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12:18 AM
@dmckee that discussion would benefit from one of those diagrams showing how space-time points move as you boost (in 1+1 dimensions).
@BernardoMeurer dude, don't use it.
Or do.
 
12:34 AM
@DanielSank Already gave up on it
Doesn't work well
 
1:03 AM
hello
 
1:24 AM
hello
 
2:13 AM
Hey everyone, I've got a quick question for y'all. Im working writing a latex report. Is is proper practice to include the DOI for an article in the Crossref section of the bib file?
 
@EdgarP You're using Bibtex? It has a doi field
 
@dA
@DavidZ Thank you, that more or less answer my question. I'm being lazy, however, and using an online bibtex file maker with no DOI field. Leaves me with a pickle to figure out on my own. I suppose i'll just add the field after exporting from the generator, unless you happen to have any other tips?
 
Get a better bibtex file editor ;-)
 
Muahaha, fair enough. Happy Holidays
 
But yes, if your generator doesn't let you add arbitrary fields, probably the best thing is to manually add in DOI after exporting.
You too.
By the way if you are not using the biblatex package, I'd suggest checking it out. It still uses bibtex files but it is easier to work with than the "traditional" mechanism.
And it also has a complete listing of what fields it allows in bibtex entries (by default)
 
2:22 AM
@DavidZ You're just the man I need! Do you know how to use pgfplots?
 
Thanks for the tip, im reading to biblatex now.
 
@BernardoMeurer Somewhat, yeah
What's up?
 
@DavidZ I'm trying to do the following in LaTeX:
And I attacked the problem like this
\begin{figure}[H]
	\pgfplotsset{
		axis lines=middle,
		axis line style={->},
		xmin=0,
		xticklabels=empty,
		xtick=\empty,
		ymin=-1,
		ymax=1,
		yticklabels=empty,
		ytick=\empty,
		samples=200,
		every axis plot post/.append style={very thick},
		clip=true,
	}% end of common axis set
	\begin{tikzpicture}
		\begin{axis}% 1. plot
			[
			domain=0:4*pi,
			xmax=pi,
			yscale=0.5,
			xlabel={$\lambda=\frac{2L}{1}$}
			]
			\addplot[red] {(sin(deg(x+pi))/2)*-1};
		\end{axis}
		\begin{axis}% 2. plot
But now I can't add the $\lambda = whatever$ next to the graphs
Output of that code
 
hm, my first thought is to manually set the x label position... let me see how to do that
 
@BernardoMeurer Is there a reason why you don't want to generate the graphs with the text already embedded? I understand this isn't a true solution to your problem.
 
2:30 AM
In your \pgfplotsset you could try adding every axis x label/.append style={at={(1,0.5)}} or something like that
 
Hello
 
@EdgarP You mean generating graphs elsewhere and importing them?
@DavidZ Lemme try that :)
 
anybody here ?
I need help
 
@BernardoMeurer Yeah, I'm not sure if it will work. I can't test at the moment because I have to install PGF. (I recently reinstalled my OS)
@StephenWong no, nobody is here, the messages are all in your head :-P
What's up?
 
for undergraduate thesis
 
2:34 AM
@DavidZ It sort of works, I just gotta tinker with the position now, thanks!
 
@BernardoMeurer make your plots in python.
 
@DanielSank Tikz master race
 
Save yourself endless quantities of time.
 
@BernardoMeurer Cool. Yeah, look around section 4.9.3 of the manual which discusses axis labels.
Don't make your plots in Python :-P
 
@StephenWong what's up?
 
2:35 AM
@DanielSank I want to master the tool man
 
There comes a time when you must choose between doing what is easy and doing what is right
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@DavidZ Will do :)
 
lol :-)
 
@Edgar p What is the connection between primordial gravitational wave and dark matter ?
 
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Hey, everyone :-)
 
2:45 AM
@StephenWong No idea. GR and particles are not my expertise, sorry!
 
