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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributive%20lattice
In mathematics, a distributive lattice is a lattice in which the operations of join and meet distribute over each other. The prototypical examples of such structures are collections of sets for which the lattice operations can be given by set union and intersection. Indeed, these lattices of sets describe the scenery ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20%28category%20theory%29
In category theory, a branch of mathematics, duality is a correspondence between the properties of a category C and the dual properties of the opposite category Cop. Given a statement regarding the category C, by interchanging the source and target of each morphism as well as interchanging the order of composing two mo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalgebra
In mathematics, coalgebras or cogebras are structures that are dual (in the category-theoretic sense of reversing arrows) to unital associative algebras. The axioms of unital associative algebras can be formulated in terms of commutative diagrams. Turning all arrows around, one obtains the axioms of coalgebras. Every c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bialgebra
In mathematics, a bialgebra over a field K is a vector space over K which is both a unital associative algebra and a counital coassociative coalgebra. The algebraic and coalgebraic structures are made compatible with a few more axioms. Specifically, the comultiplication and the counit are both unital algebra homomorphi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodge%20star%20operator
In mathematics, the Hodge star operator or Hodge star is a linear map defined on the exterior algebra of a finite-dimensional oriented vector space endowed with a nondegenerate symmetric bilinear form. Applying the operator to an element of the algebra produces the Hodge dual of the element. This map was introduced b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie%20algebroid
In mathematics, a Lie algebroid is a vector bundle together with a Lie bracket on its space of sections and a vector bundle morphism , satisfying a Leibniz rule. A Lie algebroid can thus be thought of as a "many-object generalisation" of a Lie algebra. Lie algebroids play a similar same role in the theory of Lie gro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie%20groupoid
In mathematics, a Lie groupoid is a groupoid where the set of objects and the set of morphisms are both manifolds, all the category operations (source and target, composition, identity-assigning map and inversion) are smooth, and the source and target operations are submersions. A Lie groupoid can thus be thought o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%20bundle
In mathematics, a principal bundle is a mathematical object that formalizes some of the essential features of the Cartesian product of a space with a group . In the same way as with the Cartesian product, a principal bundle is equipped with An action of on , analogous to for a product space. A projection onto . ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotient%20%28universal%20algebra%29
In mathematics, a quotient algebra is the result of partitioning the elements of an algebraic structure using a congruence relation. Quotient algebras are also called factor algebras. Here, the congruence relation must be an equivalence relation that is additionally compatible with all the operations of the algebra, in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcategory
In mathematics, specifically category theory, a subcategory of a category C is a category S whose objects are objects in C and whose morphisms are morphisms in C with the same identities and composition of morphisms. Intuitively, a subcategory of C is a category obtained from C by "removing" some of its objects and arr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%27s%20function
In mathematics, a Green's function is the impulse response of an inhomogeneous linear differential operator defined on a domain with specified initial conditions or boundary conditions. This means that if is the linear differential operator, then the Green's function is the solution of the equation , where is Dir...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank-into-rank
In set theory, a branch of mathematics, a rank-into-rank embedding is a large cardinal property defined by one of the following four axioms given in order of increasing consistency strength. (A set of rank < λ is one of the elements of the set Vλ of the von Neumann hierarchy.) Axiom I3: There is a nontrivial elementa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Cayley
Arthur Cayley (; 16 August 1821 – 26 January 1895) was a prolific British mathematician who worked mostly on algebra. He helped found the modern British school of pure mathematics. As a child, Cayley enjoyed solving complex maths problems for amusement. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he excelled in Gree...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berzelius%20%28secret%20society%29
Berzelius is a secret society at Yale University named for the Swedish scientist Jöns Jakob Berzelius, considered one of the founding fathers of modern chemistry. Founded in 1848, 'BZ', as the society is called often, is the third oldest society at Yale and the oldest of those of the now-defunct Sheffield Scientific ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Lucas%20%28philosopher%29
John Randolph Lucas (18 June 1929 – 5 April 2020) was a British philosopher. Biography Lucas was educated at Winchester College and then, as a pupil of R.M. Hare, among others, at Balliol College, Oxford. He studied first mathematics, then Greats (Greek, Latin, Philosophy and Ancient History), obtaining first class ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics%20and%20Star%20Wars
The interstellar space opera epic Star Wars uses science and technology in its settings and storylines. The series has showcased many technological concepts, both in the movies and in the expanded universe of novels, comics and other forms of media. The Star Wars movies' primary objective is to build upon drama, philos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLT
