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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maw
Maw may refer to: Biology A human's or animal's stomach or gullet, a bird's crop A fish's gas bladder (swim bladder) Abomasum, the fourth stomach of a ruminant Games Maw (game), a card game The Maw, a 2009 video game The Maw, the main setting of the video game Little Nightmares Maw, a character in the video gam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20J.%20C.%20Smart
John Jamieson Carswell Smart (16 September 1920 – 6 October 2012), was a British-Australian philosopher and was appointed as an Emeritus Professor by the Australian National University. He worked in the fields of metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869%20in%20science
The year 1869 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Events November 4 – The first issue of scientific journal Nature is published in London, edited by Norman Lockyer. Chemistry March 6 – Dmitri Mendeleev makes a formal presentation of his periodic table to the Russian Chemical S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861%20in%20science
The year 1861 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy May 13 – Comet C/1861 J1 (the "Great Comet of 1861") first observed from Australia by John Tebbutt. Biology Anton de Bary publishes his first work on fungi, describing sexual reproduction in Peronospora. Charles Thorp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857%20in%20science
The year 1857 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy Peter Andreas Hansen's Tables of the Moon are published in London. Biology Rev. M. J. Berkeley publishes Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany. Chemistry Robert Bunsen invents apparatus for measuring effusion. August K...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854%20in%20science
The year 1854 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy July 22 – Discovery of the asteroid 30 Urania by John Russell Hind. October c. – George Airy calculates the mean density of the Earth by measuring the gravity in a coal mine in South Shields. Chemistry Benjamin Sillim...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1849%20in%20science
The year 1849 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy Édouard Roche finds the limiting radius of tidal destruction and tidal creation for a body held together only by its self gravity, called the Roche limit, and uses it to explain why Saturn's rings do not condense into a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroevolution
Neuroevolution, or neuro-evolution, is a form of artificial intelligence that uses evolutionary algorithms to generate artificial neural networks (ANN), parameters, and rules. It is most commonly applied in artificial life, general game playing and evolutionary robotics. The main benefit is that neuroevolution can be ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Olver
John Walter Olver (September 3, 1936 – February 23, 2023) was an American politician and chemist who was the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district from 1991 to 2013. Raised on a farm in Pennsylvania, Olver graduated from college at the age of 18 and went on to earn a PhD in chemistry from t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20W.%20Wood
Robert Williams Wood (May 2, 1868 – August 11, 1955) was an American physicist and inventor who made pivotal contributions to the field of optics. He pioneered infrared and ultraviolet photography. Wood's patents and theoretical work inform modern understanding of the physics of ultraviolet light, and made possible myr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844%20in%20science
The year 1844 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy Friedrich Bessel explains the wobbling motions of Sirius and Procyon by suggesting that these stars have dark companions. Biology June 3 – The last definitely recorded pair of great auks (Pinguinus impennis) are killed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20Spring%20Harbor%20Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a private, non-profit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, and quantitative biology. It is one of 68 institutions supported by the Cancer Centers Program of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and has been an NCI-desi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Algernon%20Parsons
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931) was an Anglo-Irish engineer, best known for his invention of the compound steam turbine, and as the eponym of C. A. Parsons and Company. He worked as an engineer on dynamo and turbine design, and power generation, with great influence on the naval and ele...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca plc () is an Anglo-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with its headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, England. It has a portfolio of products for major diseases in areas including oncology, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respira...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20cryptography
Visual cryptography is a cryptographic technique which allows visual information (pictures, text, etc.) to be encrypted in such a way that the decrypted information appears as a visual image. One of the best-known techniques has been credited to Moni Naor and Adi Shamir, who developed it in 1994. They demonstrated a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom%20of%20dependent%20choice
In mathematics, the axiom of dependent choice, denoted by , is a weak form of the axiom of choice () that is still sufficient to develop most of real analysis. It was introduced by Paul Bernays in a 1942 article that explores which set-theoretic axioms are needed to develop analysis. Formal statement A homogeneous re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20%C3%81lvarez-Cascos
Francisco Álvarez–Cascos Fernández (born 1 October 1947) is a Spanish politician. He was Secretary-General of the ruling Partido Popular from 1989 to 1999 and the President of the Principality of Asturias from 2011 to 2012. He studied civil engineering, and after working in an architect office and then for an architec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computability
