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- ...int compactification of <math>\mathbb{R}</math>. The notion was introduced in 1973 by Lawvere who noticed that a metric space can be viewed as a particul ...]], a generalized metric space can be embedded into a much larger category in which, for instance, one can construct the [[Cauchy completion (category th ...2 KB (341 words) - 07:28, 17 February 2025
- {{Short description|South African electrical engineer and industrialist (1887–1948)}} | birth_date = {{birth date |1887|11|23|df=yes}} ...17 KB (2,359 words) - 06:27, 5 January 2025
- ...onymy-osborns-law/ |website=Flying Colour Maths|date=2 March 2020 }}</ref> In addition to this, Osborn enjoyed reading Spanish literature and was an avid ...metric]] and [[Hyperbolic functions|hyperbolic trigonometric]] identities. In conjunction with this he published various books with his colleague Charles ...6 KB (775 words) - 11:32, 3 November 2023
- {{Short description|Theorem in set theory}} In [[set theory]], the '''Schröder–Bernstein theorem''' states that, if there ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 03:16, 12 January 2025
- :His principle achievement, which marks his place, in the future and the present, among the names of geometers that will endure, ...to include complementary algebra and analytic geometry. Bellavitis married in 1842 and had one son who also taught geometry at the University of Padua.<r ...6 KB (743 words) - 01:01, 4 February 2025
- ...ion|An assembly of curves that branch out from a root to reach every point in a space}} ...lant growth, and many interesting connections to [[L-system]]s in computer science. ...7 KB (990 words) - 20:16, 20 April 2024
- ...irst proposed by Italian [[Jesuit]] [[priest]] [[Francesco Lana de Terzi]] in 1670,<ref>{{cite web | title = Francesco Lana-Terzi, S.J. (1631–1687); The ...tle = To Navigate the Air | journal = New York Times | date = February 19, 1887| url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1886/02/19/103097161.p ...15 KB (2,350 words) - 11:09, 31 October 2024
- ...surveyor]] and [[mathematician]]. His mathematical discoveries were mostly in [[plane geometry]] and include: * a formula for the [[Euler's theorem in geometry|distance between the incentre and circumcentre]] of a triangle, ...8 KB (1,079 words) - 15:50, 15 October 2024
- '''Nader Masmoudi''' (born 1974 in Sfax) is a Tunisian mathematician. ...the Courant Institute at New York University, where he became a professor in 2008. ...6 KB (817 words) - 19:46, 22 July 2024
- ...[[square grid]] in two dimensions, the '''nine-point stencil''' of a point in the grid is a [[Stencil (numerical analysis)|stencil]] made up of the point [[File:9-point stencil.png|thumb|An illustration of the nine-point stencil in two dimensions.]] ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 22:56, 9 February 2025
- ...oi:10.1214/13-STS417.</ref> Another rediscovery has appeared more recently in a finance journal.<ref>de Roon, F. and Karehnke, P. (2016). A simple skewe | parameters = <math>\mu \in \Re </math> — [[Mode (statistics)|mode]] ([[location parameter|location]], ...11 KB (1,474 words) - 17:50, 13 February 2025
- ...d by [[Heinrich Hertz]] in 1887 and later explained by [[Albert Einstein]] in 1905 that when a material is shone by light, the electrons can absorb photo ...or beam time, as well as the universal minimum electron [[mean free path]] in the material around the operating photon energy (20–100 eV) which leads to ...11 KB (1,508 words) - 02:12, 24 April 2021
- ...alter">Walter (2018)</ref><ref name="warwick">Warwick (1992), (2012)</ref> In addition, it can be shown that the conformal group of the plane (correspond === Development in the 19th century === ...56 KB (7,936 words) - 07:12, 12 January 2025
- ...''' (born 21 May 1957 in [[Boulogne-Billancourt]]) is a French [[Materials science|materials scientist]], member of the Mechanical Modelling Laboratory of the ...re (Paris)|École normale supérieure]] de la rue d'Ulm, mathematics option, in 1976. He then joined the [[Corps des mines]] and became a doctor of [[Physi ...9 KB (1,309 words) - 20:19, 21 May 2024
- | subjects = Science, mathematics ...The book explores a wide range of fundamental concepts in mathematics and science, written at a level understandable by [[middle school]] students up through ...13 KB (1,851 words) - 15:45, 8 February 2025
- ...on statistical proof and its interpretations in the broader philosophy of science.<ref name="Gold08" /><ref name="Gattei08">{{cite book | title=Thomas Kuhn's ...ntal error.<ref name="Gattei08" /> Statistical proof also has applications in legal matters with implications for the [[legal burden of proof]].<ref name ...18 KB (2,554 words) - 07:29, 19 October 2024
- ...called "algebra", while the term "abstract algebra" is seldom used except in [[mathematical education|pedagogy]]. ...as single objects. For example, the structure of groups is a single object in universal algebra, which is called the ''[[variety (universal algebra)|vari ...33 KB (4,856 words) - 16:42, 24 February 2025
- ...iments, and proposed ''[[Line of force|lines of forces]]'' to describe it. In 1834, [[Emil Lenz]] solved the problem of the direction of the induction, a ...pages=11–34 |issn=0353-765X}}</ref> In 1856, he published his first paper in electromagnetism: ''On Faraday's Lines of Force''.<ref> ...36 KB (5,266 words) - 02:28, 28 December 2024
- .../> He then began his research in [[psychophysics]] with [[Gustav Fechner]] in 1865.<ref name=":1" /> Delboeuf began his psychophysical experimentation on [[brightness]] in 1865 with [[Gustav Fechner]]. Delboeuf introduced the concept of sense dist ...18 KB (2,527 words) - 20:17, 1 November 2024
- {{unsolved|computer science|Prove or disprove Aanderaa–Karp–Rosenberg conjecture.}} In [[theoretical computer science]], the '''Aanderaa–Karp–Rosenberg conjecture''' (also known as the '''Aande ...26 KB (3,699 words) - 23:45, 27 February 2025