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How did mathematicians come up with the idea of organizing numbers into a matrix, and all the associated operations?

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Why do bound electrons ignore photons that can't be absorbed instead of maybe interacting through a scattering effect?

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What distinguishes a tensor from just being a fancy way to define a matrix?

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What happens to the wavefunction if we know that a particle must be at a specific point in space?

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How do isomers decide which configuration to take the form of?

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Why is Raman scattering such a low probability event?

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How did early pre-transistor computers display information, especially during WW2?

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Are band gaps experimentally measured or can they be predicted to a certain precision?

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Do protons and neutrons, by way of being made of three quarks of the up and down flavors, have some internal polarization similar to how some molecules are neutrally charged but have some polarization?

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Are there ways to use Fourier analysis on periodic systems on chaos, double pendulum for example?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did mathematicians come up with the idea of organizing numbers into a matrix, and all the associated operations?	5
Why do bound electrons ignore photons that can't be absorbed instead of maybe interacting through a scattering effect?	5
What distinguishes a tensor from just being a fancy way to define a matrix?	5
What happens to the wavefunction if we know that a particle must be at a specific point in space?	5
How do isomers decide which configuration to take the form of?	4
Why is Raman scattering such a low probability event?	4
How did early pre-transistor computers display information, especially during WW2?	4
Are band gaps experimentally measured or can they be predicted to a certain precision?	3
Do protons and neutrons, by way of being made of three quarks of the up and down flavors, have some internal polarization similar to how some molecules are neutrally charged but have some polarization?	3
Are there ways to use Fourier analysis on periodic systems on chaos, double pendulum for example?	3