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How does Fermat's principle make light choose a straight path over a short path?

asked Jul 24, 2020 at 16:38

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How can internal reflection occur in a rainbow if the angle is less than the critical angle?

asked Jan 18, 2021 at 5:16

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Is Gauss's law wrong, or is it possible that $\int_s{\vec E} \cdot d\vec{s}=0$ does not imply $\vec E = 0$?

asked May 11, 2020 at 0:38

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Why does the Lorenz gauge condition impose a relationship between $\vec A$ and $V$?

asked Oct 13, 2020 at 12:01

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How does grounding (burying a terminal underground) complete a circuit?

asked May 31, 2021 at 10:06

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Why Energy bands in a p-n junction bend counter-intuitively

asked Dec 10, 2021 at 21:04

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Why don't we consider both time dilations in Special Relativity Questions? [duplicate]

asked May 18, 2021 at 13:08

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How to explain time dilation without light clock

asked Nov 2, 2020 at 14:33

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Confusion about boundary conditions for reflection of light

asked Oct 28, 2020 at 6:33

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Are these conservation laws always true?

asked Oct 29, 2020 at 5:39

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How to draw all the Electric field vectors associated with an em wave?

asked Oct 21, 2020 at 10:43

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How can we use the electrostatic boundary conditions for electromagnetic waves?

asked Oct 23, 2020 at 1:54

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To find the angle of slipping of a falling coin

asked Oct 3, 2020 at 15:13

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Why $y'=y$ and $z'=z$ in Lorentz transformation?

asked May 18, 2021 at 12:29

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How is the energy of phonon modes $\left(n+\frac{1}{2}\right)\hbar \omega_k$ when each atom in the mode has $\left(p+\frac{1}{2}\right)\hbar \omega$?

asked Dec 10, 2023 at 5:52

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Can any mirror arrangement give an optical advantage?

asked Feb 1 at 16:56

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16 Questions

How does Fermat's principle make light choose a straight path over a short path?

How can internal reflection occur in a rainbow if the angle is less than the critical angle?

Is Gauss's law wrong, or is it possible that $\int_s{\vec E} \cdot d\vec{s}=0$ does not imply $\vec E = 0$?

Why does the Lorenz gauge condition impose a relationship between $\vec A$ and $V$?

How does grounding (burying a terminal underground) complete a circuit?

Why Energy bands in a p-n junction bend counter-intuitively

Why don't we consider both time dilations in Special Relativity Questions? [duplicate]

How to explain time dilation without light clock

Confusion about boundary conditions for reflection of light

Are these conservation laws always true?

How to draw all the Electric field vectors associated with an em wave?

How can we use the electrostatic boundary conditions for electromagnetic waves?

To find the angle of slipping of a falling coin

Why $y'=y$ and $z'=z$ in Lorentz transformation?

How is the energy of phonon modes $\left(n+\frac{1}{2}\right)\hbar \omega_k$ when each atom in the mode has $\left(p+\frac{1}{2}\right)\hbar \omega$?

Can any mirror arrangement give an optical advantage?