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  2. Generic and specific intervals - Wikipedia

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    For example, for every generic interval of a second there are only two possible specific intervals: 1 semitone (a minor second) or 2 semitones (a major second). In diatonic set theory a generic interval is the number of scale steps between notes of a collection or scale. The largest generic interval is one less than the number of scale members ...

  3. List of relativistic equations - Wikipedia

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    This is the formula for the relativistic doppler shift where the difference in velocity between the emitter and observer is not on the x-axis. There are two special cases of this equation. The first is the case where the velocity between the emitter and observer is along the x-axis.

  4. Lists of physics equations - Wikipedia

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    In physics, there are equations in every field to relate physical quantities to each other and perform calculations. Entire handbooks of equations can only summarize most of the full subject, else are highly specialized within a certain field. Physics is derived of formulae only.

  5. List of physics mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    A Magic Triangle image mnemonic - when the terms of Ohm's law are arranged in this configuration, covering the unknown gives the formula in terms of the remaining parameters. It can be adapted to similar equations e.g. F = ma , v = fλ , E = mcΔT , V = π r 2 h and τ = rF sin θ .

  6. Imaginary time - Wikipedia

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    Assuming that a specific time period is represented as a real number in the same way as a distance in space, an interval in relativistic spacetime is given by the usual formula but with time negated: = + + where , and are distances along each spatial axis and is a period of time or "distance" along the time axis (Strictly, the time coordinate ...

  7. Scale invariance - Wikipedia

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    The Wiener process is scale-invariant. In physics, mathematics and statistics, scale invariance is a feature of objects or laws that do not change if scales of length, energy, or other variables, are multiplied by a common factor, and thus represent a universality. The technical term for this transformation is a dilatation (also known as dilation).

  8. Renormalization group - Wikipedia

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    In theoretical physics, the renormalization group (RG) is a formal apparatus that allows systematic investigation of the changes of a physical system as viewed at different scales. In particle physics, it reflects the changes in the underlying physical laws (codified in a quantum field theory) as the energy (or mass) scale at which physical ...

  9. Metric tensor (general relativity) - Wikipedia

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    In general relativity, the metric tensor (in this context often abbreviated to simply the metric) is the fundamental object of study.The metric captures all the geometric and causal structure of spacetime, being used to define notions such as time, distance, volume, curvature, angle, and separation of the future and the past.