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for convenience, the pulse is considered to have
for convenience, the pulse is considered to have unit amplitude and be of duration t, with the amplitude and phase defined over the time interval -t/2 to +t/2. the total frequency sweep is Δ f, varying in a linear manner from - Δ f/2 to + Δ f/2 in the defined time interval.
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in a few special cases, the integral can
in a few special cases, the integral can be solved to give an analytical expression, but often the characteristics of a (t) {\displaystyle a(t)} and θ (t) are such that the integral can only be evaluated by an approximation algorithm or by numerical integration.
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s (ω) = ∫ − ∞ ∞ s
s (ω) = ∫ − ∞ ∞ s (t) ⋅ exp (− j ω t) ⋅ d t = ∫ − ∞ ∞ a (t) ⋅ exp ⋅ exp (− j ω t) ⋅ d t {\displaystyle s(\omega)=\int _{-\infty }^{\infty }s(t)\cdot \exp(-j\omega t)\cdot dt=\int _{-\infty }^{\infty }a(t)\cdot \exp\cdot \exp(-j\omega t)\cdot dt} so s (ω) = ∫ − ∞ ∞ a (t) ⋅ exp ⋅ d t {\displaystyle s(\omega)=\int _{-\inf...
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where a (t) {\displaystyle a(t)} and θ (t)
where a (t) {\displaystyle a(t)} and θ (t) give the amplitude and phase variations of the waveform s {\displaystyle s}, with time. the frequency spectrum of this waveform is obtained by calculating the fourier transform of s (t) {\displaystyle s(t)}, i.e.
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a simple way to derive the spectrum of
a simple way to derive the spectrum of a chirp using a computers, is to sample the time-domain waveform at a frequency well above the nyquist limit and use an fft algorithm to obtain the desired result. as this approach was not an option for the early designers, they resorted to analytic analysis, or and to graphical o...
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the spectrum of a chirp pulse describes its
the spectrum of a chirp pulse describes its characteristics in terms of its frequency components. this frequency-domain representation is an alternative to the more familiar time-domain waveform, and the two versions are mathematically related by the fourier transform. the spectrum is of particular interest when pulses...
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copeland bridge, also known as copeland farm bridge
copeland bridge, also known as copeland farm bridge or copeland covered bridge is a wooden covered bridge over beecher creek in the town of edinburg in saratoga county, new york. it was built in 1879, and is a small, timber framed, queenpost truss bridge with a gable roof. it has a 30-foot span carried on fieldstone ab...
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copeland bridge, also known as copeland farm bridge
copeland bridge, also known as copeland farm bridge or copeland covered bridge is a wooden covered bridge over beecher creek in the town of edinburg in saratoga county, new york. it was built in 1879, and is a small, timber framed, queenpost truss bridge with a gable roof. it has a 30-foot span carried on fieldstone ab...
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lodge is a fellow of the american association
lodge is a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science and of the ecological society of america. he advocates for scientific approaches to manage invasive species in lake ecosystems. in 2014, lodge served as a jefferson science fellow in the office of ocean and polar affairs at the united states d...
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lodge is a 1975 graduate of sewanee academy
lodge is a 1975 graduate of sewanee academy (now st. andrew's-sewanee school) and received his b.s., summa cum laude, in 1979 from sewanee: the university of the south. as a rhodes scholar, he completed his d.phil. from oxford university in 1982. from 1983-1985, he taught at the university of wisconsin – madison. from ...
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david lodge (born april 1, 1957) is an
david lodge (born april 1, 1957) is an american biologist. he is best known for his work on the interrelated problems of invasive species, land use, and climate change, and their synergistic impacts on water resources.
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the alfa romeo 500 is a 3 tonne
the alfa romeo 500 is a 3 tonne class truck, produced by alfa romeo from 1937 to 1945. the range included a diesel-powered 75 hp (56 kw) version 500re, petrol version 500b and gas version 500br. the 500 was characterized by having an aerodynamic shape, which was improved over the years during production. the 500 model ...
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from 1937 to 1940 alfa romeo 500 was
from 1937 to 1940 alfa romeo 500 was also used by the italian fire department as a fire engine or truck. the 500 was also used by alfa romeo and scuderia ferrari as a racing car transporter for both grand prix racers and formula 1 cars. viberti and bergomi made various bus versions using 500 platform as basis.
