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  2. Einstein problem - Wikipedia

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    Such a shape is called an einstein, a word play on ein Stein, German for "one stone". [ 2 ] Several variants of the problem, depending on the particular definitions of nonperiodicity and the specifications of what sets may qualify as tiles and what types of matching rules are permitted, were solved beginning in the 1990s.

  3. Einstein's unsuccessful investigations - Wikipedia

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    In one of his three Annus mirabilis papers of 1905, on special relativity, Albert Einstein noted that, given a specific definition of the word "force" (a definition which he later agreed was not advantageous), and if we choose to maintain (by convention) Newton's second law of motion F = ma (mass times acceleration equals force), then one arrives at / (/) as the expression for the transverse ...

  4. List of impossible puzzles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of puzzles that cannot be solved. An impossible puzzle is a puzzle that cannot be resolved, either due to lack of sufficient information, or any number of logical impossibilities. Kookrooster maken 23; 15 Puzzle – Slide fifteen numbered tiles into numerical order. It is impossible to solve in half of the starting positions. [1]

  5. Zebra Puzzle - Wikipedia

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    The puzzle is often called Einstein's Puzzle or Einstein's Riddle because it is said to have been invented by Albert Einstein as a boy; [1] it is also sometimes attributed to Lewis Carroll. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] However, there is no evidence for either person's authorship, and the Life International version of the puzzle mentions brands of cigarettes ...

  6. Einstein's thought experiments - Wikipedia

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    Einstein's recollections of his youthful musings are widely cited because of the hints they provide of his later great discovery. However, Norton has noted that Einstein's reminiscences were probably colored by a half-century of hindsight. Norton lists several problems with Einstein's recounting, both historical and scientific: [7] 1.

  7. Exact solutions in general relativity - Wikipedia

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    One can fix the form of the stress–energy tensor (from some physical reasons, say) and study the solutions of the Einstein equations with such right hand side (for example, if the stress–energy tensor is chosen to be that of the perfect fluid, a spherically symmetric solution can serve as a stellar model)

  8. Hole argument - Wikipedia

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    On the basis of this observation, Einstein spent three years searching for non-generally covariant field equations in a frantic race against Hilbert. [5] To be more accurate, Einstein conceived of a situation where the matter distribution is known everywhere outside some closed region of spacetime devoid of matter, the hole.

  9. Relativity of simultaneity - Wikipedia

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    Einstein's version of the experiment [15] presumed that one observer was sitting midway inside a speeding traincar and another was standing on a platform as the train moved past. As measured by the standing observer, the train is struck by two bolts of lightning simultaneously, but at different positions along the axis of train movement (back ...