Search results

[[File:Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism.jpg|thumb|Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism]] ...agnetic phenomenon, based upon deriving of the [[speed of light]] from his equations. ...

...of quantized angular momentum as proposed in the [[w:Bohr model|Bohr model of the atom]]). ...he S = 1/2 valence electron spin combine to gives states with a total spin of either S = 2 or S = 1. ...

...smic scale factor]] <math>a </math>, a key parameter of the {{w|Friedmann equations}}.]] ...h>\Lambda</math> appears in the {{w|Einstein field equations}} in the form of <math>R_{\mu \nu} -\frac{1}{2}R\,g_{\mu \nu} +\Lambda\,g_{\mu \nu} = {8 \pi ...

[[File:Elmer-pump-heatequation.png|thumb|350px|Visualization of heat transfer in a pump casing, created by solving the [[heat equation]]. [ ...driven {{w|numerical methods}} approximate solutions within a given degree of accuracy. ...

...inkowski is also recognized for his contribution to the geometrical theory of numbers. ...tself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two will preserve an independent reality. ...

...|thumb|In the middle of the twentieth century it was attempted to divide [[physics]] and [[mathematics]]. The [[consequences]] turned out to be catastrophic.] ...heory, topology, [[algebraic geometry]], symplectic geometry, differential equations, classical mechanics and singularity theory. ...

...and served to remove some barriers to clearer thinking in the development of calculus. :<small>Translation ''[https://archive.org/details/TheGeometry The Geometry of René Descartes]'' (1925) by [[w:David Eugene Smith|David E. Smith]] and Mar ...

...same is true of photons in free space. They are equivalent to oscillations of a cavity whose walls have receded to infinity. ...tps://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_toc.html The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume III, Quantum Mechanics] ...

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity''}} ...pectively. The second edition, published in 1906, is a fundamental rewrite of the entire previous two volume set. The following quotes are from the secon ...

...ntum mechanics, but the stationary action method helped in the development of quantum mechanics. ...tors "action" and accordingly expressed a "principle of the least quantity of action"... ...

...etime curvature}} is directly related to the [[energy]] and {{w|momentum}} of whatever matter and radiation are present. ...no reason why... a creation out of nothing should occur. ...There are ways of avoiding... a past singularity. If gravity were ever to become a repulsive. ...

'''[[w:Viscosity|Viscosity]]''' is a physical measure of how a fluid moves when a [[w:Shear stress|shear stress]] is applied to it. ...n some instances the relative rates of flow are reversed, the more viscous of two liquids flowing more readily and becoming the less viscous at high pres ...

...f thermodynamics. He introduced the concept of [[Thermodynamics#Second Law of Thermodynamics/Entropy|entropy]] in 1865, and the [[w:Virial theorem|virial === ''The Mechanical Theory of Heat'' (1867) === ...

...r '''STR''') is the generally accepted and experimentally well-confirmed [[physics]] theory regarding the relationship between [[w:Spacetime|space and time]]. ...[w:Inertial frame of reference|inertial systems]] (non-accelerating frames of reference). ...

...e words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery.]] ...] – [[September 7]], [[1985]]) was a Hungarian mathematician and professor of mathematics at ETH Zürich and at Stanford University. His work on [[w:Heuri ...

...[w:Classification of discontinuities|discontinuous functions]] are the sum of infinite series was a breakthrough. ...onductive diffusion of heat is now taught to every student of mathematical physics. ''Théorie Analytique de la Chaleur'' was edited and republished, with corr ...

...e electromagnetic force usually exhibits an electromagnetic [[Force field (physics)|field]], such as an electric field, magnetic field, or light. The remainin ...but this was soon explained away as the necessary result of the occurrence of damped oscillations by [[Henri Poincaré|Poincaré]] (1891), by [[w:Vilhelm B ...

...le]]. He was Professor of Mathematical Physics at the California Institute of Technology and Princeton University. ...a state in which each physical unit—perhaps each nebula or intimate group of nebulae—is the only thing which exists within its own observable universe. ...

...her for the first time electricity, magnetism, and light as manifestations of the same phenomenon. ...tion]]'', ''[[The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell]]'', ''[[Theory of Heat]]'', ...

...ical body. {{w|Inflection point}}s of the cross-section are at the surface of the body.]] ...force}} acting on a particle at various positions in space through the use of a {{w|vector field}}. Specifically, a force field is a vector field <math>\ ...