Famous Equations Missing a Symbol
In the full equation of Ampere's law, this field, when curled, gives rise to currents and time-varying electric fields.
∇ ×__ = µ0J + µ0ε0 ∂E/∂t
What is the magnetic field?
This alkali metal contained in table salt is perfectly safe, except when having its exothermic reaction with water.
What is Na?
This country produced the founders of quantum mechanics and relativity, home of theoretical physics in the early 20th century.
What is Germany?
This fierce, feline animal represents the pride of all NYU students, as our mascot.
What is a bobcat?
This form of lottery has you do this verb to a thin card, often with a coin (don't gamble!!).
What is scratch? (scratch-off)
In non-relativistic quantum mechanics, this operator—missing here—acts on a function to produce an energy eigenvalue.
___ψ = Eψ
What is the Hamiltonian?
This normally liquid, shiny metal gently evaporates at room temperature, inhalation of which leads to irreversible brain damage.
What is Hg?
This transcontinental country produced some of the finest textbooks, physicists, and some of most terrifying professors.
What is Russia?
This symbol represents the spirit of enlightenment and knowledge, clutched in the hand of Lady Liberty.
What is a torch?
This reptile is endemic to South America and the Amazons, and take care of their prey by constricting them.
What is Anaconda?
In the expression for the change of entropy, this quantity divides heat transfer.
dS = dQ / ____
What is temperature?
This beautiful silver element has the highest atomic number known to occur in nature, however it is highly radioactive.
What is Pu?
This relatively new country has won the most noble prizes in physics.
What is the US of A?
This platinum artist received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from NYU in 2022.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This musical note has a frequency of 277.18 Hz and is a whole step above B.
What is C#?
In the Law of Malus, the angular dependence of transmitted intensity comes from this nonlinear operator.
I=I0___(θ)
What is cos2(•)?
According to a recent study done in California, this heavy metal can be found in incredibly trace amounts in certain brands of whey protein, leading to high blood pressure and organ damage.
What is Pb?
This country's physicists gave us the mathematics behind pressure, the first clear path towards radioactivity, and some cool names for units.
What is France?
NYU recently announced a new school, specializing in Mathematics, and these two fields.
What is Data Science and Computer Science/Computing?
This system consists of two stars that orbit a common center of mass, bound by gravity, often producing gravitaional waves.
What is binary? (binary system)
In Planck's original formula for the spectral radiance of a blackbody, this constant appears in the exponential that suppresses high-frequency modes.
Bν = 2hν3/c2 (ehν/___T - 1)-1
What is Boltzmann's Constant?
This chemical, when in gaseous form, is highly flammable and an asphyxiant, but when it binds to oxygen it becomes heavy. Full name accepted.
What is D?
This country produced the physicist who is responsible for an annoying section in Griffiths involving spherical harmonics.
What is Denmark?
This year NYU was founded.
When is 1831?
This is the 13th largest island in the world and the fifth largest in Indonesia by landmass and is also known for their coffee beans.
What is Java?