Compatibility condition for an overdetermined linear system Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Commuting mixed derivatives impose an equation on the coefficient matrices of an overdetermined auxiliary system.
Action variable of a shifted harmonic oscillator Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For , shifting gives oscillator energy and action .
Separable forced harmonic oscillators Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A Hamiltonian that is a sum of one-coordinate quadratic potentials plus linear terms becomes a collection of independent harmonic oscillators after translating each equilibrium position.
Poisson-commuting separated energies Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Hamiltonians that split into terms have for , and their differentials are generically independent because they use disjoint coordinate pairs.
Inverse scattering transform Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The inverse scattering transform evolves the scattering data of an auxiliary linear operator and reconstructs the potential from the evolved data.
Korteweg-De Vries equation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-13
The Korteweg-De Vries equation
is an integrable nonlinear dispersive equation. Its sign convention here admits negative solitary waves.
Defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-13
Writing a defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger field as turns it into a continuity equation for and a velocity equation for , including a quantum-pressure term.
In a common normalization, the defocusing case is . The sign distinguishes it from the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation.
Hamiltonian form of the cubic nonlinear Schrodinger equations Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The focusing and defocusing equations
have Hamiltonians
under the convention .
Focusing nonlinear Schrodinger equation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-13
The focusing cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation has the normalization
the positive cubic term focuses the field and permits bright solitons on zero background.
Sine-Gordon equation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
In light-cone coordinates, the sine-Gordon equation can be written . Its inverse scattering transform, solitons, breathers, and scaling symmetries make it an integrable system.
Sinh-Gordon equation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-06
The sinh-Gordon equation is an integrable nonlinear wave equation. Under the one-dimensional reduction with , it becomes
Writing gives and the first integral
Radial normalization of the hydrogen ground state Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
With normalized , the radial ground state has
If the angular factor is absorbed into the spherically symmetric wavefunction, its normalization constant is instead .
Radial Schrodinger equation for the hydrogen atom Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
For zero orbital angular momentum and Coulomb potential , the radial equation is
Hydrogen energy eigenbasis Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Neglecting spin, bound hydrogen eigenstates are labelled , where and . Their unperturbed energy depends only on .
Circular Coulomb bound state Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A no-radial-node Coulomb eigenstate has principal quantum number and radial factor
Its energy is .
Bohr radius Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For reduced mass , the Coulomb length scale is
Coulomb two-body reduced mass Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-28
For two particles of masses interacting through a central Coulomb potential, separation of the centre of mass leaves the relative-coordinate Schrödinger equation with
Postglacial rebound Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Postglacial rebound is uplift following removal of an ice load. It reflects viscous flow in the mantle and elastic or viscoelastic deformation of the lithosphere.
Glaciology Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Glaciology studies glaciers, ice sheets, snow, and their interaction with climate, oceans, and the solid Earth.
Planetary ice shell Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A planetary ice shell is a solid water-rich layer overlying an ocean or deeper planetary interior. Its thickness can be controlled by thermal conduction, basal heat flux, surface radiation, and solid-state mantle convection.

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