Computability is the ability to solve a problem in an effective manner. It is a key topic of the field of computability theory within mathematical logic and the theory of computation within computer science. The computability of a problem is closely linked to the existence of an algorithm to solve the problem. The mos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Felten
Edward William Felten (born March 25, 1963) is the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University, where he was also the director of the Center for Information Technology Policy from 2007 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019. On November 4, 2010, he was named Chief Technologist for th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle%20in%20a%20spherically%20symmetric%20potential
In quantum mechanics, a particle in a spherically symmetric potential is a system with a potential that depends only on the distance between the particle and a center. A particle in a spherically symmetric potential can be used as an approximation, for example, of the electron in a hydrogen atom or of the formation of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20Perrault
Claude Perrault (25 September 1613 – 9 October 1688) was a French physician and amateur architect, best known for his participation in the design of the east façade of the Louvre in Paris. He also designed the Paris Observatory and was an anatomist and author who wrote treatises on architecture, physics, and natural hi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite%20impulse%20response
In signal processing, a finite impulse response (FIR) filter is a filter whose impulse response (or response to any finite length input) is of finite duration, because it settles to zero in finite time. This is in contrast to infinite impulse response (IIR) filters, which may have internal feedback and may continue to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section%20%28biology%29
In biology a section () is a taxonomic rank that is applied differently in botany and zoology. In botany Within flora (plants), 'section' refers to a botanical rank below the genus, but above the species: Domain > Kingdom > Division > Class > Order > Family > Tribe > Genus > Subgenus > Section > Subsection > Species...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covariant%20transformation
In physics, a covariant transformation is a rule that specifies how certain entities, such as vectors or tensors, change under a change of basis. The transformation that describes the new basis vectors as a linear combination of the old basis vectors is defined as a covariant transformation. Conventionally, indices ide...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence%20motif
In biology, a sequence motif is a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern that is widespread and usually assumed to be related to biological function of the macromolecule. For example, an N-glycosylation site motif can be defined as Asn, followed by anything but Pro, followed by either Ser or Thr, followed by anythin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple%20ring
In abstract algebra, a branch of mathematics, a simple ring is a non-zero ring that has no two-sided ideal besides the zero ideal and itself. In particular, a commutative ring is a simple ring if and only if it is a field. The center of a simple ring is necessarily a field. It follows that a simple ring is an associa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phagocyte
Phagocytes are cells that protect the body by ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or dying cells. Their name comes from the Greek , "to eat" or "devour", and "-cyte", the suffix in biology denoting "cell", from the Greek kutos, "hollow vessel". They are essential for fighting infections and for subs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological%20quantum%20field%20theory
In gauge theory and mathematical physics, a topological quantum field theory (or topological field theory or TQFT) is a quantum field theory which computes topological invariants. Although TQFTs were invented by physicists, they are also of mathematical interest, being related to, among other things, knot theory and t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Newcomb
Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. He served as Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hopkins University. Born in Nova Scotia, at the age of 19 Newcomb left an apprenticeship to join his father in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weierstrass%20function
In mathematics, the Weierstrass function is an example of a real-valued function that is continuous everywhere but differentiable nowhere. It is an example of a fractal curve. It is named after its discoverer Karl Weierstrass. The Weierstrass function has historically served the role of a pathological function, being ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piecewise%20linear%20function
In mathematics and statistics, a piecewise linear, PL or segmented function is a real-valued function of a real variable, whose graph is composed of straight-line segments. Definition A piecewise linear function is a function defined on a (possibly unbounded) interval of real numbers, such that there is a collection o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang%20Wahlster
Wolfgang Wahlster (born February 2, 1953) is a German artificial intelligence researcher. He was CEO and Scientific Director of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and full professor of computer science at Saarland University, Saarbrücken. Wahlster remains Chief Executive Advisor of the German Resear...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weierstrass%20M-test
In mathematics, the Weierstrass M-test is a test for determining whether an infinite series of functions converges uniformly and absolutely. It applies to series whose terms are bounded functions with real or complex values, and is analogous to the comparison test for determining the convergence of series of real or co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural%20quantification
