Derivation of the Klein-Gordon equation Updated 2025-07-16
But since this is quantum mechanics, we feel like making into the "momentum operator", just like in the Schrödinger equation.
But we don't really know how to apply the momentum operator twice, because it is a gradient, so the first application goes from a scalar field to the vector field, and the second one...
But then, we have to avoid taking the square root to reach a first derivative in time, because we don't know how to take the square root of that operator expression.
So the Klein-Gordon equation just takes the approach of using this squared Hamiltonian instead.
Since it is a Hamiltonian, and comparing it to the Schrödinger equation which looks like:taking the Hamiltonian twice leads to:
We can contrast this with the Dirac equation, which instead attempts to explicitly construct an operator which squared coincides with the relativistic formula: derivation of the Dirac equation.
Derivation of the Schrodinger equation Updated 2025-07-16
Where derivation == "intuitive routes", since a "law of physics" cannot be derived, only observed right or wrong.
TODO also comment on why are complex numbers used in the Schrodinger equation?.
Some approaches:
- en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schr%C3%B6dinger_equation&oldid=964460597#Derivation: holy crap, this just goes all in into a Lie group approach, nice
- Richard Feynman's derivation of the Schrodinger equation:
- physics.stackexchange.com/questions/263990/feynmans-derivation-of-the-schrödinger-equation
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ1d0M19LsM "Class Y. Feynman's Derivation of the Schrödinger Equation" by doctorphys (2020)
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_gYfAqjZY&list=PL54DF0652B30D99A4&index=53 "I5. Derivation of the Schrödinger Equation" by doctorphys
Derivative Updated 2025-07-16
Deriving magnetism from electricity and relativity Updated 2025-07-16
It appears that Maxwell's equations can be derived directly from Coulomb's law + special relativity:
This idea is suggested by the charged particle moving at the same speed of electrons thought experiment, which indicates that magnetism is just a consenquence of special relativity.
Why moving charges produce magnetic field? by FloatHeadPhysics (2022)
Source. Determinant Updated 2025-07-16
Name origin: likely because it "determines" if a matrix is invertible or not, as a matrix is invertible iff determinant is not zero.
Deterministic perfect information board game Updated 2025-07-16
Developmental biology Updated 2025-07-16
Where is Anatomy Encoded in Living Systems? by Michael Levin (2022)
Source. - we are very far from full understanding. End game is a design system where you draw the body and it compiles the DNA for you.
- some cool mentions of regeneration
Developmental genetics Updated 2025-07-16
How genes form bodies.
Developmental Genetics 1 by Joseph Ross (2020)
Source. Talks about homeobox genes. Dharma name Updated 2025-07-16
NCBI open reading frame tool Updated 2025-07-16
NCBI online tool to find and view all open reading frames in a given FASTA: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/orffinder/
NeoCarbonFood Updated 2025-07-16
Previously known as "Food From Electricity", "NeoCarbonFood" sounds like a more commercializable version of it.
Uses electricity to electrolyse water into hydrogen and oxygen molecules, and then use bacteria that do hydrogen chemosynthesis to convert it into food.
Diamond Sutra Updated 2025-07-16
Difference between recursive language and recursively enumerable language Updated 2025-07-16
Differentiable manifold Updated 2025-07-16
Diffie-Hellman key exchange Updated 2025-07-16
Based on the fact that we don't have a P algorithm for the discrete logarithm of the cyclic group as of 2020, but we do have an efficient algorithm for modular exponentiation. But nor do we have proof that one does not exist! Living on the edge as usual for public-key cryptography.
Diffraction of Cathode Rays by a Thin Film by Thomson and Reid (1927) Updated 2025-07-16
Digital electronic circuit Updated 2025-07-16
Digital Light Processing Updated 2025-07-16
Dilution refrigerator Updated 2025-07-16
Reaches 2 mK[ref]. youtu.be/upw9nkjawdy?t=487 from Video "Building a quantum computer with superconducting qubits by Daniel Sank (2019)" mentions that 15 mK are widely available.
Used for example in some times of quantum computers, notably superconducting quantum computers. As mentioned at: youtu.be/uPw9nkJAwDY?t=487, in that case we need to go so low to reduce thermal noise.
Dimension Updated 2025-07-16
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