Questions tagged [closed-questions]
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The gamma^5 question
The question Can one show that ${\gamma^5}^\dagger = \gamma^5$ directly from the anticommutation relations? was recently closed as homework-like. I agree that this is in somewhat of a grey area as far ...
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Prematurely closed “duplicate”
This question, asking why oceans look blue but rivers don't, was closed as a duplicate of another question, which was answered with a good explanation of why large masses of water, including oceans ...
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Reopening a question about the recent LIGO event
My recent question about the significance of further LIGO events was appreciated, it appears, by all but five people. I'm lobbying for reopening. This question is not too broad--it's exactly ...
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Relevance of biology-related questions
I'd like to discuss the relevance ("on-topicness") of questions regarding the effects of physical influence on biologic organisms, specifically humans.
Recently, there have been these two questions:
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Is Physics SE being targeted by people opposing the modern view of physics, and so called myth busters?
I have only been a member for a few months, but find the site both very good, and pretty fair. Not saying all is perfect, but enough good, imo. I looked to see if there was a similar question to the ...
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Why is this question (still) closed?
H${}$i all. Please, have a look at What is a complete book for quantum field theory?. The post is a standard resource-recommendations request. In fact, it is the canonical post when it comes to QFT ...
asked Jan 3 '18 at 21:28
AccidentalFourierTransform
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Should /q/59448 be reopened?
The question
Has there been a proposed explaination to the observation of wave-particle duality?
has been closed as not a real question.
While the posting isn't particularly well formulated, the ...
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Why was my resource recommendation question closed for needing more focus?
Books on general properties of matter and fluids. Can anyone please tell why this was closed and down voted? The topic comes under properties of bulk matter, which ...
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Two similar-looking mechanics questions are not duplicates
This question about which way a bicycle will move when the pedal is pulled horizontally was closed as a duplicate of this question about how a yoyo will move when it is pulled horizontally.
They are ...
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A slight confusion in resubmitting of a closed question (a genuine attempt to re-word the original)
I asked a question, but it was declared a duplicate of this, this and this, but none of them answered what I originally had in mind. [probably my mistake, the question must have been poorly worded]. I ...
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Can we reopen this question which used to have meaning-distorting grammar?
The question Effect of temperature and surrounding medium in the Cavendish experiment to measure the gravitational constant was closed as 'unclear what you're asking', probably because earlier ...