In mathematics and logic, plural quantification is the theory that an individual variable x may take on plural, as well as singular, values. As well as substituting individual objects such as Alice, the number 1, the tallest building in London etc. for x, we may substitute both Alice and Bob, or all the numbers between...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Shiga
Jason Shiga (born 1976) is an American cartoonist who incorporates puzzles, mysteries and unconventional narrative techniques into his work. Early life Jason Shiga is from Oakland, California. His father, Seiji Shiga, was an animator who worked on the 1964 Rankin-Bass production Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Jason S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Greenspun
Philip Greenspun (born September 28, 1963) is an American computer scientist, educator, early Internet entrepreneur, and pilot who was a pioneer in developing online communities like photo.net. Biography Greenspun was born on September 28, 1963, grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, and received a B.S. in Mathematics from MI...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locally%20cyclic%20group
In mathematics, a locally cyclic group is a group (G, *) in which every finitely generated subgroup is cyclic. Some facts Every cyclic group is locally cyclic, and every locally cyclic group is abelian. Every finitely-generated locally cyclic group is cyclic. Every subgroup and quotient group of a locally cyclic gr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1788%20in%20science
The year 1788 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy December 21 – Caroline Herschel discovers the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet. Biology Dr. Edward Jenner publishes his observation that it is the newly hatched common cuckoo which pushes its host's eggs and chicks out of the ne...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1786%20in%20science
The year 1786 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy January 17 – Pierre Méchain first observes Comet Encke, from Paris. August 1 – Caroline Herschel becomes the first woman to discover a comet. Biology Subfossil bones of the Rodrigues solitaire are discovered. Linguistics February...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1784%20in%20science
The year 1784 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy September 10 – Edward Pigott identifies the variable star Eta Aquilae from York, England. October 19 – John Goodricke begins his observations of the variable star Delta Cephei from York. Biology Publication of the Annals of Agricul...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780%20in%20science
The year 1780 in science and technology involved some significant events. Biology Clément Joseph Tissot publishes Gymnastique médicinale et chirurgicale, ou, essai sur l'utilité du mouvement, ou des différens exercices du corps, et du repos dans la cure des malades in Paris, the first text on the therapeutic benefits...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%20function
In mathematics, three different functions are known as the pi or Pi function: (pi function) – the prime-counting function (Pi function) – the gamma function when offset to coincide with the factorial Rectangular function You might also be looking for: – the Infinite product of a sequence Capital pi notation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1774%20in%20science
The year 1774 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy Johann Elert Bode discovers the galaxy Messier 81. Lagrange publishes a paper on the motion of the nodes of a planet's orbit. Biology Italian physicist Abbé Bonaventura Corti publishes Osservazioni microscopiche sulla tremella e su...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1770%20in%20science
The year 1770 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy July 1 – Lexell's Comet passes closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.015 AU. It is observed by Charles Messier between June 14 and October 3. Biology Arthur Young publishes A Co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polylogarithmic%20function
In mathematics, a polylogarithmic function in is a polynomial in the logarithm of , The notation is often used as a shorthand for , analogous to for . In computer science, polylogarithmic functions occur as the order of time or memory used by some algorithms (e.g., "it has polylogarithmic order"), such as in th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von%20Neumann%20universe
In set theory and related branches of mathematics, the von Neumann universe, or von Neumann hierarchy of sets, denoted by V, is the class of hereditary well-founded sets. This collection, which is formalized by Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory (ZFC), is often used to provide an interpretation or motivation of the axioms of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1764%20in%20science
The year 1764 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy Lagrange publishes on the libration of the Moon, and an explanation as to why the same face is always turned to the Earth, a problem which he treats with the aid of virtual work, containing the germ of his idea of generalized equation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1760%20in%20science
The year 1760 in science and technology involved some significant events. Chemistry Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt investigates inks based on cobalt salts and isolates cacodyl from cobalt mineral containing arsenic, pioneering work in organometallic chemistry. Geology John Michell suggests earthquakes are caused ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructible%20set
In mathematics, constructible set may refer to either: a notion in Gödel's constructible universe. a union of locally closed set in a topological space. See constructible set (topology).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic
Synthetic things are composed of multiple parts, often with the implication that they are artificial. In particular, 'synthetic' may refer to: Science Synthetic biology Synthetic chemical or compound, produced by the process of chemical synthesis Synthetic elements, chemical elements that are not naturally found on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L2