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the alfa romeo 500 was used by the
the alfa romeo 500 was used by the royal italian army during world war ii under the heading of "500 dr." it was used in the campaign in russia and the armored version was used in the balkan campaign. the frame of the model was also used as basis for military buses. the army version had a top speed of 45 km/h (28 mph), ...
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the alfa romeo 500 is a 3 tonne
the alfa romeo 500 is a 3 tonne class truck, produced by alfa romeo from 1937 to 1945. the range included a diesel-powered (deutz type f6m 313) 75 hp (56 kw) version 500re, petrol version 500b and gas version 500br.
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23s rrna (adenosine1067-2'-o)-methyltransferase is an enzyme with systematic
23s rrna (adenosine1067-2'-o)-methyltransferase is an enzyme with systematic name s-adenosyl-l-methionine:23s rrna (adenosine1067-2'-o)-methyltransferase. this enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction the methylase that is responsible for autoimmunity in the thiostrepton producer streptomyces azureus.
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23s rrna (adenosine -2'-o)-methyltransferase (ec 2.1.1.230, 23s rrna
23s rrna (adenosine -2'-o)-methyltransferase (ec 2.1.1.230, 23s rrna a1067 2'-methyltransferase, thiostrepton-resistance methylase, nosiheptide -resistance methyltransferase) is an enzyme with systematic name s-adenosyl-l-methionine:23s rrna (adenosine -2'-o)-methyltransferase. this enzyme catalyses the following chemi...
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the dent bridge is a suspension bridge in
the dent bridge is a suspension bridge in the northwest united states, located in north central idaho in clearwater county, north of orofino. it is 17 miles (27 km) up the north fork of the clearwater river, now dworshak reservoir. completed 53 years ago in 1971 at a cost of $7,848,950, it has a main span of 1,050 feet...
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built in conjunction with the dworshak dam by
built in conjunction with the dworshak dam by the u.s. army corps of engineers during the early 1970s, this bridge provides local access over the flooded river, now dworshak reservoir. it replaced a smaller bridge which crossed the river prior to the flooding by the reservoir. without the bridge, vehicle access from ah...
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the dent bridge is a suspension bridge in
the dent bridge is a suspension bridge in the northwest united states, located in north central idaho in clearwater county, north of orofino. it is 17 miles (27 km) up the north fork of the clearwater river, now dworshak reservoir. completed 53 years ago in 1971 at a cost of $7,848,950, it has a main span of 1,050 feet...
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anders sandøe Ørsted, also written as anders sandoe
anders sandøe Ørsted, also written as anders sandoe oersted or anders sandö Örsted was a danish botanist, mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist. he was the nephew of physicist hans christian Ørsted and of politician anders sandøe Ørsted.
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his studies of what has since been known
his studies of what has since been known as juniper-pear rust showed that this fungus annually switches between two hosts; juniperus sabina is the primary (telial) host and pear, pyrus communis, is the secondary (aecial) host. he thus was the first to discover that some plant-parasitic fungi are heteroecious. these stu...
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between 1845 and 1848, he travelled extensively in
between 1845 and 1848, he travelled extensively in central america and the caribbean and published numerous papers on the flora, concentrating on the plant families acanthaceae and fagaceae. one of his better known publications is l'amérique centrale.
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anders sandøe Ørsted, also written as anders sandoe
anders sandøe Ørsted, also written as anders sandoe oersted or anders sandö Örsted (21 june 1816 – 3 september 1872) was a danish botanist, mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist. he was the nephew of physicist hans christian Ørsted and of politician anders sandøe Ørsted.
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throughout her career she has served in editorial
throughout her career she has served in editorial roles for the field's top journals. as examples, she served as a senior editor for organization science from 2004 to 2020 and management information systems quarterly from 2011 to 2014.
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majchrzak has held visiting appointments and/or fellowships at
majchrzak has held visiting appointments and/or fellowships at esade business school, university ramon llull (barcelona, spain), vrije universiteit amsterdam, luiss business school (rome, italy), and simon fraser university (vancouver canada) in the areas of innovation and organization.
