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Help with Commutators [closed]
I'm trying to self study quantum mechanics and am having a little trouble manipulating commutators. I get two different answers below, depending on the method I'm using. The second method gives me the ...
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Derivation of entropy, I don't understand the relation $ \frac{\partial S_2}{\partial E_1} = -\frac{\partial S_2}{\partial E_2} $
My course guide gives the following derivation for change in entropy w.r.t. energy, where I don't understand a step:
\begin{align}
E & = E_1 + E_2 \\
S & = S_1 + S_2 \\
S(E,E_1 ) & = S_1 (...
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What does $\nabla'$ mean? [duplicate]
In D.J Griffiths Electrodynamics (Page 173) it says, $\nabla' |\vec{x}| = \frac{\hat{x}}{x^2}$. However by my calculation $\nabla |\vec{x}| = -\frac{\hat{x}}{x^2}$ so what does the $\nabla'$ signify?
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What is the meaning of the equation of the change in entropy? [duplicate]
In my chemistry book, the formula for change in entropy is given as :
$$\int{dS} = \int{\frac{δq_{rev}}{T}}$$
What is the meaning of $δq_{rev}$? I know that it is the heat exchanged in a reversible ...
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What does $\mathbf{A}\cdot\nabla$ mean here?
What does $\mathbf{A}\cdot\nabla$ mean in an expression like $(\mathbf{A}\cdot\nabla)\mathbf B$?
I found this in Griffiths’ Classical Electrodynamics book and cannot figure it out.
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Commutator of covariant derivative and field $F_{\mu \nu}$
I am working with the covariant derivative and trying to show that the commutator of this derivative
$[D_\mu , D_\nu]$ is proportional to the field $F_{\mu \nu}$. That is, I need the final term to
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Calculating motion of equation in tensor form
for the Lagrangian density $$\mathscr{L}=\frac{1}{2}(\partial_{\mu}A^{\mu})^2$$
how can I get this $$\frac{\partial{\mathscr{L}}}{\partial(\partial_{\mu}A_\nu)}=(\partial_\rho A^\rho)\eta^{\mu\nu}$$
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Indexed Gradient operator on trigonometric functions
$$\nabla_{i}\nabla_{j}\Big(\frac{\sin(kR)}{R}\Big)$$ Where $R$ is the distance between particle $i,j$. And $k$ is a constant
I took $\nabla_{i}=\frac{\partial}{\partial R_{i}}$ and $\nabla_{j}=\frac{\...
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Dot product of vector and its derivative with respect to time? How does $L \cdot\frac{dL}{dt} = \frac{1}{2}\frac{d(L^2)}{dt}$? [closed]
How does:
$$L \cdot\frac{dL}{dt} = \frac{1}{2}\frac{d(L^2)}{dt}$$
where L is a vector (I dunno how to make it bold in the equation).
How do they reach to this right hand side equation?
And what is ...
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