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@DanielSank: Last night, u had said:
 
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21 hours ago, by DanielSank
I had a lot of problems with this and I am happy to discuss in details if you need. For now, I need to go to sleep ;-)
 
Good morning nerds
 
@Edgar p that's OK
 
Good morning
 
2:59 AM
@Kaumudi.H yes.
@BernardoMeurer have fun
 
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@DanielSank Um, so could u..?
 
@Kaumudi.H well what problems are you having?
 
@DanielSank When I write my OS in LaTeX you will see
 
@BernardoMeurer see what, pain?
 
@DanielSank I bet if I do that Donald Knuth will come beat me up
 
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3:03 AM
@DanielSank Lol, um, I wake up pretty early in the morning and for weeks, I feel refreshed but if I mess it up one day, I feel terribly tired right after I wake up for days. After studying for about 45 minutes, I feel the urge to nap and my eyes literally close shut.
 
When do you go to bed and when do you wake up?
 
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For the past few weeks, I used to go to bed at around 9:30 PM and wake up at 4:30 AM.
 
That's only seven hours.
Most people need more.
Why wake so early?
 
@Kaumudi.H Oh no you got him started on the sleeping talk
 
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@DanielSank I find that I'm much more productive when I wake up earlier.
 
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3:08 AM
@BernardoMeurer Yeah, I'm desperate :-P
 
@Kaumudi.H makes sense. Seven hours isn't enough though, most likely.
 
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@DanielSank I dunno, my sleep cycle is so effed up. On some days, I feel just fine after getting only around 5 hours of sleep (I woke up at 2:30 AM (after having gone to bed at 9:30 PM) a couple of days ago to write a letter for my mother for her birthday that day) but some others, I am a zombie, even after having gotten like, 7 hours of sleep.
 
I have a few more questions.
 
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Uh huh..?
 
Do you feel physically relaxed in bed? Temperature OK? Body relaxed? No back pain?
 
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3:12 AM
The answer is "Yes" to all of those questions.
 
@Kaumudi.H Don't indulge him
 
Ok. Do you get regular exercise?
 
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@DanielSank Yeeeah...no. For the past few days tho, yes.
 
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@BernardoMeurer :-P Dude, like I said, I am desperate.
 
Well, of hand I'd say try a more regular sleep schedule with eight hours of sleep per day.
 
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3:15 AM
Sigh. Okay, thank you :-)
 
What do you do in your bedroom aside from sleeping? Do you study there? Do you have a computer there?
 
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Yep. All of those things. I don't have a proper bedroom. It's a common room, of sorts.
 
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My mother works here, the dressing table and the cupboards and yes, my study table and my bed too.
 
Ok well, a well known way to improve sleep is to do it somewhere that you don't do anything else.
 
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^ Not possible in my case (Unless you're asking me to sleep in the kitchen :-P)
 
3:19 AM
Right, I'm just letting you know.
Do you feel that you sleep well but are tired anyway?
Or do you sleep poorly?
 
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Gosh, I really dunno if I sleep well. How do you define something like that?
 
Do you ever find yourself half-conscious during the night? Perhaps thinking you need to pee, or you're thinking about something?
Do you dream?
 
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Oh, no no no, I don't wake up in the middle at all. Well, maybe sometimes, if my pillow rolls off but no, not usually. But boy, do I dream.
 
Sounds like you sleep pretty well.
Do you consume sufficient iron?
 
I have dreams about not being able to solve linear algebra exercises
 
3:22 AM
It can be hard to do so as a vegetarian female.
 
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Isn't there a lot of iron in spinach? I consume spinach on a fairly regular basis.
 
Yes there is.
My guess is that your irregular sleep schedule means you just aren't sleeping enough. You could take a nap each day, say after lunch.
 
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Ooh, I also eat nuts, tofu and dark chocolate on a "fairly regular basis".
 
Five hours is not enough, and one night like that affects your brain and body for days.
 