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church worked for the national center for biotechnology
church worked for the national center for biotechnology information (ncbi) from 1999 until 2013. while there, she headed ncbi's team in the genome reference consortium, an international group focusing on refining data on the human genome. she was part of the group involved in releasing grch38, a build of the human geno...
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church graduated with a bachelor's degree from the
church graduated with a bachelor's degree from the university of virginia in 1990. she received a doctorate in genomics from university of california, irvine in 1997. church describes her passion for bioinformatics as connected to her enjoyment of problem solving and being in a team that has direct impacts on people's ...
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alan william james cousins fras was a south
alan william james cousins fras was a south african astronomer. his career spanned 70 years during which time he concentrated on the measurement of variable stars, including the measurement of the two sinusoidal periods of gamma doradus. the ubv photometric system for measuring stellar fluxes he devised in his 1990s be...
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in the early 1990s in dublin, one of
in the early 1990s in dublin, one of the speakers, dave crawford, while bemoaning the current generation of astronomers asked the audience if they had ever spoken to one of the great astronomers including johnson, kron, cousins, etc, little knowing that cousins was in the audience.
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his official retirement was in 1972 but he
his official retirement was in 1972 but he ignored it and continued to work at the observatory. he retired from the south africa observatory on 31 december 1976 but remained in a part time capacity and kept his official house on the observatory grounds. he was an active observer into his 90s and continued to work on ph...
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in his early 1990s cousins started to use
in his early 1990s cousins started to use a newly-available red-sensitive photomultiplier tube as part of a photometric system for information gathering on the energy distribution of red stars. this ubv photometric system was based on one devised by gerald kron and became known as the "cousins system" (or sometimes the...
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r. h. stoy of the royal observatory, cape
r. h. stoy of the royal observatory, cape of good hope, was impressed by cousins' results as they were comparable to those obtained by professional astronomers. this led to a collaboration and in 1947 cousins joined the staff of the royal observatory. cousins singlemindedly devoted himself for the last 50 years of his ...
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throughout his early career cousins observed numerous variable
throughout his early career cousins observed numerous variable stars. in the 1940s the technique of using a fabry lens to obtain uniform stellar images for measurement, as used by e.g. williams, became of great interest to cousins, who then published his first list (with photovisual magnitude) of over 100 bright southe...
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cousins' interest in astronomy was aroused first by
cousins' interest in astronomy was aroused first by the sighting of halley's comet in 1910 and then by a book on astronomy ("the stars" by e.hawkes) given to him in late 1914 - early 1915 during a family visit to england. in 1915 the family moved to pretoria and cousins was educated at pretoria boys high school from 19...
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he was born in three anchor bay, cape
he was born in three anchor bay, cape town, the eldest of four children, and his father clarence wilfred cousins was a senior civil servant who served for a time as secretary of labour. his grandfather on his mother's side was sir james murray, first editor of the oxford english dictionary, and cousins attended murray'...
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alan william james cousins fras (8 august 1903
alan william james cousins fras (8 august 1903 – 11 may 2001) was a south african astronomer. his career spanned 70 years during which time he concentrated on the measurement of variable stars, including the measurement of the two sinusoidal periods of gamma doradus. the ubv photometric system for measuring stellar flu...
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anne meltzer is a seismologist known for her
anne meltzer is a seismologist known for her research on earthquakes and the formation of mountain ranges. her research primarily focused on the evolution of the earth's lithosphere and the surface processes associated with faulting and deformation in the earth's crust. through her own personal research and collaborati...
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the focus of meltzer's research is the dynamic
the focus of meltzer's research is the dynamic change that occurs in the continental lithosphere. she conducts her research by analyzing the processes of faulting and deformation in the earth's crust. meltzer's research uses seismographic data to examine the formation of new mountain ranges including the tibetan platea...
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meltzer has a b.s. in geology from guilford
meltzer has a b.s. in geology from guilford college (1980), an m.s. in geology from university of north carolina, chapel hill (1982), and ph.d. in geology and geophysics from rice university (1989). she has worked in industry at gulf research and development company (1982-1985) and at exxon production research (1989-19...
