The meaning of 'postulate' in physics?
141063
Is there a difference between a postulate and a principle in physics?
7555
Why do we consider Lagrangian densities in field theory (as opposed to Lagrangians as in point mechanics)?
87633
What's the physical significance of the off-diagonal element in the matrix of moment of inertia
154513
Do stationary states with higher energy necessarily have higher position-momentum uncertainty?
131072
Why do physicists believe that particles are pointlike?
37742
What combinations of realism, non-locality, and contextuality are ruled out in quantum theory?
73917
What is this "phenomenon" called?
1579
Interpretation of interaction term
144199
Is there a term to describe the physical location of an object, as well as the time in which it exists?
44842
How can a particle's position be random and uncertain in quantum mechanics if it is already pre-determined in relativity?
156175
Is what statisticians call a "random variable" what physicists call an "observable" in QM?
155477
Physical meaning of correlation?
99564
Is the Schrödinger equation derived or postulated?
116148
Interpretation of de Broglie wave
42001
ALL "forces" as manifestations of properties of space-time
101257
Intuitive understanding of centripetal vs. centrifugal force
121474
What are the differences between hypothesis, supposition, assumption, postulate, and axiom?