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Riight.
 
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3:25 AM
Dammit, I just have to be more careful about sticking to my schedule, then.
 
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Alright, thank you :-) I'll let you know about the situation in a few weeks :-P
 
9:30 to 5:30 should be very good.
 
@DanielSank Modularity is a bliss
 
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@DanielSank I'm thinking 9:00 to 4:30...
 
@BernardoMeurer using \subimportlevel?
@Kaumudi.H try that. Also, do you wake to an alarm?
 
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3:27 AM
Yep, how else dyou think I switched from waking at 11:00 AM to 4:30 AM? :-P (11:00 AM was like, 5 months ago tho)
 
Ah. OK. Another well known thing is that waking to an alarm leaves you more tired.
Try waking naturally.
That might really help a lot.
 
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Yeah, I know :-/ I'm considering buying one of those watches that'll wake me up during the "optimal wake time" or whatever.
 
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But they're kinda expensive. Anyhoo, thanks for your help :-) I'ma go have breakfast (Poori and Channa yas!) now.
 
Just let yourself wake naturally.
Bye bye
 
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Bye :-)
 
3:32 AM
@DanielSank Just import for now, but that will change soon
What I want to do is transform all my graphs into standalone LaTeX projects
i.e. you can generate just the image
but using your magic import the graph part for the larger project
 
See this is why you should just use Python to make image files.
 
Not as gross as having main_figure_n.tex for every figure just because you need a preamble just so you can build it by itself.
 
@BernardoMeurer why do you want to do that?
 
The standalone package could save you, but I don't recommend it.
@DavidZ he likes doing things the hard way.
 
3:36 AM
@DavidZ Don't listen to him, it's because I like doing things the hard way
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oh, wait a second
 
that's a little more than a second
 
But yeah
I just want to play around with LaTeX
Because actually doing work sucks
Ged demmit my LaTeX is broken af now
lol
\begin{figure}
	\centering
	\begin{minipage}[.5\textwidth]
		\centering
		\import{graphs/}{energylevels}
		\captionof{Three first energy levels allowed for a particle in a potential box}
		\label{fig:energylevels}
	\end{minipage}%
	\begin{minipage}[.5\textwidth]
		\centering
		\import{graphs/}{wavefunctions}
		\captionof{Three first wave functions for a given system}
		\label{fig:wavefunctions}
	\end{minipage}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
@DavidZ is there anything wrong with this?
 
I'm not familiar with this usage of \import, nor \captionof, but I suppose it's fine in general
I assume the trailing \begin{figure} is a typo
 
Wtf don't use import like that!
 
I might suggest the floatrow package for putting subfigures side by side, but the minipage solution works too
 
3:44 AM
Use \input and see if it works.
Actually maybe import is smarter than I thought...
 
@DavidZ It's a misselection, yeah :)
Try building this
 
Y u no tell us error message?
 
Because it's insane
Lemme show you
 
Comment stuff out until it works.
 
@DanielSank Already have, I know it's in the snippet I posted above
 
3:50 AM
Comment more stuff.
 
This is what happens when I try building
AH
I think I got it
 
I only have pgfplots 1.13, so it fails there for me
 
at the compat=1.14 line
 
What's up with me being the only person using 1.14
 
3:55 AM
You're just ahead of the curve
I should probably look into installing texlive manually instead of through my package manager
 
@DavidZ let me guess, you use Ubuntu?
 
4:17 AM
Nope
 
What are you rolling then?
You say Debian I'm having an aneurysm
 
It seems ill-advised to predicate your health on other people's distribution choices
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I use Gentoo, primarily
 
@DavidZ Interesting choice
 
@BernardoMeurer why?
@DavidZ presumably the aneurysm wouldn't be by conscious choice.
 
Still :-P
 
4:24 AM
@DanielSank Because I have grown to hate Debian and it's children
 
@BernardoMeurer because it's not arch?
 