DLT may refer to: Businesses DLT (department store), Saint Petersburg, Russia DLT Solutions, a software reseller in Virginia, US Music DLT (musician), New Zealand hip-hop DJ Dave Lee Travis (born 1945), British radio DJ De La Tierra, an international Latin American metal band Science, technology and mathematics...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corax
Corax can refer to: Biology Corax, the scientific species name of the common raven (Corvus corax) Corax, a species name Corax (genus), a genus of fossil sharks People Corax of Syracuse, one of the founders of Greek rhetoric Predrag Koraksić Corax, political cartoonist from Serbia Janne Corax (born 1967), Swedi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounded%20function
In mathematics, a function f defined on some set X with real or complex values is called bounded if the set of its values is bounded. In other words, there exists a real number M such that for all x in X. A function that is not bounded is said to be unbounded. If f is real-valued and f(x) ≤ A for all x in X, then th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Appel
Kenneth Ira Appel (October 8, 1932 – April 19, 2013) was an American mathematician who in 1976, with colleague Wolfgang Haken at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, solved one of the most famous problems in mathematics, the four-color theorem. They proved that any two-dimensional map, with certain limitatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang%20Haken
Wolfgang Haken (; June 21, 1928 – October 2, 2022) was a German American mathematician who specialized in topology, in particular 3-manifolds. Biography Haken was born on June 21, 1928, in Berlin, Germany. His father was Werner Haken, a physicist who had Max Planck as a doctoral thesis advisor. In 1953, Haken earned a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji%20Toyoda
was a Japanese industrialist. He was largely responsible for bringing Toyota Motor Corporation to profitability and worldwide prominence during his tenure as president and later, as chairman. He was succeeded as the president of Toyota by Shoichiro Toyoda. Career Toyoda studied mechanical engineering at Tokyo Imperia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigram
Trigrams are a special case of the n-gram, where n is 3. They are often used in natural language processing for performing statistical analysis of texts and in cryptography for control and use of ciphers and codes. Frequency Context is very important, varying analysis rankings and percentages are easily derived by dra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiral%20anomaly
In theoretical physics, a chiral anomaly is the anomalous nonconservation of a chiral current. In everyday terms, it is equivalent to a sealed box that contained equal numbers of left and right-handed bolts, but when opened was found to have more left than right, or vice versa. Such events are expected to be prohibite...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition%20function%20%28statistical%20mechanics%29
In physics, a partition function describes the statistical properties of a system in thermodynamic equilibrium. Partition functions are functions of the thermodynamic state variables, such as the temperature and volume. Most of the aggregate thermodynamic variables of the system, such as the total energy, free energy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition%20function%20%28quantum%20field%20theory%29
In quantum field theory, partition functions are generating functionals for correlation functions, making them key objects of study in the path integral formalism. They are the imaginary time versions of statistical mechanics partition functions, giving rise to a close connection between these two areas of physics. Par...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liouville%27s%20theorem%20%28Hamiltonian%29
In physics, Liouville's theorem, named after the French mathematician Joseph Liouville, is a key theorem in classical statistical and Hamiltonian mechanics. It asserts that the phase-space distribution function is constant along the trajectories of the system—that is that the density of system points in the vicinity of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symplectomorphism
In mathematics, a symplectomorphism or symplectic map is an isomorphism in the category of symplectic manifolds. In classical mechanics, a symplectomorphism represents a transformation of phase space that is volume-preserving and preserves the symplectic structure of phase space, and is called a canonical transformatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous%20system%20%28mathematics%29
In mathematics, an autonomous system or autonomous differential equation is a system of ordinary differential equations which does not explicitly depend on the independent variable. When the variable is time, they are also called time-invariant systems. Many laws in physics, where the independent variable is usually a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHP
CHP may refer to: Law enforcement California Highway Patrol Politics Christian Heritage Party (disambiguation) Christian Historical Party Republican People's Party (Turkey) (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi) Chemistry and biology Collagen hybridizing peptide CHP (gene) Chp (GTPase) Cumene hydroperoxide Capillar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%20Pannekoek
Antonie “Anton” Pannekoek (; 2 January 1873 – 28 April 1960) was a Dutch astronomer, philosopher, Marxist theorist, and socialist revolutionary. He was one of the main theorists of council communism (). Biography Pannekoek studied mathematics and physics in Leiden from 1891. Even before he went to college he was inte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20analysis
In mathematics, the term local analysis has at least two meanings, both derived from the idea of looking at a problem relative to each prime number p first, and then later trying to integrate the information gained at each prime into a 'global' picture. These are forms of the localization approach. Group theory In gro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action%20%28physics%29
