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This tag is for non-relativistic material strings, such as, e.g., a guitar string. PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS TAG for relativistic strings and string theory.
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Is a string taut if the tension is zero?
The tension being zero is right at the moment of transition between the string being taut and the string being slack; usually in "particle on a string" problems you have to find the minimum or maximum … of some value, and usually the trick is to take the tension equal to zero as this is where the string is "barely" taut. …
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Vertical circular motion: minimum velocity
A tension less than zero isn't really physical; this is the point where the string stops being taught and the object doesn't make a complete circle. …