@DanielSank No, I have nothing against Gentoo
Or Slackware
Or SUSE for the most part
Because debian-based distros endorse staying out of date
also, apt-get is a horrible package manager
And no, I will now stop bitching about apt in my lifetime
 
@BernardoMeurer "now"="not"?
 
@DanielSank Yes
And no, I will not stop bitching about apt in my lifetime
The only good thing about it is the cow easter egg
 
4:39 AM
Plz write article about why apt sucks.
 
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4:53 AM
@JohnR: Morning :-) Why demiguise? (Just randomly curious :-P)
 
5:47 AM
@Kaumudi.H I remember you saying the demiguise was your favourite Fabulous Beast
 
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:-D That is correct. You're very thoughtful, thanks!
 
Choosing passwords is always difficult, so I'll generally grasp at any straw I can when I have to do it.
 
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Ah, OK.
 
My own passwords are generally terrible puns. I figure that if someone steals my password at least I will have made them groan :-)
 
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x'D I see.
 
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6:06 AM
Ah, the new hat is so much better!
 
I generally don the new hats as soon as I get them. It isn't a reflection of my taste in hats :-)
The new hat is certainly less colourful!
 
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Oh, I see. In any case, I find it more...easy on the eyes than the last, truth be told :-P
 
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6:32 AM
On Christmas, I sort of splurged and watched a movie (:-o) -one of the films that you gave :-)
 
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And speaking of terrible puns, "Why can't Harry tell the difference between his best friend and his cooking pot?" (I'll let u guess first :-P)
 
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I'm off for lunch but the answer is... ::drumroll:: "Because they're both cauldron! x'D (I'm sorry!)
 
called Ron - grooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooan :-)
I had to read it aloud before I got it :-)
@Kaumudi.H depending on what type of TV you've got you may be able to connect the laptop to the TV so you can watch the films on the TV. If your TV has HDMI inputs then you just need to connect the laptop to the TV with a regular HDMI cable.
 
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@JohnRennie :-) Ooh, I think I might be able to do that. In June, I'll check it out and try to watch the Star Wars films on T.V!
 
In June ... Normal life is on hold until June!!!
 
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7:27 AM
Yes :-/
 
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Nope. 21st May.
 
Roll on 22nd May!
 
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@JohnRennie Yep! :-) I might go to Mussoorie for a holiday; it looks like a gorgeous place and it is also home to one of my favorite authors, Ruskin Bond. (I may be able to meet him!)
 
Google, Google, cor that's a long way from Chennai!
 
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7:51 AM
Indeed! :-D
 
Hi people.
I have a problem for you guys to solve.
 
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Hey :-) Gots to finish making notes for this wretched chapter in 3 hours so forgive me if I can't participate in said problem-solving :-P
 
So, a worker has a lot of sand. He wants to pile a cone of the same, with radius r (assume no sand spills into the sorrounding area)
@Kaumudi.H No probs,
Assuming that the coefficient of friction b/w all layers of sand is Mu, find the greatest volume of sand that can be stored.
If anyone's free, please try your hand.
 
8:05 AM
@JohnRennie Could you help me, Sir?
Nvm, I got the answer :P
 
@SwapnilDas The mechanics of sand piles is fearsomely complicated and actually not fully understood even today. I assume the problem intends you to use some simplified model.
 
@JohnRennie Oh of course.
 
Presumably you're suppose to just consider an individual grain sliding down the outside of the pile.
 
It is a simple question,I was indeed doing a silly mistake.
@JohnRennie yeah!
Then angle of repose comes and life becomes much more simple:P
 
The compication is that the frictional force depends on the normal load, but inside the pile the normal forces between particles vary in an extremely complicated way.
 