In physics, action is a scalar quantity that describes how the energy of a physical system has changed over time (its dynamics). Action is significant because the equations of motion of a system can be derived through the principle of stationary action. In the simple case of a single particle moving with a constant ve...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral%20analysis
Spectral analysis or spectrum analysis is analysis in terms of a spectrum of frequencies or related quantities such as energies, eigenvalues, etc. In specific areas it may refer to: Spectroscopy in chemistry and physics, a method of analyzing the properties of matter from their electromagnetic interactions Spectra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%20size
Block size can refer to: Block (data storage), the size of a block in data storage and file systems. Block size (cryptography), the minimal unit of data for block ciphers. Block (telecommunications) Block size (mathematics) The size of a city block
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20chaos
Quantum chaos is a branch of physics which studies how chaotic classical dynamical systems can be described in terms of quantum theory. The primary question that quantum chaos seeks to answer is: "What is the relationship between quantum mechanics and classical chaos?" The correspondence principle states that classical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20search%20%28optimization%29
In computer science, local search is a heuristic method for solving computationally hard optimization problems. Local search can be used on problems that can be formulated as finding a solution maximizing a criterion among a number of candidate solutions. Local search algorithms move from solution to solution in the sp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda%20Toshiaki
was a Japanese political economist in the late Edo period. Born in Echigo, Toshiaki went to Edo to study astronomy, mathematics and kendo. At the age of 24, he opened his own school. He wrote A Secret Plan of Government (Keisei Hisaku; 経世秘策), in which he proposed lifting a ban of a foreign trade and colonization of E...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemometrics
Chemometrics is the science of extracting information from chemical systems by data-driven means. Chemometrics is inherently interdisciplinary, using methods frequently employed in core data-analytic disciplines such as multivariate statistics, applied mathematics, and computer science, in order to address problems in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes%20Trithemius
Johannes Trithemius (; 1 February 1462 – 13 December 1516), born Johann Heidenberg, was a German Benedictine abbot and a polymath who was active in the German Renaissance as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist. He is considered the founder of modern cryptography (a claim shared with Leon Battista ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GROMOS
GROningen MOlecular Simulation (GROMOS) is the name of a force field for molecular dynamics simulation, and a related computer software package. Both are developed at the University of Groningen, and at the Computer-Aided Chemistry Group at the Laboratory for Physical Chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHARMM
Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics (CHARMM) is the name of a widely used set of force fields for molecular dynamics, and the name for the molecular dynamics simulation and analysis computer software package associated with them. The CHARMM Development Project involves a worldwide network of developers workin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20cannonball
The human cannonball act is a performance in which a person who acts as the "cannonball" is ejected from a specially designed cylinder that has been designed to resemble a cannon. The human cannonball lands on a horizontal net or inflated bag placed at the landing point, as predicted by physics. Outdoor performances ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflective%20programming
In computer science, reflective programming or reflection is the ability of a process to examine, introspect, and modify its own structure and behavior. Historical background The earliest computers were programmed in their native assembly languages, which were inherently reflective, as these original architectures cou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean%20prime%20ideal%20theorem
In mathematics, the Boolean prime ideal theorem states that ideals in a Boolean algebra can be extended to prime ideals. A variation of this statement for filters on sets is known as the ultrafilter lemma. Other theorems are obtained by considering different mathematical structures with appropriate notions of ideals, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal
Ideal may refer to: Philosophy Ideal (ethics), values that one actively pursues as goals Platonic ideal, a philosophical idea of trueness of form, associated with Plato Mathematics Ideal (ring theory), special subsets of a ring considered in abstract algebra Ideal, special subsets of a semigroup Ideal (order the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxime
In organic chemistry, an oxime is an organic compound belonging to the imines, with the general formula , where R is an organic side-chain and R' may be hydrogen, forming an aldoxime, or another organic group, forming a ketoxime. O-substituted oximes form a closely related family of compounds. Amidoximes are oximes of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20Kroemer
Herbert Kroemer (; born August 25, 1928) is a German-American physicist who, along with Zhores Alferov, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for "developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics". Kroemer is professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the Univer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodoform
Iodoform (also known as triiodomethane) is the organoiodine compound with the chemical formula . It is a pale yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, with a penetrating and distinctive odor (in older chemistry texts, the smell is sometimes referred to as that of hospitals, where the compound is still commonly used) an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex%20%28disambiguation%29