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anne meltzer is a seismologist known for her
anne meltzer is a seismologist known for her research on earthquakes and the formation of mountain ranges. her research primarily focused on the evolution of the earth's lithosphere and the surface processes associated with faulting and deformation in the earth's crust. through her own personal research and collaborati...
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he was also a close friend and teacher
he was also a close friend and teacher of gaetano fichera at the istituto nazionale di alta matematica, inspiring his research in continuum mechanics, his solution of the signorini problem and the creation of the field of variational inequalities.
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while only very few scientists between 1845 and
while only very few scientists between 1845 and 1945 studied the foundations of continuum mechanics, among them there were some of the most distinguished savants of the period: (...). in that period, however, many papers on the subject were published. when not essentially repetitions of earlier studies, these concerned...
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he was elected corresponding member of the accademia
he was elected corresponding member of the accademia nazionale dei lincei on july 15, 1935, and then national member on february 4, 1947. however, he was never awarded the royal prize of this academy, because he became a very early a member of it, thus losing the right to win a prize.
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on 30 may 1931 he was elected corresponding
on 30 may 1931 he was elected corresponding member of the società nazionale di scienze, lettere e arti in napoli: later on, precisely on 11 february 1933 and on 4 june 1949 he was elected, respectively, ordinary member and ordinary non resident member of the same academy.
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he was awarded the gold medal of the
he was awarded the gold medal of the accademia nazionale delle scienze detta dei xl in 1920, while he was working at the university of palermo: the members of the judging commission were luigi bianchi, guido castelnuovo and tullio levi-civita.
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antonio signorini (2 april 1888 – 23 february
antonio signorini (2 april 1888 – 23 february 1963) was an influential italian mathematical physicist and civil engineer of the 20th century. he is known for his work in finite elasticity, thermoelasticity and for formulating the signorini problem.
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is said to be analytic at a if
is said to be analytic at a if in some open disk centered at a it can be expanded as a convergent power series. one of the most important theorems of complex analysis is that holomorphic functions are analytic and vice versa. among the corollaries of this theorem are the identity theorem that two holomorphic functions ...
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the fact that the radius of convergence is
the fact that the radius of convergence is always the distance from the center a to the nearest non-removable singularity; if there are no singularities, then the radius of convergence is infinite. strictly speaking, this is not a corollary of the theorem but rather a by-product of the proof.
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no bump function on the complex plane can
no bump function on the complex plane can be entire. in particular, on any connected open subset of the complex plane, there can be no bump function defined on that set which is holomorphic on the set. this has important ramifications for the study of complex manifolds, as it precludes the use of partitions of unity. i...
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interchange of the integral and infinite sum is
interchange of the integral and infinite sum is justified by observing that f (w) / (w − a) {\displaystyle f(w)/(w-a)} is bounded on c {\displaystyle c} by some positive number m {\displaystyle m}, while for all w {\displaystyle w} in c {\displaystyle c}
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let d {\displaystyle d} be an open disk
let d {\displaystyle d} be an open disk centered at a {\displaystyle a} and suppose f {\displaystyle f} is differentiable everywhere within an open neighborhood containing the closure of d {\displaystyle d}. let c {\displaystyle c} be the positively oriented (i.e., counterclockwise) circle which is the boundary of d {\...
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david harold bailey is a mathematician and computer
david harold bailey is a mathematician and computer scientist. he received his b.s. in mathematics from brigham young university in 1972 and his ph.d. in mathematics from stanford university in 1976. he worked for 14 years as a computer scientist at nasa ames research center, and then from 1998 to 2013 as a senior scie...
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david harold bailey is a mathematician and computer
, bailey received the sidney fernbach award from the ieee computer society, as well as the chauvenet prize and the hasse prize from the mathematical association of america. in 2008 he was a co-recipient of the gordon bell prize from the association for computing machinery. in 2017 he was a co-recipient of the levi l. c...
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in 1993, bailey received the sidney fernbach award
in 1993, bailey received the sidney fernbach award from the ieee computer society, as well as the chauvenet prize and the hasse prize from the mathematical association of america. in 2008 he was a co-recipient of the gordon bell prize from the association for computing machinery. in 2017 he was a co-recipient of the le...