8:09 AM
That's the realistic model. It is idealistic here, lucky me :P
 
That means the friction between grains inside the pile is also very hard to calculate.
 
oh.
Ok, here comes another conceptual doubt.
It is damn silly, but I need to calm and ask. @JohnRennie
It's a system of two blocks of mass M and m. A horizontal force F acts on M as shown,
As an equation of motion, Should F-T=Ma or F-T = (M+m)a ?
A confusion as (m) is placed on M.
Could anyone enlighten my soul by explaining?:P
 
8:27 AM
@SwapnilDas The total force $F$ is the sum of $Ma$ and $T$ $$F = Ma + T$$
 
Yes.
 
And (assuming no friction) $T = ma'$ where $a'$ is the acceleration of the smaller block.
 
Yah.
So a = F/(M+m)
 
If I understand all those pulleys correctly $|a| = |a'|$, where I've used the modulus because the accelerations are in opposite directions.
So yes $F = (M+m)a$
 
@JohnRennie Yes, I got those pulleys. What's your personal method for finding such relations?
I mean the constraint relations.
 
8:30 AM
Imagine removing all those pulleys and just laying out the cord horizontally so $m$ is following $M$. Then it's obvious that the force $F$ is accelerating both masses identically.
 
So visualization right?
 
That would probably be my first approach.
 
JEE prepping indians have started using Virtual work method nowadays.
 
The advantage of using a technique like virtual work is that it gives you the answer even in complicated systems where it's hard to visualise what is happening.
 
9:21 AM
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Q: why some planets revolve opposite direction than earth

alex hits I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: Why some planets revolve around sun in opposite direction than that of earth?

 
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9:36 AM
@JohnR: Any news on the refund?
 
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If anybody is bored, I urge you to please try to create a mnemonic using the following letters: B, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te, Po.
 
@Kaumudi.H I phoned and spoke to a nice young lady who said that given the circumstances it shouldn't be a problem. However I'm unlikely to hear until after the Christmas holiday is over.
 
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@JohnRennie That's great! :-)
 
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> "Boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and tellurium are recognised commonly as metalloids. Depending on the author, one or more from selenium, polonium, or astatine sometimes are added to the list. Boron sometimes is excluded, by itself, or with silicon. Sometimes tellurium is not regarded as a metalloid."
 
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-_- They don't even know what they're talking about, in the first place!
 
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9:50 AM
If anybody is aware of one/has the creative capacity to create a mnemonic for the metalloids (i.e: B, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te, Po) , please let me know, thanks!
 
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I wonder where @Kenshin is :-|
 
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10:12 AM
Sigh, okay, byes!
 
@JohnRennie Hey, you mind if I ask you something about cosmology?
 
@heather You can work on Burn if you want. It's running Server 2008 but it's a perfectly good workstation OS as well.
@SirCumference hi
 
@JohnRennie Hi :)
Can gravity cause the recessional velocity of an object to be less than $-c$?
 
I looked at your question, but I'm afraid the question is largely meaningless because you've misunderstood what coordinate systems are.
 
Er...how does one misunderstand what a coordinate system is?
 
10:15 AM
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@SirCumference A coordinate system is just some scheme for labelling spacetime points. It doesn't necessarily have any physical significance.
We often try to pick coordinates that do have some physical significance because that makes them more intutive to work with, but that's just a choice we make.
 
@JohnRennie Ok, but shouldn't it be useful in determining how objects will move? For example, if the comoving coordinate of an object is constant, then we know it is entirely moving due to the Hubble flow.
 
Specifically, comoving coordinates are a choice that have some significance if and only if we are dealing with an isotropic homogeneous universe.
If we are dealing with an isotropic and homogeneous universe, then if the position of an object is constant in comoving coordinates, then yes the motion relative to other comoving observers is entirely due to the time dependence of the metric.
 
So you're saying comoving coordinates aren't relevant to our Universe?
 
They are approximately relevant because our universe is approximately isotropic and homogeneous.
 
10:22 AM
@JohnRennie Yeah, but that "approximately" is the reason I am confused. Gravity can cause the comoving coordinates of objects to change.
 
