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Turtle graphics draws through commands interpreted relative to a moving cursor's position and heading. A forward command moves along the current heading, a turn changes it, and pen state determines whether motion leaves a mark. The picture is the trace of a sequence of state changes, making geometric reasoning executable.[ref]
Berkeley Logo 6.2 User Manual by Brian Harvey. Graphics, FORWARD, RIGHT, PENUP and PENDOWN
In Logo,
repeat 4 [forward 100 right 90] draws a square and returns to the original heading and position. For a regular -sided polygon, each exterior turn is degrees, so the total turning is one full revolution. The same procedure works from a different initial position or heading, illustrating how local commands avoid specifying every absolute coordinate.Lars Onsager formulated reciprocal relations connecting cross-coupled transport coefficients near thermodynamic equilibrium. The Onsager reciprocal relations link microscopic reversibility with symmetry properties of macroscopic linear response, subject to the relevant time-reversal and field conventions.[ref]
Reciprocal Relations in Irreversible Processes. I. by Lars Onsager. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
Alexander Friedmann derived evolving homogeneous cosmological solutions of the Einstein field equations. The Friedmann equations relate cosmic expansion to energy density, pressure, spatial curvature and the cosmological constant.
Neil J. Cornish authored an explanation of Lagrange points, the rotating-frame equilibrium locations of a restricted three-body problem. The exposition distinguishes balancing at an equilibrium from dynamical stability near it.[ref]
The Lagrange Points by Neil J. Cornish. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
Jeffrey Winicour coauthored an exposition of the Bondi-Sachs formalism with Thomas Mädler. Its central connection is between a characteristic formulation of general relativity, asymptotic radiation and the loss of Bondi mass.[ref]
Bondi-Sachs Formalism by Thomas Mädler and Jeffrey Winicour. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
Thomas Mädler coauthored an account of the Bondi-Sachs formalism with Jeffrey Winicour. It explains how outgoing null coordinates organize the Einstein equations and connect asymptotic gravitational radiation with mass loss.[ref]
Bondi-Sachs Formalism by Thomas Mädler and Jeffrey Winicour. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
U. K. Rößler coauthored work on the spin-flop transition in uniaxial antiferromagnets, studying magnetic reorientation and its thermodynamic description. The source's printed initials are preserved.[ref]
Spin-flop transition in uniaxial antiferromagnets by A. N. Bogdanov and others. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
A. V. Zhuravlev coauthored research on the spin-flop transition in uniaxial antiferromagnets. The analysis studies competing magnetic configurations under an applied field. The initials identify the credited source author without asserting an unverified full name.[ref]
Spin-flop transition in uniaxial antiferromagnets by A. N. Bogdanov and others. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
A. N. Bogdanov coauthored a study of the spin-flop transition in uniaxial antiferromagnets. The work connects field-driven reorientation with magnetic anisotropy and thermodynamic phase behavior. Initials are retained from the verified paper without expanding an unverified personal identity.[ref]
Spin-flop transition in uniaxial antiferromagnets by A. N. Bogdanov and others. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
Olivier Pouliquen coauthored research on aeolian sand-transport saturation length. The study asks how a grain flux adjusts to changed forcing, providing an experimentally constrained scale for models of sediment motion.[ref]
Measurements of the aeolian sand transport saturation length by Bruno Andreotti and others. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
Philippe Claudin coauthored measurements of the saturation length for wind-driven sand transport. The work connects a transient adjustment of transported grains with spatial scales relevant to sediment patterns.[ref]
Measurements of the aeolian sand transport saturation length by Bruno Andreotti and others. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
Bruno Andreotti coauthored experiments on the saturation length of wind-driven sand transport. Measuring how transport approaches its sustained value links individual grain motion with the length scale controlling larger bed patterns.[ref]
Measurements of the aeolian sand transport saturation length by Bruno Andreotti and others. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
Rolf Landauer connected logical irreversibility with physical entropy production. His 1961 analysis examined operations whose outputs do not uniquely determine their inputs, making the discarded information part of the thermodynamic accounting.[ref]
Irreversibility and Heat Generation in the Computing Process by Rolf Landauer. Logical irreversibility, bistable devices and heat generation
For the ideal isothermal erasure of an initially unbiased bit into one standard state, Landauer's principle gives a minimum reservoir heat under the usual cyclic-device assumptions. The information-bearing system loses entropy, which must be accounted for elsewhere. This statement concerns the specified erasure process; it is not a universal fixed heat cost for every reversible logical operation.
David Deutsch proposed a universal quantum model of computation in 1985 and formulated a physical version of the physical Church-Turing principle. His argument treated the laws governing a computing device as part of the theory of computation, rather than as an implementation detail.[ref]
Quantum theory, the Church-Turing principle and the universal quantum computer by David Deutsch. Abstract and universal-computer construction
A quantum device evolves amplitudes through permitted quantum operations, which can produce behaviour unavailable to the corresponding classical restriction. This motivates universal quantum computation; it does not mean that reading one quantum state returns every amplitude or that every computational problem automatically becomes easy.
Javier Aizpurua and collaborators explained tunable optical resonances of gold nanorings through interactions between inner- and outer-surface dipolar modes. The study linked nanostructure geometry, measured spectra and calculated field enhancement.[ref]
P. Hanarp co-investigated the optical response of gold nanorings. Varying relative ring-wall thickness tuned a redshifted resonance, offering a geometrical way to control nanoscale optical fields.[ref]
Optical Properties of Gold Nanorings by Javier Aizpurua and others. NIST abstract: fabrication and tunability
D. S. Sutherland co-studied gold nanorings fabricated through colloidal lithography. Their resonances differed from solid particles of comparable size, demonstrating how a hollow geometry changes the optical response.[ref]
Optical Properties of Gold Nanorings by Javier Aizpurua and others. Byline and nanoring/solid-particle comparison
Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project
Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
Intro to OurBigBook
. Source. We have two killer features:
- topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculusArticles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
- a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
- a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.Figure 1. Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page. View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivativeVideo 2. OurBigBook Web topics demo. Source. - local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
- to OurBigBook.com to get awesome multi-user features like topics and likes
- as HTML files to a static website, which you can host yourself for free on many external providers like GitHub Pages, and remain in full control
Figure 2. You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either OurBigBook.com or as a static website.Figure 3. Visual Studio Code extension installation.Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally. Video 3. Edit locally and publish demo. Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension. - Infinitely deep tables of contents:
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