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Does a photon in vacuum have a rest frame?

Why is there a $\frac 1 2$ in $\frac 1 2 mv^2$?

Why isn't there a limit for a Euclidean rotation, as for a Minkowski rotation?

What experiments compete with BICEP 2, and when are their results expected?

Is Einstein's 1916 General Relativity paper a recommended way to start learning about the subject?

Why isn't EM radiation from an accelerated charge time reversible?

How does Dirac define the representative of $\{\langle\phi\frac{d}{dq}\}\psi\rangle = \langle\phi\{\frac{d}{dq}\psi\rangle\}$

Are the principles of space-time homogeneity and Isotropy independent of one another?

Is (0,0,0) an undefined vector?

Proofs that every professional physicist should know [closed]

Explanation for $E~$ not falling off at $1/r^2$ for infinite line and sheet charges?

Is the change in kinetic energy of a particle frame independent?

Is the electric field zero inside an ideal conductor carrying a current?

Should the eigenkets be weighted in $|P\rangle = \sum\limits_{r}|\xi^r\rangle$?

Is there a Newton's third law for the em field?

How can one define a covariant rate of change of rest mass for an extended body?

Is there a space-like equivalent of the Twin Paradox?

Calculate relativistic boost to COM frame from two arbitary velocities?

Why does a stationary force affect the conservation of momentum, but not the conservation of energy?

Can relativistic kinetic energy be derived from Newtonian kinetic energy?

Problems that Lagranges equations of the 1st kind can solve whereas the 2nd kind can't?

Do Maxwell's equations contain any information on the time evolution of the current density $J$?

QM probability density function without Born's rule, invariant to wave-function phase

Does a spring's $k$ affect the acceleration of a coupled mass?

Must the varied paths in the action be physically possible?

What coordinate systems allows the magnitude of the basis vectors to change with position?

If time-like paths are geodesics, what physical principle applies to space-like intervals?

Why does Dirac write $\langle\xi'|\overline{f(\xi)} = \overline f(\xi ')\langle\xi'|$?

How does Dirac show that $\langle B|\bar{\bar{\alpha}}|P\rangle\;=\; \overline{\langle P|{\bar{\alpha}}|B\rangle}\;=\; \langle B|{\alpha}|P\rangle$?

Must the Lagrangian always be known for the Euler-Lagrange equations to be of any use?