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Talk:MRD:BC physlab

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Excellent work! I specifically liked your involved treatment of Polanyi's rules! Here are some pointers to help you improve even further:

  • TS properties: Your answer is correct. Can you now also give a mathematical criterion for the identification of saddle points?
  • TS critique: The points you stated are all correct, but I would have liked you to relate your answer to your own findings. Since you observed barrier recrossing, does your work support or contradict TS theory? It might well be that you know the answer but thought it obvious to write down. Make sure that you always highlight your own contribution in a discussion section so lazy readers still understand your input.
  • Polanyi's rules: You gave an explicit assessment of each trajectory, so it would be nice to have a summarising paragraph. How many trajectories were in favour of the rules, how many against? Are any of the trajectories less important than others? Can you put forward a modification to the rules that explains the discrepancies?
  • Figures: Make sure you number your figures so you can refer to them later in the text.

Well done! --Bg1512 (talk) 18:21, 30 May 2017 (BST)