Questions tagged [physics]
For challenges pertaining to problems in the field of Physics.
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Position from atomic number in the periodic table
Let us consider the following representation of the periodic table.
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Simulate the ripple effect
Imagine throwing a rock into a pond. You get to see perfect circles of ripples spreading out over the pond, bouncing off of each other. Of course, nothing can be as serene as that in coding, but, we ...
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Recreate Minecraft's lighting
Minecraft has a fairly unique lighting system. Each block's light value is either one less than the brightest one surrounding it, or it is a light source itself. Your task is to write a method that ...
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The Koszul Sign Rule
A Bit of Background
The exterior algebra is a central object in topology and physics (for the physics concept cf. fermion). The basic rule dictating the behavior of the exterior algebra is that \$yx =...
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Convert Planck unit to SI metric
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Given a dimension of an SI unit, convert the Lorentz-Heaviside version of a Planck unit \$1\$ into SI metric.
What is a Planck unit?
Planck units are a set of units of measurement. It ...
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Elastic collisions between blocks
The 3Blue1Brown Youtube channel released a video a year ago called "Why do colliding blocks compute pi?" which describes a model where a block A of mass \$a\$ ...
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Parallel resistance in electric circuits
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Two resistors, R1 and R2, in parallel (denoted R1 || R2) have a combined ...
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Billiard balls collision
Given the 2-dimensional positions and velocities of a pair of billiard balls right before impact, calculate their velocities after a perfectly elastic collision. The balls are assumed to be ideal ...
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Help Notwen simulate gravity!
Notwen wants to study the kinematics of bodies thrown from big heights in a uniform gravitational field but unfortunately he doesn't have the technical possibility to go to sufficiently high places ...
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Einstein's Sorter
Challenge
Given a list of integers and a velocity, \$v\$, implement a sorting algorithm which simulates a program sorting the list from smallest to biggest at the given velocity.
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Can this list be balanced?
To check whether a list of non-negative integers is balanced, one can imagine putting respective weights on a board and then try to balance the board on a pivot such that the summarized relative ...
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What do I need to destroy the world?
The gravitational binding energy of a planet is the amount of energy required to separate every tiny piece of it so that no piece will orbit or collide with another piece. For a uniform sphere, ...
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The Double Slit Experiment
A lazy physicist has the job to perform the double slit experiment. However, they are lazy and can't be bothered to set up all the equipment themselves and so are going to simulate the effects. They ...
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Will I tip over?
Overview
Given a 3 line string, figure out if the structure falls to the left, balances, or falls to the right.
Input structure
You can imagine the structure as metal rod with stuff on top, all being ...
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Construct a multiparticle quantum state
Sandboxed and made less complicated and hopefully more fun.
Summary of the challenge
Given a number of particles, either identical bosons or identical fermions, output the total wave function of the ...
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