L2, L2, L02, L II, L.2 or L-2 may refer to: Astronomy L2 point, second Lagrangian point in a two body orbiting system L2 Puppis, star which is also known as HD 56096 Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics, a proposed X-ray telescope Biology Haplogroup L2 (mtDNA) in human genetics ATC code L02 Endocrine...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment
Alignment may refer to: Archaeology Alignment (archaeology), a co-linear arrangement of features or structures with external landmarks Stone alignment, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones Biology Structural alignment, establishing similarities in the 3D structure of protein molecul...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephson%20effect
In physics, the Josephson effect is a phenomenon that occurs when two superconductors are placed in proximity, with some barrier or restriction between them. The effect is named after the British physicist Brian Josephson, who predicted in 1962 the mathematical relationships for the current and voltage across the weak ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/360%20%28number%29
360 (three hundred sixty) is the natural number following 359 and preceding 361. In mathematics 360 is a highly composite number and one of only seven numbers such that no number less than twice as much has more divisors; the others are 1, 2, 6, 12, 60, and 2520 . 360 is also a superior highly composite number, a c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedekind%20eta%20function
In mathematics, the Dedekind eta function, named after Richard Dedekind, is a modular form of weight 1/2 and is a function defined on the upper half-plane of complex numbers, where the imaginary part is positive. It also occurs in bosonic string theory. Definition For any complex number with , let ; then the eta func...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirichlet%20eta%20function
In mathematics, in the area of analytic number theory, the Dirichlet eta function is defined by the following Dirichlet series, which converges for any complex number having real part > 0: This Dirichlet series is the alternating sum corresponding to the Dirichlet series expansion of the Riemann zeta function, ζ(s) — ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weierstrass%20elliptic%20function
In mathematics, the Weierstrass elliptic functions are elliptic functions that take a particularly simple form. They are named for Karl Weierstrass. This class of functions are also referred to as ℘-functions and they are usually denoted by the symbol ℘, a uniquely fancy script p. They play an important role in the the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical%20model
A graphical model or probabilistic graphical model (PGM) or structured probabilistic model is a probabilistic model for which a graph expresses the conditional dependence structure between random variables. They are commonly used in probability theory, statistics—particularly Bayesian statistics—and machine learning. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revaz%20Dogonadze
Revaz Dogonadze ( November 21, 1931 – May 13, 1985) was a notable Georgian scientist, Corresponding Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS) (1982), Doctor of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (Full Doctor) (1966), Professor (1972), one of the founders of Quantum electrochemistry, Life and works He w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah%20S.%20Jin
Deborah Shiu-lan Jin (; November 15, 1968 – September 15, 2016) was an American physicist and fellow with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Professor Adjunct, Department of Physics at the University of Colorado; and a fellow of the JILA, a NIST joint laboratory with the University of Colorado. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic%20function%20field
In mathematics, an algebraic function field (often abbreviated as function field) of n variables over a field k is a finitely generated field extension K/k which has transcendence degree n over k. Equivalently, an algebraic function field of n variables over k may be defined as a finite field extension of the field K =...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Morgan
De Morgan or de Morgan is a surname, and may refer to: Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871), British mathematician and logician. De Morgan's laws (or De Morgan's theorem), a set of rules from propositional logic. The De Morgan Medal, a triennial mathematics prize awarded by the London Mathematical Society. William De Morg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryciformes
The Beryciformes are a poorly-understood order of carnivorous ray-finned fishes consisting of 7 families, 30 genera, and 161 species. They feed on small fish and invertebrates. Beyond this, little is known about the biology of most member species because of their nocturnal habits and deepwater habitats. All beryciform...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost%20disjoint%20sets
In mathematics, two sets are almost disjoint if their intersection is small in some sense; different definitions of "small" will result in different definitions of "almost disjoint". Definition The most common choice is to take "small" to mean finite. In this case, two sets are almost disjoint if their intersection i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenberg%20group
In mathematics, the Heisenberg group , named after Werner Heisenberg, is the group of 3×3 upper triangular matrices of the form under the operation of matrix multiplication. Elements a, b and c can be taken from any commutative ring with identity, often taken to be the ring of real numbers (resulting in the "continuou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1759%20in%20science
The year 1759 in science and technology involved several significant events. Astronomy Halley's Comet returns; a team of three mathematicians, Alexis Clairaut, Jérome Lalande and Nicole Reine Lepaute, have – for the first time – predicted the date. Biology Caspar Friedrich Wolff's dissertation at the University of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1758%20in%20science
The year 1758 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy Comet Halley reappears as predicted by Edmond Halley in 1705. Chemistry John Champion patents a process for calcining zinc sulphide into an oxide usable in the retort process. Medicine Angélique du Coudray demonstrates the first o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755%20in%20science