Ilex is the genus of flowering plants also known as holly. Ilex or ILEX may also refer to: Biology Centrolene ilex, a South American frog Quercus ilex (the holm or holly oak), a Mediterranean tree Enterprises and organizations ILEX Press Ltd., division of Hachette publishing books on graphics Ilex Theatre Compan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus
Narcissus may refer to: Biology Narcissus (plant), a genus containing daffodils and others People Narcissus (mythology), Greek mythological character Narcissus (wrestler) (2nd century), assassin of the Roman emperor Commodus Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (1st century), freedman and secretary to the Roman emperor Cl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIT%20Roorkee
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (abbreviated IIT Roorkee) is a technical university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is the oldest engineering institution in India, and was founded as the College of Civil Engineering in British India in 1847 by the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelfand%E2%80%93Naimark%20theorem
In mathematics, the Gelfand–Naimark theorem states that an arbitrary C*-algebra A is isometrically *-isomorphic to a C*-subalgebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space. This result was proven by Israel Gelfand and Mark Naimark in 1943 and was a significant point in the development of the theory of C*-algebras since...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meth%20%28disambiguation%29
Methamphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug. Meth or meths may also refer to: Chemicals and substances Meth-, a prefix for the methyl (-CH3) functional group in organic chemistry Methadone, a synthetic opioid Methanol, a simple alcohol with formula CH3OH Meth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem
Stem or STEM may refer to: Plant stem, a structural axis of a vascular plant Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics Language and writing Word stem, part of a word responsible for its lexical meaning Stemming, a process in natural language processing Stem (music), in music notation, the vertical lines...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPT
MPT may refer to: Chemistry Methylpropyltryptamine, a psychedelic tryptamine Molybdopterin, a component of molybdenum cofactor Tetrahydromethanopterin, the coenzyme H4MPT Organizations Maryland Public Television, the public television broadcaster for Maryland, USA Meta Peace Team, formerly Michigan Peace Team, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Joachim%20Becher
Johann Joachim Becher (; 6 May 1635 – October 1682) was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar and adventurer, best known for his development of the phlogiston theory of combustion, and his advancement of Austrian cameralism. Early life and education Becher was born in Speyer during the Thirty ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibration
The notion of a fibration generalizes the notion of a fiber bundle and plays an important role in algebraic topology, a branch of mathematics. Fibrations are used, for example, in Postnikov systems or obstruction theory. In this article, all mappings are continuous mappings between topological spaces. Formal definit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrhart%20polynomial
In mathematics, an integral polytope has an associated Ehrhart polynomial that encodes the relationship between the volume of a polytope and the number of integer points the polytope contains. The theory of Ehrhart polynomials can be seen as a higher-dimensional generalization of Pick's theorem in the Euclidean plane. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulsion%20polymerization
In polymer chemistry, emulsion polymerization is a type of radical polymerization that usually starts with an emulsion incorporating water, monomers, and surfactants. The most common type of emulsion polymerization is an oil-in-water emulsion, in which droplets of monomer (the oil) are emulsified (with surfactants) in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantization%20%28signal%20processing%29
Quantization, in mathematics and digital signal processing, is the process of mapping input values from a large set (often a continuous set) to output values in a (countable) smaller set, often with a finite number of elements. Rounding and truncation are typical examples of quantization processes. Quantization is in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff%20Bay%20Barrage
Cardiff Bay Barrage () lies across the mouth of Cardiff Bay, Wales between Queen Alexandra Dock and Penarth Head. It was one of the largest civil engineering projects in Europe during construction in the 1990s. History Origin The origin of the scheme dates back to a visit by Nicholas Edwards, the Secretary of State f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive%20center
A reactive center, also called a propagating center, in chemistry is a particular location, usually an atom, within a chemical compound that is the likely center of a reaction in which the chemical is involved. In chain-growth polymer chemistry this is also the point of propagation for a growing chain. The reactive cen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCPH%20Department%20of%20Computer%20Science
The UCPH Department of Computer Science () is a department in the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). It is the longest established department of Computer Science in Denmark and was founded in 1970 by Turing Award winner Peter Naur. As of 2021, it employs 82 academic staff, 126 research staff and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover%20%28topology%29
In mathematics, and more particularly in set theory, a cover (or covering) of a set is a family of subsets of whose union is all of . More formally, if is an indexed family of subsets (indexed by the set ), then is a cover of if . Thus the collection is a cover of if each element of belongs to at least one of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulting
In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle. In me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20mass%20action
