Friday, September 4, 2009

Thought of the Day

This comes straight from my P-Chem textbook, and is for your consideration.
"Hence, the rotational energy is doubly degenerate. Note that the degeneracy is doubly degenerate but not infinitely degenerate."
I hope you got more out of that than I did.

2 comments:

  1. Those degenerate SOBs.

    Okay, I just wanted to say that. I don't have a clue what this is talking about.

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  2. I know what degeneracy is in chemistry, but they lost me when the degeneracy got double. And infinite. Although apparently it never was infinite.
    Anyway, I think calling somebody doubly degenerate and infinitely degenerate is an insult worthy of Shakespeare.

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