Yes, on a small scale the curvature is dominated by local effects like Suns and galaxies, and on this scale the spacetime doesn't look like the FLRW metric.
We can still use the comoving coordinates as a sort of background for reference, then talk about motion relative to the comoving coordinates i.e. peculiar motion.
 
@JohnRennie Isn't that what I've been doing?
 
Is it? It hasn't been clear to me what you've been doing.
Your question Can gravity cause the recessional velocity of an object to be less than $-c$? isn't at all clear.
 
Ugh, everything is so much more confusing because I have to remember gravity isn't a force.
 
Are you asking about how big the peculiar velocity can get?
 
10:27 AM
@JohnRennie Well that's obviously any number less than $c$, right?
 
Yes.
 
Oye, I'm confusing myself on how gravity works to contract space.
 
You seem to be hung up about contracting space. But you need to be very careful to define what you mean by this.
It isn't clear to me what you mean by it.
 
@JohnRennie Well, gravity can cause the scale factor to decrease in the Big Crunch model, right?
That's what I mean by contraction
And in general gravity slows or halts the expansion of space
 
By expansion of space you mean the time dependence of the scale factor?
 
10:30 AM
@JohnRennie Well, by expansion I mean the increase in the scale factor
 
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@JohnRennie: Halp, halp!
 
Oops yes, the time dependence of the scale factor?
@Kaumudi.H what's up?
 
@JohnRennie Yep
 
@SirCumference i.e. $\dot{a}$
 
@JohnRennie Yep
 
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10:32 AM
 
@SirCumference the Friedmann equations give you the time dependence of $\dot{a}$. It can be positive or negative.
 
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That's the way the keys are s'posed to be when u don't want the battery to fall off, yes?
 
@Kaumudi.H Yes
 
@JohnRennie I know. But it's confusing to get my head around how gravity works here because I'm so used to Newtonian physics
 
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:-/ It fell off just now, without warning.
 
10:33 AM
Where gravity is just an attractive force
 
@Kaumudi.H Eek! The latches do get worn over time. Have you tried refitting the battery and shaking the laptop to see how securely it is held in?
 
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I did that just now and it seems pretty secure :-/
 
@SirCumference that's because there is no simple way to talk about gravity in an FLRW universe. Attempting to use the Newtonian idea of gravity runs into some problems mainly because the universe is infinite.
@Kaumudi.H Ah, OK. Don't know then. Maybe the battery wasn't clipped in securely.
 
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I guess the latches just randomly decided to come off, then. Is it bad for the system itself if this keeps happening a lot?
 
@Kaumudi.H in theory it's a bad idea to just power off a Windows computer without shutting it down first. But in practice it's very rare that it would cause any problems. You have nothing to worry about.
 
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10:38 AM
Wokay, thanks :-)
 
It's obviously a pain if the battery comes loose, but it's very unlikely to actually cause a problem.
@Kaumudi.H had you refitted the battery since the customs men got their hands on the laptop? If not, they might have removed the battery and not clipped it back properly.
@SirCumference: you've gone quiet :-) Given up or just rethinking what you want to ask?
 
@JohnRennie Oh, for some reason SE just isn't playing a notification sound when someone pings me
Didn't see your posts
@JohnRennie So let me see if I'm understanding this: it doesn't make sense to ask whether gravity changes the comoving coordinates of objects at the scales of things like the solar system?
But it does make sense in the context of things like the Big Crunch?
 
10:55 AM
Yes, I think that's a pretty good summary.
On the scale of the Solar System the curvature due to Sun completely dominates and the FLRW comoving coordinates become basically useless.
 
@JohnRennie Is it because, at the scale of things like the solar system, it doesn't resemble the FLRW metric?
 