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bailey also does research in numerical analysis and
bailey also does research in numerical analysis and parallel computing. he has published studies on the fast fourier transform (fft), high-precision arithmetic, and the pslq algorithm (used for integer relation detection). he is a co-author of the nas benchmarks, which are used to assess and analyze the performance of ...
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bailey is perhaps best known as a co-author
bailey is perhaps best known as a co-author (with peter borwein and simon plouffe) of a 1997 paper that presented a new formula for π (pi), which had been discovered by plouffe in 1995. this bailey–borwein–plouffe formula permits one to calculate binary or hexadecimal digits of pi beginning at an arbitrary position, by...
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david harold bailey (born 14 august 1948) is
david harold bailey (born 14 august 1948) is a mathematician and computer scientist. he received his b.s. in mathematics from brigham young university in 1972 and his ph.d. in mathematics from stanford university in 1976. he worked for 14 years as a computer scientist at nasa ames research center, and then from 1998 to...
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alfred weld s. j. was an english jesuit
alfred weld s. j. was an english jesuit priest, professor of science and director of stonyhurst observatory. while working at the observatory, he welcomed in 1848 the italian refugee jesuit, angelo secchi, who went on to be a pioneer in astronomy. weld was ordained in 1854. after briefly managing st marys hall in lanca...
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in 1871 he became rector of st beuno's
in 1871 he became rector of st beuno's theological college in wales. two years later in 1873 he became english assistant to the jesuit general, peter jan beckx. he spent the last three years of his life with the zambesi mission, having first directed operations from rome and then going out himself to replace henri depe...
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alfred weld was born into an old english
alfred weld was born into an old english recusant family, son of mary searle and george, eighth son of thomas weld (of lulworth) and mary stanley-massey-stanley. his paternal grandfather was the benefactor and founder of the jesuit stonyhurst college. cardinal weld was his uncle.
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weld was rapidly elected provincial of the english
weld was rapidly elected provincial of the english province in 1864. in 1871 he became rector of st beuno's theological college in wales. two years later in 1873 he became english assistant to the jesuit general, peter jan beckx. he spent the last three years of his life with the zambesi mission, having first directed ...
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alfred weld s. j. (1823 leagram, lancashire –
alfred weld s. j. (1823 leagram, lancashire – 1890 south africa) was an english jesuit priest, professor of science and director of stonyhurst observatory. while working at the observatory, he welcomed in 1848 the italian refugee jesuit, angelo secchi, who went on to be a pioneer in astronomy. weld was ordained in 1854...
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decoding reality: the universe as quantum information is
decoding reality: the universe as quantum information is a popular science book by vlatko vedral published by oxford university press in 2010. vedral examines information theory and proposes information as the most fundamental building block of reality. he argues what a useful framework this is for viewing all natural ...
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the book explains the world as being made
the book explains the world as being made up of information. the universe and its workings are the ebb and flow of information. we are all transient patterns of information, passing on the recipe for our basic forms to future generations using a four-letter digital code called dna. in this engaging and mind-stretching ...
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the information basis for creation ex nihilo. according
the information basis for creation ex nihilo. according to john von neumann, starting trivially from an empty set of numbers an infinite sequence of numbers can bootstrap their way out. an empty set creates the number 1 by observing an empty set within itself which is enough of a basis for distinguishability. it create...
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the information content of the universe as measured
the information content of the universe as measured in bits or qubits. vedral uses the initial effort of archimedes of syracuse in calculating the amount of sand that could theoretically fit inside the universe and compares it to a modern-day attempt to calculate the bit content of the universe. vedral however sees thi...
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quantum computers offer a search advantage over classical
quantum computers offer a search advantage over classical computers by searching many database elements at once as a result of quantum superpositions. a sufficiently advanced quantum computer would break current encryption methods by factorizing large numbers several orders of magnitude faster than any existing classic...
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vedral examines the basis of quantum information, the
vedral examines the basis of quantum information, the qubit, and examines one-time pad quantum cryptography as the most secure form of encryption because of its uncomputability. quantum entanglement demonstrates the importance of mutual information in defining outcomes in a reality.
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six degrees of separation means well connected people
six degrees of separation means well connected people tend to be more successful as their social networks expose them to more chances to make choices they want. schelling precommitment as strategy in social and self-control, for example burning your bridges by buying gym membership to help motivated self win over lazy ...
