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Physics - In Brief

Classical Mechanics - Super Yawn

Electricity and Magnetism

Thermodynamics

Laws of Thermodynamics

  • Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
    • If two thermodynamic systems are each in thermal equilibrium with a third system, then they are in thermal equilibrium with each other.
  • First Law of Thermodynamics
    • ΔU = Q - W
  • Second Law of Thermodynamics
    • Heat will spontaneously flow from something hotter to something colder, but not vice versa.
    • Entropy must generally increase overall.
    • ΔS ⩾ ΔQ/T
  • Third Law of Thermodynamics
    • The Entropy of a system approaches a constant value as that system approaches absolute zero.

Definitons

  • Entropy (S): The disorder of a system.
  • Enthalpy (H): H = U + PV
  • Carnot Cycle?

Quantum Mechanics

  • Shroginger's Equation
    • Dirac Equation
  • Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
  • Wave Particle Duality

Relativity

field equations

Field Theory

  • Classical Field Theory
    • Noether's Theorem
  • Quantum Field Theory

The Standard Model

  • The Standard Model

Questions in Physics

  • Why/How does neutrino oscillation occur?
  • Is it possible to calculate the mass of the electron (or whatever) from first principles?

Math

Go learn Calculus. (Vector, Tensor, and Variations)

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