Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Wrong question in GATE 2018 physics?

    Wrong question in GATE 2018 physics?

    I think the above question asked in GATE 2018 (physics) is wrong. Any vector has two components. The component perpendicular to the parity axis has even parity and the parallel component to the axis has odd parity. The opposite is true for axial vectors. E, A vectors. B, L axial vectors. The correct answer per…

  • Scilab for classical dynamics course.

    Scilab for classical dynamics course.

    Yesterday I had uploaded a list of practicals that can be done using scilab for a nuclear and particle physics course I was teaching last semester. Here is a list for the classical dynamics course which I wasn’t teaching but asked to engender a scilab course for. Its small compared to the nuclear physics list…

  • Understanding Nuclear Physics through SCILAB.

    Understanding Nuclear Physics through SCILAB.

    Nuclear and particle physics through Scilab.

  • How best to prepare for UGC, CSIR-NET

    How best to prepare for UGC, CSIR-NET

    If you are to come out of a NET that traps you. Stratagem. This article is purported to be helpful towards those who take Indian “after the university” entrance exam known as NET (National Eligibility test governed by CSIR; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) which is held twice every year. NET for science subjects…

  • Cross and Dot product of vectors.

    Cross and Dot product of vectors.

    Someone asked a very interesting question on the role of vectors in Physics. He was curious to know if dot product of vectors is natural but vector product is just syncretism, — that is make shift or unnatural manipulation. Every vector can be resolved into two components. The cosine and sine components (any two vectors…

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