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blackjack as controlled risk taking using shannon's information
blackjack as controlled risk taking using shannon's information theory probability formulas. casino as a ′cool′ financial entropy source and the gambler as a ′hot′ financial source, once again the second law of thermodynamics means the flow is almost always from hot to cold in the long run. for managed risk spread bets...
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examines the second law of thermodynamics and the
examines the second law of thermodynamics and the process of information increasing entropy. maxwell's demon was thought to be a way around this inevitability, however such a demon would run out of information storage space and have to delete unwanted data thus having to do work to do so, increasing entropy.
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shannon entropy or information content measured as the
shannon entropy or information content measured as the surprise value of a particular event, is essentially inversely proportional to the logarithm of the event's probability, i = log(1/p). claude shannon 's information theory arose from research at bell labs, building upon george boole's digital logic. as information ...
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vedral uses an italo calvino philosophical story about
vedral uses an italo calvino philosophical story about a tarot -like card game as the kernel for his metaphor of conscious life arriving in medias res to a pre-existing contextual reality. in this game the individual observers/players (vedral suggests: quantum physics, thermodynamics, biology, sociology, economics, phi...
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vedral believes in the principle that information is
vedral believes in the principle that information is physical. creation ex nihilo comes from catholic dogma, the idea being that god created the universe out of nothing. vedral says that invoking a supernatural being as an explanation for creation does not explain reality because the supernatural being would have to co...
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decoding reality: the universe as quantum information is
decoding reality: the universe as quantum information is a popular science book by vlatko vedral published by oxford university press in 2010. vedral examines information theory and proposes information as the most fundamental building block of reality. he argues what a useful framework this is for viewing all natural ...
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he and his wife, audella beebe, were the
he and his wife, audella beebe, were the parents of famed sculptor anna hyatt huntington; their other children were harriet randolph hyatt mayor, who was also a sculptor though less well known, (and mother of the art historian a. hyatt mayor), and alpheus hyatt iii.
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hyatt studied under louis agassiz and was a
hyatt studied under louis agassiz and was a proponent of neo-lamarckism with edward drinker cope. in 1869, the american academy of arts and sciences elected him a fellow and in 1875, he was elected a member of the national academy of sciences. he was elected to the american philosophical society in 1895. in 1898, he re...
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after the war he worked for a time
after the war he worked for a time at the essex institute (now the peabody essex museum in salem, massachusetts. he and a colleague founded american naturalist and hyatt served as editor from 1867 to 1870. he became a professor of paleontology and zoology at massachusetts institute of technology in 1870, where he taugh...
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alpheus hyatt ii was born in washington, d.c.
alpheus hyatt ii was born in washington, d.c. to alpheus hyatt and harriet randolph (king) hyatt. he briefly attended the maryland military academy and yale university, and after graduating from harvard university in 1862, he enlisted as a private in the massachusetts volunteer infantry for the civil war, emerging with...
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anubis is a block cipher designed by vincent
anubis is a block cipher designed by vincent rijmen and paulo s. l. m. barreto as an entrant in the nessie project, a former research program initiated by the european commission in 2000 for the identification of new cryptographic algorithms. although the cipher has not been included in the final nessie portfolio, its ...
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anubis is a block cipher designed by vincent
differential, impossible differential, and saturation attacks. nonetheless, because of the cipher's similarity with rijndael it was not considered to offer any convincing advantages and thus was not included in the second evaluation phase of the nessie project. anubis is named after the egyptian god of entombing and e...
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the authors claim the algorithm to be secure
the authors claim the algorithm to be secure against a number of attacks, including four-round differential and linear analysis, as well as related-key, interpolation, boomerang, truncated differential, impossible differential, and saturation attacks. nonetheless, because of the cipher's similarity with rijndael it was...
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there are two versions of the anubis cipher;
there are two versions of the anubis cipher; the original implementation uses a pseudo-random s-box. subsequently, the s-box was modified to be more efficient to implement in hardware; the newer version of anubis is called the "tweaked" version.