The year 1755 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy Immanuel Kant develops the nebular hypothesis in his Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven (Allgemeine Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels). Chemistry June – Joseph Black's discovery of carbon dioxide ("fixed air") and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Singh
Simon Lehna Singh, (born 19 September 1964) is a British popular science author, theoretical and particle physicist. His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem (in the United States titled Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem), The Code Book (about cryptography and i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic%20permutation
In mathematics, and in particular in group theory, a cyclic permutation is a permutation consisting of a single cycle. In some cases, cyclic permutations are referred to as cycles; if a cyclic permutation has k elements, it may be called a k-cycle. Some authors widen this definition to include permutations with fixed p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe%20map
In the mathematics of chaos theory, a horseshoe map is any member of a class of chaotic maps of the square into itself. It is a core example in the study of dynamical systems. The map was introduced by Stephen Smale while studying the behavior of the orbits of the van der Pol oscillator. The action of the map is define...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ciphertexts
Some famous ciphertexts (or cryptograms), in chronological order by date, are: See also Undeciphered writing systems (cleartext, natural-language writing of unknown meaning) External links Elonka Dunin's list of famous unsolved codes and ciphers Cryptography lists and comparisons History of cryptography Undecipher...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750%20in%20science
The year 1750 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy Thomas Wright suggests that the Milky Way Galaxy is a disk-shaped system of stars with the Solar System near the centre. Exploration April 1 – Pehr Osbeck sets out on a primarily botanical expedition to China. Physics January 17 –...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilinear%20form
In mathematics, a bilinear form is a bilinear map on a vector space (the elements of which are called vectors) over a field K (the elements of which are called scalars). In other words, a bilinear form is a function that is linear in each argument separately: and and The dot product on is an example of a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%88%921
In mathematics, −1 (negative one or minus one) is the additive inverse of 1, that is, the number that when added to 1 gives the additive identity element, 0. It is the negative integer greater than negative two (−2) and less than 0. Algebraic properties Multiplication Multiplying a number by −1 is equivalent to chan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed%20point%20%28mathematics%29
{{hatnote|1=Fixed points in mathematics are not to be confused with other uses of "fixed point", or stationary points where {{math|1=f(x) = 0}}.}} In mathematics, a fixed point (sometimes shortened to fixpoint), also known as an invariant point, is a value that does not change under a given transformation. Specificall...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta%20function
In mathematics, theta functions are special functions of several complex variables. They show up in many topics, including Abelian varieties, moduli spaces, quadratic forms, and solitons. As Grassmann algebras, they appear in quantum field theory. The most common form of theta function is that occurring in the theory ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key%20derivation%20function
In cryptography, a key derivation function (KDF) is a cryptographic algorithm that derives one or more secret keys from a secret value such as a master key, a password, or a passphrase using a pseudorandom function (which typically uses a cryptographic hash function or block cipher). KDFs can be used to stretch keys in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobi%20elliptic%20functions
In mathematics, the Jacobi elliptic functions are a set of basic elliptic functions. They are found in the description of the motion of a pendulum (see also pendulum (mathematics)), as well as in the design of electronic elliptic filters. While trigonometric functions are defined with reference to a circle, the Jacobi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subgraph%20isomorphism%20problem
In theoretical computer science, the subgraph isomorphism problem is a computational task in which two graphs G and H are given as input, and one must determine whether G contains a subgraph that is isomorphic to H. Subgraph isomorphism is a generalization of both the maximum clique problem and the problem of testing w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1748%20in%20science
The year 1748 in science and technology involved some significant events. Archaeology Rediscovery of the ruins of Pompeii. Chemistry Thomas Frye of the Bow porcelain factory in London produces bone china. Earth sciences Publication in Amsterdam of the Neptunian theory of French diplomat Benoît de Maillet (died 17...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBA
CBA may refer to: Maths and science Casei Bifidus Acidophilus, a bacterium Colicin, activity protein Complete Boolean algebra, a concept from mathematics Cytometric Bead Array, a bead-based immunoassay Cell Based Assay, also a kind of immunoassay 4-Carboxybenzaldehyde, a byproduct in the industrial production o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorin
Thorin may refer to: Thorin II Oakenshield, a Dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit Thorin (chemistry), an organic arsenic compound used in the determination of thorium and barium Donald E. Thorin (1934–2016), American cinematographer Olof Thorin (1912–2004), Swedish mathematician Thorin, Germanic name for males,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic%20Curve%20Digital%20Signature%20Algorithm
