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When I was going to school at the U of MD, I would sometimes browse the stacks of the engineering library, mainly when I should have been studying. I was amazed to see complicated analyses of electric motors and generators, including calculus and differential equations, in journals dated from...

It sure does. As an example, the 3-phase line to line voltage is √3 x the line to neutral voltage. 120v x √3 = approx 208v

Absolutely, sorry for the goof, and thanks for fixing it! For sine waves, multiply RMS voltage by √2 to get peak voltage. Divide peak voltage by √2 (or multiply it by 1/√2 =approx .707) to get RMS voltage.

Specifically it has to be a sine wave for the √2 (approx. .707) factor to apply. For example, triangular waves, even if symmetrical, use √3 instead. Edit: As stated below, √2 is approx. 1.414!

Only for square wave AC. Modified sine wave AC is usually square pulses with some time at zero volts in between, so peak voltage is greater than RMS. For a sine wave, V(peak)=V(rms)(√2), so for 120V AC, the peak voltage is 169.7V, and peak to peak is 339.4V. AC voltage is almost always...

Well, that's not true and you put it in the Internet.

Yeah, I've seen a little of what you posted myself. The web is full of self-proclaimed experts giving advice, so I guess the military generator information is about on par. I can tell you that in the year that I've had my 003A, I've used it to power the house monthly, and for real multi-hour...