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anubis operates on data blocks of 128 bits,
anubis operates on data blocks of 128 bits, accepting keys of length 32 n bits (n = 4,..., 10). it is designed as a substitution–permutation network, which bears large similarity to rijndael. like khazad, designed by the same authors and also submitted to nessie, it uses involutions for the various operations. an invol...
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anubis is a block cipher designed by vincent
anubis is a block cipher designed by vincent rijmen and paulo s. l. m. barreto as an entrant in the nessie project, a former research program initiated by the european commission in 2000 for the identification of new cryptographic algorithms. although the cipher has not been included in the final nessie portfolio, its ...
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asaka-nagamori station opened on october 18, 1909, as
asaka-nagamori station opened on october 18, 1909, as sasagawa station (笹川駅, sasagawa-eki). the suigun line began operations from may 10, 1929. the station was renamed to its present name on october 30, 1931. the station was absorbed into the jr east network upon the privatization of the japanese national railways (jnr...
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asaka-nagamori station is served by the tōhoku main
asaka-nagamori station is served by the tōhoku main line, and is located 221.8 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at tokyo it is also served by the suigun line and is 137.5 rail kilometers from the starting point of that line at mito.
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asaka-nagamori station (安積永盛駅, asaka-nagamori-eki) is a junction railway
asaka-nagamori station (安積永盛駅, asaka-nagamori-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of kōriyama, fukushima prefecture, japan operated by east japan railway company (jr east).
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the 2023 maac men's soccer tournament was the
the 2023 maac men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the metro atlantic athletic conference held from november 5 through november 12, 2023. the five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting matches. the host for the matches was determined by seeding from ...
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the top six teams in the regular season
the top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2023 tournament. teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. a tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds for the tournament as ma...
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the 2023 maac men's soccer tournament was the
the 2023 maac men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the metro atlantic athletic conference held from november 5 through november 12, 2023. the five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting matches. the host for the matches was determined by seeding from ...
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andriy vasilovich sryubko, is a ukrainian retired professional
andriy vasilovich sryubko, is a ukrainian retired professional ice hockey player. he played for multiple teams during a career that lasted from 1996 until 2013. he also played internationally for the ukrainian national team at several world championships, as well as the 2002 winter olympics.
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andriy vasilovich sryubko (ukrainian: Андрій Васильович Срюбко; born
andriy vasilovich sryubko (ukrainian: Андрій Васильович Срюбко; born 21 october 1975), is a ukrainian retired professional ice hockey player. he played for multiple teams during a career that lasted from 1996 until 2013. he also played internationally for the ukrainian national team at several world championships, as w...
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dicoronylene is the trivial name for a very
dicoronylene is the trivial name for a very large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. it has 15 rings and is a brick-red solid. its formula is c48h20. dicoronylene sublimes under high vacuum, 0.001 torr, between 250 °c and 300 °c.
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dicoronylene is moderately soluble in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene and these
dicoronylene is moderately soluble in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene and these solutions have a greenish yellow fluorescence. unlike coronene, dicoronylene has symmetrical fluorescence excitation and emission spectra. it is virtually insoluble in most solvents.
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the formation of dicoronylene in hydrocracking reactors is
the formation of dicoronylene in hydrocracking reactors is a serious problem because its low solubility make it precipitate in any cooler part of the reactor flow path. this causes plugging of flow lines that require periodic shutdown and removal of the reddish deposits. dicoronylene is also a constituent of coke forme...
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dicoronylene was later discovered to occur as a
dicoronylene was later discovered to occur as a by-product of the catalytic hydrocracking used in petroleum processing. it is formed when two coronene molecules fuse. it is estimated that catalytical hydrocracking produces several hundred metric tons of dicoronylene worldwide per year, making it the most prevalent larg...
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dicoronylene was first observed in the solid residue
dicoronylene was first observed in the solid residue produced in coal gasification. this residue contained large amounts of coronene and ovalene. after these were extracted and identified, a reddish residue remained, which was sparingly soluble in organic solvents. elemental analysis indicated that it was most likely t...
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due to its large size and limited availability,
due to its large size and limited availability, the organic chemistry of dicoronylene is little known. dicoronylene does undergo a diels–alder reaction with maleic anhydride on one or both of the central bay regions on either side of the bridging ring. the double bond of maleic anhydride forms two carbon–carbon bonds o...
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