In cryptography, the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) offers a variant of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) which uses elliptic-curve cryptography. Key and signature-size As with elliptic-curve cryptography in general, the bit size of the private key believed to be needed for ECDSA is about twice...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnorr%20signature
In cryptography, a Schnorr signature is a digital signature produced by the Schnorr signature algorithm that was described by Claus Schnorr. It is a digital signature scheme known for its simplicity, among the first whose security is based on the intractability of certain discrete logarithm problems. It is efficient an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge%20proof
In cryptography, a zero-knowledge proof or zero-knowledge protocol is a method by which one party (the prover) can prove to another party (the verifier) that a given statement is true, while avoiding conveying to the verifier any information beyond the mere fact of the statement's truth. The intuition underlying zero-k...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femtochemistry
Femtochemistry is the area of physical chemistry that studies chemical reactions on extremely short timescales (approximately 10−15 seconds or one femtosecond, hence the name) in order to study the very act of atoms within molecules (reactants) rearranging themselves to form new molecules (products). In a 1988 issue of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20norm
In mathematics, the (field) norm is a particular mapping defined in field theory, which maps elements of a larger field into a subfield. Formal definition Let K be a field and L a finite extension (and hence an algebraic extension) of K. The field L is then a finite dimensional vector space over K. Multiplication by...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running%20key%20cipher
In classical cryptography, the running key cipher is a type of polyalphabetic substitution cipher in which a text, typically from a book, is used to provide a very long keystream. Usually, the book to be used would be agreed ahead of time, while the passage to be used would be chosen randomly for each message and secre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Watts
Susan Janet Watts (born 13 July 1962) is a science journalist. She was science editor of the BBC's Newsnight programme, from January 1995 to November 2013. Education Watts was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Girls' School. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Imperial College London and a Dipl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobi
Jacobi may refer to: People with the surname Jacobi Mathematics: Jacobi sum, a type of character sum Jacobi method, a method for determining the solutions of a diagonally dominant system of linear equations Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm, a method for calculating the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a real symmetric ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita%20R.%20Colwell
Rita Rossi Colwell (born November 23, 1934) is an American environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator. Colwell holds degrees in bacteriology, genetics, and oceanography and studies infectious diseases. Colwell is the founder and Chair of CosmosID, a bioinformatics company. From 1998 to 2004, she was the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Society%20for%20Microbiology
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), originally the Society of American Bacteriologists, is a professional organization for scientists who study viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, and protozoa as well as other aspects of microbiology. It was founded in 1899. The Society publishes a variety of scientific journals,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avida
Avida is an artificial life software platform to study the evolutionary biology of self-replicating and evolving computer programs (digital organisms). Avida is under active development by Charles Ofria's Digital Evolution Lab at Michigan State University; the first version of Avida was designed in 1993 by Ofria, Chris...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random%20oracle
In cryptography, a random oracle is an oracle (a theoretical black box) that responds to every unique query with a (truly) random response chosen uniformly from its output domain. If a query is repeated, it responds the same way every time that query is submitted. Stated differently, a random oracle is a mathematical ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Solar%20Observatory
The National Solar Observatory (NSO) is a United States federally funded research and development center to advance the knowledge of the physics of the Sun. NSO studies the Sun both as an astronomical object and as the dominant external influence on Earth. NSO is headquartered in Boulder and operates facilities at a nu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MESSENGER
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging", and a reference to the messenger god Mercury from Roman myth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPS
IPS, ips, or iPS may refer to: Science and technology Biology and medicine Ips (beetle), a genus of bark beetle Induced pluripotent stem cell or iPS cells Intermittent photic stimulation, a neuroimaging technique Intraparietal sulcus, a region of the brain Computing IPS panel, screen technology for liquid-cryst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1742%20in%20science
The year 1742 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy January 14 – Death of Edmond Halley; James Bradley succeeds him as Astronomer Royal in Great Britain. Mathematics June – Christian Goldbach produces Goldbach's conjecture. Colin Maclaurin publishes his Treatise on Fluxions in Great...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-invariant
In mathematics, Felix Klein's -invariant or function, regarded as a function of a complex variable , is a modular function of weight zero for defined on the upper half-plane of complex numbers. It is the unique such function which is holomorphic away from a simple pole at the cusp such that Rational functions of ar...