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Why a Sidereal Day Is Shorter Than a Mean Solar Day
relative-angular-motion
Earth rotates once relative to the stars in about 23 hours 56 minutes, yet our clocks use a 24-hour mean solar day. Earth's orbital motion accounts for the difference.
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Why the Rayleigh–Jeans Law Predicts an Ultraviolet Catastrophe
quantum-suppression-of-high-frequency-radiation
A formula that works at long wavelengths predicts unlimited radiation at short wavelengths, but real blackbody spectra do not behave that way.
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Why eccentric orbits give uneven transits
keplers-second-law-and-transit-duration
A planet crosses its star's disc faster at some points in its orbit than at others, and eccentricity sets the difference.
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Binary search on the answer: why the predicate must be monotonic
monotonic-predicate-search
Binary search doesn't need a sorted array. It needs a predicate that flips exactly once.
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Projectile range symmetry: why 30° and 60° land in the same place
trigonometric-symmetry-in-kinematics
Two launch angles, one range. The landing point is the same and the flight is not.
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