In chemistry, the law of mass action is the proposition that the rate of the chemical reaction is directly proportional to the product of the activities or concentrations of the reactants. It explains and predicts behaviors of solutions in dynamic equilibrium. Specifically, it implies that for a chemical reaction mixtu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian%20rational
In mathematics, a Gaussian rational number is a complex number of the form p + qi, where p and q are both rational numbers. The set of all Gaussian rationals forms the Gaussian rational field, denoted Q(i), obtained by adjoining the imaginary number i to the field of rationals Q. Properties of the field The field of G...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20Institute%20for%20Research%20in%20Computer%20Science%20and%20Automation
The National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria) () is a French national research institution focusing on computer science and applied mathematics. It was created under the name French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (IRIA) () in 1967 at Rocquencourt near Paris, p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Woodrow%20Wilson
Robert Woodrow Wilson (born January 10, 1936) is an American astronomer who, along with Arno Allan Penzias, discovered cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) in 1964. The pair won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery. While doing tests and experiments with the Holmdel Horn Antenna at Bell Labs in H...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno%20Allan%20Penzias
Arno Allan Penzias (; born April 26, 1933) is an American physicist, radio astronomer and Nobel laureate in physics. Along with Robert Woodrow Wilson, he discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation, which helped establish the Big Bang theory of cosmology. Early life and education Penzias was born in Munich, G...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizosaccharomyces%20pombe
Schizosaccharomyces pombe, also called "fission yeast", is a species of yeast used in traditional brewing and as a model organism in molecular and cell biology. It is a unicellular eukaryote, whose cells are rod-shaped. Cells typically measure 3 to 4 micrometres in diameter and 7 to 14 micrometres in length. Its genome...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie%20algebra%20representation
In the mathematical field of representation theory, a Lie algebra representation or representation of a Lie algebra is a way of writing a Lie algebra as a set of matrices (or endomorphisms of a vector space) in such a way that the Lie bracket is given by the commutator. In the language of physics, one looks for a vecto...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic%20space
In mathematics, hyperbolic space of dimension n is the unique simply connected, n-dimensional Riemannian manifold of constant sectional curvature equal to -1. It is homogeneous, and satisfies the stronger property of being a symmetric space. There are many ways to construct it as an open subset of with an explicitly w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer%20Weiss
Rainer "Rai" Weiss ( , ; born September 29, 1932) is a German-born American physicist, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. He is a professor of physics emeritus at MIT and an adjunct professor at LSU. He is best known for inventing the laser interferometric technique which is the basi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosimetry
Radiation dosimetry in the fields of health physics and radiation protection is the measurement, calculation and assessment of the ionizing radiation dose absorbed by an object, usually the human body. This applies both internally, due to ingested or inhaled radioactive substances, or externally due to irradiation by s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20Kummer
Ernst Eduard Kummer (29 January 1810 – 14 May 1893) was a German mathematician. Skilled in applied mathematics, Kummer trained German army officers in ballistics; afterwards, he taught for 10 years in a gymnasium, the German equivalent of high school, where he inspired the mathematical career of Leopold Kronecker. Lif...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict%20function
In computer science and computer programming, a function f is said to be strict if, when applied to a non-terminating expression, it also fails to terminate. A strict function in the denotational semantics of programming languages is a function f where . The entity , called bottom, denotes an expression that does not ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewpoint
Viewpoint may refer to: Scenic viewpoint, a high place where people can gather to view scenery In computing Viewpoint model, a computer science technique for making complex systems more comprehensible to human engineers Viewpoint Corporation, a digital media company known for its subsidiary Fotomat Viewpoint Media...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filament
The word filament, which is descended from Latin filum meaning "thread", is used in English for a variety of thread-like structures, including: Astronomy Galaxy filament, the largest known cosmic structures in the universe Solar filament, a solar prominence seen against the disc of the sun Biology Myofilament, fil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological%20life%20cycle
In biology, a biological life cycle (or just life cycle when the biological context is clear) is a series of stages of the life of an organism, that begins as a zygote, often in an egg, and concludes as an adult that reproduces, producing an offspring in the form of a new zygote which then itself goes through the same ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage%20spike
In electrical engineering, spikes are fast, short duration electrical transients in voltage (voltage spikes), current (current spikes), or transferred energy (energy spikes) in an electrical circuit. Fast, short duration electrical transients (overvoltages) in the electric potential of a circuit are typically caused b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20All%C3%A8gre
Claude Allègre (; born 31 March 1937) is a French politician and scientist. Scientific work The main scientific area of Claude Allègre was geochemistry. Allègre co-authored an Introduction to geochemistry in 1974. Since the 1980s, he mainly publishes popular science and political books. In 1976, Allègre and volcano...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-founded%20relation
