Physics Equation

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rolandgill
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Physics Equation

Post your favorite physics equation. It can be about anything just make sure you explain what the equation describes and who formulated it.

HappyQuark
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Re: Physics Equation

rolandgill wrote:Post your favorite physics equation. It can be about anything just make sure you explain what the equation describes and who formulated it.

1+1=2

It suggests that if you have a thing and you group it together with another thing in such a way that combining them represents some sort of meaningfully significant new entity, then you can describe that new entity with a symbol that will describe the objects as a collection rather than singular entities.

negru
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Re: Physics Equation

Happy Quark you should get in touch with rexrino over at physicsforums. He had some disturbingly impressive insight about a formula similar to yours

twistor
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Re: Physics Equation

inb4

$\hat{H}\psi = i\hbar\frac{\partial\psi}{\partial t}$

gloriacollins
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Re: Physics Equation

My fav physics equation is

T=1/f

Where f= frequency
T= time for one cycle

HappyQuark
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diliu
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Re: Physics Equation

$\delta\int Ldt=0$