is fundamentally flawed. I believe this a model used by the US Navy and cited many times in recent years so I'm assuming that I must be wrong on this...
  38. marcus

    Most Influential Paper first quarter 2007

    Each quarter last year we put down our predictions about which recent papers will have most impact on future QG research: efforts to reach a fundamental empirical understanding of spacetime geometry and matter. For example, here's the forecast poll from third quarter 2006...
  39. B

    Modeling Simple Harmonic Motion of a Spring: A Differential Equations Paper

    Hi all, As part of my differential equations class, I must choose a real-world event that can be modeled through a system of ordinary linear differential equations and write a five page paper on it. My professor was vague on the requirements but basically wants us to solve the equations...
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    Confusing expression in a paper

    Hi all, Whilst reading http://www.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/td1703/thomas.pdf I found one of the equations a little difficult to interpret. On page 3, there is a function defined as f. On the denominator there it appears that they have differentiated n(z''(Z')) as a function of z'' and then...
  41. matthyaouw

    Where Can I Find Citations for a Paper Published in 1969?

    Can anyone reccomend a website for finding papers that have cited a particular paper? Google scholar can't even find the original, and Web of Science seems to only go back as far as 1970, and my paper was published in 1969.
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    I need your advise; Research Paper & Copyrights

    Hey everyone, My question may show my modest experience regarding research papers legal procedures but i hope i will be excused. I have a reaseach paper i want to submit which i think it may be, or may be not, be of a significant importance. I have not finished it yet and thinking to...
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    Ideas for SR-71 Blackbird Review Paper

    Hello all! I have to write a review paper of several current articles for my Gas Dynamics course. My research is in Welding and Automation, so I have very little experience in the area of aerodynamics. However, I have recently read a book on Lockheed Skunk Works and think that I would like to...
  44. marcus

    Sabine Hossenfelder's "Multi-Particle States in Deformed Special Relativity

    By my judgment as a bystander watching from the sidelines, this is a fantastically high quality paper. Unless someone finds an error---which I don't think they will. It just came out. http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0702016 Multi-Particle States in Deformed Special Relativity Sabine...
  45. A

    Analyzing a Physics Paper: Seeking Clarity on the Validity

    Please ,physics gurus analyse this paper and enlighten me about the validity of the paper. Is the person correct.I can't tell as i don't know the mathematics involved
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    Paper Tower Challenge: Build a Stable Tower Using 1 Sheet & 3 Feet of Tape!

    technology assignment= PAPER TOWER you can only use one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper and 3 feet of tape you can tape it to the floor has to stand for 5 minutes there are other threads about paper towers but none of them are specific enough to understand. i was going to do the eiffel...
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    What Are the Key Physics Concepts Involved in the Study of an Egg?

    I have been confronted with a strange and vague, but oddly interesting assignment of creating a research paper on an egg through the perspective of a physics. Does anyone have any ideas as to what i can research online or in a book over the PHYSICS of an egg? Thanks
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    Rolling Paper: Analyzing Motion and Energy

    Homework Statement A large, cylindrical roll of paper of initial radius R lies on a long, horizontal surface with the open end of the paper nailed to the surface. The roll is given a slight shove (initial velocity is negligible) and begins to unroll. Determine the speed of the center of mass...
  49. marcus

    Most Influential Paper fourth quarter 2006

    The following background independent QG preprints appeared October through December 2006. Which of these do you expect to have the greatest impact on future research? ============ http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610241 Gravity and the standard model with neutrino mixing Ali H. Chamseddine...
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    What is the resistivity of paper?

    Hi all, New here - have a Physics project and need to find a figure for the resitivity of standard writing paper. Any ideas? Thanks
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