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A Jarring Bullet: An Indian National Physics Olympiad 2020 Problem

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In this section of Resonance, we invite readers to pose questions likely to be raised in a classroom situation. We may suggest strategies for dealing with them, or invite responses, or both. “Classroom” is equally a forum for raising broader issues and sharing personal experiences and viewpoints on matters related to teaching and learning science.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Praveen Pathak for encouraging us to write up this article. Amitabh Virmani wishes to thank Himalay Senapati for proofreading an earlier version of the manuscript. We also thank the anonymous referee for a careful reading of the manuscript and for the valuable suggestions for its improvement.

Sitikantha Das and Amitabh Virmani are associated with the Indian Physics Olympiad program for the last three years. Nishant Abhangi and Vivek Lohani have represented India at the International Physics Olympiads, and won the Gold Medal and the Honorable Mention respectively.

The work of Amitabh Virmani is supported in part by a Max Planck Partner Group grant “Quantum Black Holes” between AEI Potsdam and CMI Chennai, and through an Infosys fellowship program at CMI Chennai.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Vivek Lohani

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

    Nishant Abhangi

  3. Department of Physics, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

    Sitikantha Das

  4. Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, India

    Amitabh Virmani

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Lohani, V., Abhangi, N., Das, S. et al. A Jarring Bullet: An Indian National Physics Olympiad 2020 Problem. Reson 26, 1153–1168 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-021-1214-0

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