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revised Fitting a circuit scheme to a simpler model
disentangle R3 and L3 from plasma impedance
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answered Fitting a circuit scheme to a simpler model
May
22
comment Why doesn't this equation for orbital motion change with position in the orbit?
Nice explanation. To be cheeky, the pair of equations will indeed yield precisely two solutions: apapsis and periapsis.
May
22
comment Doubt on the analysis of $RC$ circuit
@user1620696: You're welcome. Unfortunately, life is usually not so simple. Most circuits do not split up nicely like this one, and other techniques are required.
May
22
answered Doubt on the analysis of $RC$ circuit
May
20
comment Electric power transmission
@User58220: Why don't you write up your comment as an answer (since it is)?
May
20
revised Questions concerning some parts of the section on one-particle states in Weinberg's first volume on QFT
clarity preface
May
20
comment Questions concerning some parts of the section on one-particle states in Weinberg's first volume on QFT
@LakshyaBhardwaj: Ah, now I see. Ouch, I did not recognize that interpretation of my words. The "slow student" in question is I, not you. Sorry for any offense; none was intended. I'll edit the post.
May
19
comment Questions concerning some parts of the section on one-particle states in Weinberg's first volume on QFT
@LakshyaBhardwaj: You're welcome (but no professors here).
May
15
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May
13
revised Displacement Current - How to think of it?
add a figure reference and improve the description (I hope)
May
13
comment Displacement Current - How to think of it?
@BenCrowell: Yes, it's an awkward description. See the 2nd figure in the Wikipedia article for displacement current: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_current , where S1 and S2 are the 2 surfaces.
May
13
answered Displacement Current - How to think of it?
May
6
comment Definition of Casimir operator and its properties
No problem, I was not expecting a proof, intuitive or otherwise. Your edit more than answered the mail and is much appreciated.
May
5
comment Definition of Casimir operator and its properties
@Vibert, thanks, but we are talking about "exact definitions".
May
5
comment Definition of Casimir operator and its properties
Nice, concise answer, as usual. (Personally, I'd like more explanation, but...) My venerable Schiff asserts that the number of Casimir invariants is equal to the maximum number of mutually commuting generators, which seems like a useful fact. Can you say how it emerges from your analysis (assuming it's true)?
May
5
comment Definition of Casimir operator and its properties
Since, as Qmechanic notes, Casimir operators need not be quadratic, it appears that the two definitions in the question are not in fact equivalent.
May
5
comment Phasor representation of voltage in frequency domain
@user1285419: You're welcome. Yes, $\beta x$ gives the phase characteristic of the wave as a function of position, but it has a fixed value of 0 at $x=0$. A complex amplitude permits that value to be different.
May
5
answered Phasor representation of voltage in frequency domain
Apr
22
revised Faraday's law for a current loop being deformed
added 817 characters in body