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What is the geometry in algebraic geometry?
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What is topological about topological (Dirac or Weyl) semimetals?
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Berry curvature of Landau levels
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What is the Hilbert space of the SYK model?
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Proving that simple harmonic motion and pendulum motion are periodic
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Why can we choose spin-1/2 degrees of freedom to commute?
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How to see that the trivial insulator is trivial?
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Idea of Covering Group
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Proof that Vectors Describe Reality Correctly
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Basics of photoelectric effect
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