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@JohnRennie Actually, erm, I think it was me. I removed it by mistake the day I got it and I doubt if I did a good job of refitting it. (::smiles sheepishly::)
 
@Kaumudi.H one of the latches sticks a bit. It's a bit of design flaw (one of the few in the Latitudes) that the latches tend to stick open.
You've obviously spotted this since your picture shows the latches in the correct positions.
 
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Right, yes! Wokay, thanks :-)
 
@SirCumference Yes. The FLRW is a large scale approximation. Using it to describe star systems, or galaxies, is like trying to use the equations of hydrodynamics to describe individual water molecules.
 
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10:59 AM
Interestingly, BTW, that air/dust blower helped! When I cleaned the fan (from outside! :-o) with it, a mini mushroom cloud of dust came out! :-)
 
@JohnRennie All right, thanks a ton :D
 
@Kaumudi.H aha! Yes, dust does tend to build up in the fans.
 
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So that didn't go to waste, after all :-)
 
@SirCumference do you want to ask about your question in Astronomy, or do you now see why it is hard to answer in a useful way?
 
@JohnRennie Yeah, now it makes sense
I'll remove it
@JohnRennie Oh by the way, you mind replying to this? I need to figure out how to get the ping sound working :/
 
11:03 AM
@SirCumference Cool. For what it's worth your confusion about coordinates is entirely normal for students new to GR. Even Einstein complained how hard it was to get used to coordinate independence.
@SirCumference A reply
 
@JohnRennie Huh. Thanks :)
All right, I ought to head to sleep
'Night
 
See you tomorrow ...
@Kaumudi.H BaSically, Geeks AsseS blow Terrible Pongs
 
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Oh God x'-D Thanks!
 
You did ask :-)
 
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Yes :-P
 
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11:10 AM
I have to go to the temple now. I'll see you tomorrow, bye! :-)
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Bye
 
 
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12:13 PM
Hi @Kaumudi.H merry Christmas I'm on hols atm
@JohnRennie did u see rogue one? Great movie i recommend it
No jar jar unfortunately
 
@Kenshin I'm not a huge film fan. I got dragged along to see The Force Awakens by my niece, and while I did enjoy it I wouldn't have gone on my own. I probably won't go and see Rogue One at the cinema, but if it turns up on the TV I'll watch it.
 
It's better than force awakens
U shud drag ur niece along
 
@Kenshin merry christmas
 
1:05 PM
@JohnRennie Rogue One was worth seeing in the cinema, IMHO.
 
I am not allowed to say anything about Rogue one (other than the fact I have watched it) as any single word that came out of my mouth about it, no matter how generic, can be deduced into a spoiler.
 
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1:36 PM
@Kenshin Oh, hi :-) Enjoy your holidays!
 
To be discussed with Acuriousmind later:
1. Scattering of two electrons, and how their spin states will be affected since relative to each electron's wavefunction, the electrons is in effect measuring each other thus should cause the wavefunction to be projected to some eigenstate. Therefore, by conservation of angular momentum, their spin state should respond in a certain way
2. Electron in a noisy bath. Consider confining an electron prepared in the spin up state. Start subjecting the electron with a magnetic field that is changing in some random fashion for all points in space. Will this constant, random measurement by the magnetic field causes the electron's wavefunction to be projecting to e.g. spin state A, followed by spin state B, followed by spin state C etc., thus overall, the measured spin
state along any direction will have the expectation value of zero?
Danielsank might be interested in 2. due to the noise aspect of the measurement by the magnetic field.
 
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3. More Einstein de Haas effect discussions: suppose I have a spherical ball of ferromagnetic material surrounded by coils where I can position the coil to point to any orientation (hence when the coil is turned on, it magnetise the electron spins in the material along that orientation (thus in effect I am preparing an ensemble of electron spins all pointing to the same direction.
Based on conservation of momentum, will I then found the vertical mechanical rotation to be $s \cos \theta$ where s is the maximum possible rotation introduced by the electrons aligning spin up or spin down, and
 
The wormhole time machine question will be prepared for Slereah when it is polished and ready
 

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