SuperCiocia

Pasadena, CA, USA

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"The search for truth is more valuable than its possession" ― Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

Quaerite et Invenietis.

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Why does public mains power use 50-60 Hz and 100-240 V?

electricity voltage frequency power conventions asked Oct 7, 2015 at 17:08

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Is there a short hand command to write derivatives?

math-mode math-operators shorthands asked Jan 27, 2018 at 17:18

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What is the advantage of saving `.npz` files instead of `.npy` in python, regarding speed, memory and look-up?

python numpy serialization archive npz-file asked Jan 17, 2019 at 15:01

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34 votes

Can the GPU use the main computer RAM (as an extension)?

gpu asked Apr 26, 2020 at 8:29

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31 votes

Artificial gravity on rotating spaceship?

classical-mechanics gravity rotation asked May 12, 2014 at 13:17

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23 votes

What is "special" and what is "general" in Relativity?

general-relativity special-relativity terminology asked Dec 23, 2014 at 22:27

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22 votes

Why are sine/cosine always used to describe oscillations?

waves fourier-transform mathematics oscillators asked Apr 18, 2014 at 23:25

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20 votes

Would you see a rainbow from refraction when the sun is in front of you?

optics reflection refraction asked Mar 31, 2014 at 17:25

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"Lack of inversion symmetry" in crystal?

optics symmetry fourier-transform crystals non-linear-optics asked Jul 21, 2014 at 15:16

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20 votes

How to see usage of each core in Windows 10?

windows-10 cpu task-manager asked Jan 26, 2019 at 12:47

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Top Answers

Why doesn't a light ray bend again when emerging from a lens?

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Can you please show me a final atomic model which demonstrates movement of electrons inside it?

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What does the notation $8.9875517923(14)$ mean?

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How can I know if something is a Lorentz transformation?

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What is difference between homogeneous and isotropic material?

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How come ballerina rotate so fast when there is no external force?

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Why does an orbit become hyperbolic when total orbital energy is positive?

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Reduction of Maxwell's equations to classical circuit theory

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Does the particle interfere with itself, or the observer?

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Why is space black?

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Orbit with crash

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Why is Rubidium-87 used for Bose-Einstein condensates?

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What happens to an electron if given quantized energy to jump to a full orbital?

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Do atomic orbitals "pulse" in time?

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Which particles does the Higgs Field give mass to?

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What is the reason that Quantum Mechanics is random?

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Simple "toy-model"-like explanation of quark confinement (QCD) and accompanying math

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Why can't a gas of photons reach a Bose-Einstein condensate?

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On degeneracies of energy levels in atoms

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A traceless stress energy tensor?

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Calculating probability of finding the particle using Dirac notation

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Bose Einstein Statistics and Bosons

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What happens during a weak interaction?

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Why do wavefunctions for stationary states include $e^{-iEt/\hbar}$?

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Why aren't transformations caused by measurements unitary?

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Lorentz transformation of vector field

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Why don't we study spin-3/2 fields?

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Why is a laser beam monochromatic and coherent?

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What do physicists mean by an "integrable system"?

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Questions about the Fermi-Dirac distribution at $T=0.$

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