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6
When driving uphill why can't I reach a velocity that I would have been able to maintain if I started with it?
2
Scattering from a box potential of width $L$ doesn't reproduce a step potential in the limit $L \rightarrow \infty$
20
Will a hole cut into a metal disk expand or shrink when the disc is heated?
1
Effect of boundary conditions on partition functions
2
Why can't we ascribe a (possibly velocity dependent) potential to a dissipative force?
1
How to write classical dynamics of solids in tensor form (relation of stiffness and viscosity tensor)?
1
Is there symmetry in 2d stress tensor in linear elastic fracture mechanics?
2
Does the Banach-Tarski paradox contradict our understanding of nature?
0
One dimensional Schrödinger equation equation with initial condition, finding the probability of the particle's future position
1
What are conditions for the existence of a critical value (for a phase transition)?
3
How to “read” the temperature of an abstract system?
1
Do amorphous metals undergo conchoidal fracture?
1
Hydrostatic equilibrium of a star derivation
1
Do all closed systems, only considering kinematic/mechanical principles, exhibit time reversal symmetry?
3
Why doesn't phase space contain acceleration/forces?
4
Calculating Fraunhofer diffraction patterns
3
What is the rationale behind representing a state function by a complex valued function in QM?
4
What does a unitary transformation mean in the context of an evolution equation?
0
Determine the tensor of contraint and deformation of a cube under compression
2
absolute defintion of the right (i. e. not left) direction
6
Does opening the oven door heat the house more than if the door is closed?
3
How much does a steel spring wire bend due to it's own weight?
2
Counting the number of modes
1
Calculating stress without strain