Knots in the resonator: Elegant math in humble physics
At the heart of every resonator—be it a cello, a gravitational wave detector, or the antenna in your cell phone—there is a beautiful bit of mathematics that has been heretofore unacknowledged.
At the heart of every resonator—be it a cello, a gravitational wave detector, or the antenna in your cell phone—there is a beautiful bit of mathematics that has been heretofore unacknowledged.
General Physics
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Cell & Microbiology
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Materials Science
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Optics & Photonics
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Optics & Photonics
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Biochemistry
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Quantum Physics
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Biochemistry
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Condensed Matter
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Biochemistry
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