In mathematics, a binary relation is called well-founded (or wellfounded or foundational) on a class if every non-empty subset has a minimal element with respect to , that is, an element not related by (for instance, " is not smaller than ") for any . In other words, a relation is well founded if Some authors inc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20pointer
In computer science, a smart pointer is an abstract data type that simulates a pointer while providing added features, such as automatic memory management or bounds checking. Such features are intended to reduce bugs caused by the misuse of pointers, while retaining efficiency. Smart pointers typically keep track of th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20notation
In mathematics and computer programming, index notation is used to specify the elements of an array of numbers. The formalism of how indices are used varies according to the subject. In particular, there are different methods for referring to the elements of a list, a vector, or a matrix, depending on whether one is w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Walter%20Alvarez
Luis Walter Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his discovery of resonance states in particle physics using the hydrogen bubble chamber. In 2007 the American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarski%27s%20theorem%20about%20choice
In mathematics, Tarski's theorem, proved by , states that in ZF the theorem "For every infinite set , there is a bijective map between the sets and " implies the axiom of choice. The opposite direction was already known, thus the theorem and axiom of choice are equivalent. Tarski told that when he tried to publish ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero%20morphism
In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a zero morphism is a special kind of morphism exhibiting properties like the morphisms to and from a zero object. Definitions Suppose C is a category, and f : X → Y is a morphism in C. The morphism f is called a constant morphism (or sometimes left zero morphism) if for any...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z0
Z0, Z0 or Z0 may refer to: Characteristic impedance, a ratio used in electronics Impedance of free space, a physical constant Z boson, an elementary particle that mediates the weak force a rare rail transport modelling scale Roughness length, a factor used in wind speed calculations Z0 sex-determination system i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor%20function
In mathematics, the Cantor function is an example of a function that is continuous, but not absolutely continuous. It is a notorious counterexample in analysis, because it challenges naive intuitions about continuity, derivative, and measure. Though it is continuous everywhere and has zero derivative almost everywhere...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant%20function
In mathematics, a constant function is a function whose (output) value is the same for every input value. For example, the function is a constant function because the value of is 4 regardless of the input value (see image). Basic properties As a real-valued function of a real-valued argument, a constant function ha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20checking
In computer science, model checking or property checking is a method for checking whether a finite-state model of a system meets a given specification (also known as correctness). This is typically associated with hardware or software systems, where the specification contains liveness requirements (such as avoidance of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Gutzwiller
Martin Charles Gutzwiller (12 October 1925 – 3 March 2014) was a Swiss-American physicist, known for his work on field theory, quantum chaos, and complex systems. He spent most of his career at IBM Research, and was also an adjunct professor of physics at Yale University. Biography Gutzwiller was born on October 12, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellation
A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellation can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of geometries. A periodic tiling has a repeating pattern. Some special kinds include r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%20chain
In mathematics, a Cunningham chain is a certain sequence of prime numbers. Cunningham chains are named after mathematician A. J. C. Cunningham. They are also called chains of nearly doubled primes. Definition A Cunningham chain of the first kind of length n is a sequence of prime numbers (p1, ..., pn) such that pi+1 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiply%20perfect%20number
In mathematics, a multiply perfect number (also called multiperfect number or pluperfect number) is a generalization of a perfect number. For a given natural number k, a number n is called (or perfect) if the sum of all positive divisors of n (the divisor function, σ(n)) is equal to kn; a number is thus perfect if a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermosetting%20polymer
In materials science, a thermosetting polymer, often called a thermoset, is a polymer that is obtained by irreversibly hardening ("curing") a soft solid or viscous liquid prepolymer (resin). Curing is induced by heat or suitable radiation and may be promoted by high pressure or mixing with a catalyst. Heat is not neces...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deficiency
A deficiency is generally a lack of something. It may also refer to: A deficient number, in mathematics, a number n for which σ(n) < 2n Angular deficiency, in geometry, the difference between a sum of angles and the corresponding sum in a Euclidean plane Deficiency (graph theory), a property describing how far a giv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding%20theory
Coding theory is the study of the properties of codes and their respective fitness for specific applications. Codes are used for data compression, cryptography, error detection and correction, data transmission and data storage. Codes are studied by various scientific disciplines—such as information theory, electrical ...