A Helium-Neon (He-Ne) laser is a type of gas laser that utilizes a mixture of helium and neon gases to produce coherent light. It was one of the earliest types of lasers developed and is widely used in various applications due to its relatively simple design and stability. ### Key Characteristics: 1. **Working Principle**: The laser operates on the principle of stimulated emission. In a helium-neon laser, an electrical discharge excites helium atoms in the gas mixture.
Heljan is a manufacturer of model trains and related products, headquartered in Denmark. Founded in 1958, the company specializes in model railway items, particularly in the scales of HO (1:87) and O (1:43.5) gauge. Heljan is known for producing high-quality models of locomotives, rolling stock, and various accessories, often focusing on prototypes from British, Danish, and other European railways.
"Hellraisers Ball: Caught in the Act" is a film that blends elements of the horror and comedy genres. It features a storyline centered around a group of partygoers at a wild event called the Hellraisers Ball. The film typically incorporates campy humor, supernatural elements, and over-the-top scenarios, showcasing characters that navigate the chaos and terror of the night.
Henry Roy Brahana, commonly known as H.R. Brahana, was an American geologist notable for his contributions to the field of geology, particularly in the study of sedimentology and stratigraphy. He is best known for his work related to sedimentary processes and the interpretation of sedimentary rocks. His research has been influential in understanding geological formations and the history of the Earth.
A rotation matrix is a matrix that is used to perform a rotation in Euclidean space. The concept of rotation matrices is prevalent in fields such as computer graphics, robotics, and physics, where it is essential to manipulate the orientation of objects.
Weyl-Brauer matrices are specific types of matrices that arise in the representation theory of the symmetric group and the study of linear representations of quantum groups. They are named after Hermann Weyl and Leonard Brauer, who contributed to the understanding of these algebraic structures. In the context of representation theory, Weyl-Brauer matrices can be associated with projective representations. They often come into play when examining interactions between various representations characterized by certain symmetry properties.
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Sinkhorn's theorem is a result in the field of mathematics concerning the normalization of matrices and relates to the problem of balancing doubly stochastic matrices. Specifically, it addresses the conditions under which one can transform a given square matrix into a doubly stochastic matrix by a process of row and column normalization. A matrix is termed **doubly stochastic** if all of its entries are non-negative, and the sum of the entries in each row and each column equals 1.
The Trace Inequality is a mathematical concept that arises in linear algebra and functional analysis. It generally provides bounds on the trace of a product of matrices or operators. The most commonly referenced form of the Trace Inequality is related to positive semi-definite operators.
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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!
We have two killer features:
  1. 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-calculus
    Articles 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/derivative
  2. 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.
    Figure 2.
    You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either https://OurBigBook.com or as a static website
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    Figure 3.
    Visual Studio Code extension installation
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    Figure 4.
    Visual Studio Code extension tree navigation
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    Figure 5.
    Web editor
    . 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.
    Video 4.
    OurBigBook Visual Studio Code extension editing and navigation demo
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  4. Infinitely deep tables of contents:
    Figure 6.
    Dynamic article tree with infinitely deep table of contents
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    Descendant pages can also show up as toplevel e.g.: ourbigbook.com/cirosantilli/chordate-subclade
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
Feel free to reach our to us for any help or suggestions: docs.ourbigbook.com/#contact