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How do moving charges produce magnetic fields?

The Role of Rigor [closed]

Why are some people are claiming that the Big Bang never happened?

Is the Planck length the smallest length that exists in the universe or is it the smallest length that can be observed?

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Is there an underlying physical reason why the Coriolis force is similar to the magnetic component of the Lorentz force?

Sympletic structure of General Relativity

Why does non-commutativity in quantum mechanics require us to use Hilbert spaces?

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Can any rank tensor be decomposed into symmetric and anti-symmetric parts?

How do symmetries “define” physical laws?

Can I swap quantum mechanical ground state for some classical trajectory distribution and have it sit still after the swap?

Fundamental equation(s) of string theory?

How to construct the radial component of the momentum operator?

Is Liouville's equation an axiom of classical statistical mechanics?

Subgroup of Lorentz Group Generated by Boosts

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Microcanonical ensemble, ergodicity and symmetry breaking

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