Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a framework that enables secure communication and the management of digital certificates and public-key encryption. It provides the necessary components to establish, manage, and revoke digital identities and to secure various types of transactions over networks, particularly the internet. Here are the key components and concepts of PKI: 1. **Public and Private Keys**: PKI uses asymmetric encryption, which involves a pair of keys.
Secure key issuing cryptography refers to a process or methodology used to securely generate, distribute, and manage cryptographic keys. This is a vital aspect of modern cryptography, as keys are essential for various cryptographic functions, including encryption, decryption, digital signatures, and secure communications. Key features of secure key issuing cryptography typically include: 1. **Key Generation**: Secure key issuing starts with the generation of cryptographic keys using robust algorithms.
Areial velocity, often referred to as "areal velocity," is a concept in physics and orbital mechanics that describes the rate at which an object sweeps out area in space over time. This term is frequently associated with the motion of celestial bodies and is derived from Kepler's second law of planetary motion. According to Kepler's second law, a line segment joining a planet and the sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.
Physical knot theory is an interdisciplinary field that combines concepts from mathematics, physics, and biology to study the properties and behaviors of knots and links in various physical contexts. This area of research looks at how knots form, evolve, and interact in different physical systems, using tools from topology and applying them to real-world phenomena.
Chirality in mathematics refers to a property of a geometric object that is not superimposable on its mirror image. This concept is derived from the field of topology, which studies properties of space that are preserved under continuous transformations. In a more formal mathematical sense, chirality can be defined in relation to certain structures or shapes, particularly in: 1. **Geometric Objects**: For example, the left and right hands are classic examples of chiral objects.
Fox n-coloring is a mathematical concept related to graph theory, specifically focusing on the study of graphs and their colorings. It is named after mathematician Jonathan Fox. In general, the Fox n-coloring of a graph assigns colors to the vertices of the graph such that certain conditions are met, allowing for the examination of various properties and structures within the graph.
Gauss notation, often referred to as "big O" notation, is a mathematical notation used to describe the asymptotic behavior of functions. It provides a way to express how the output of a function grows relative to its input as the input approaches a particular value, commonly infinity. The term "Gauss notation" is not widely used; it is more commonly known as "asymptotic notation" or "Big O notation.
Linkless embedding is a concept in the field of data representation and machine learning, particularly relevant in the context of graph-based models and natural language processing. The term often relates to the way certain types of information can be represented without relying on explicit connections or links between data points, such as in traditional graph structures. In the context of machine learning: 1. **Graph Representation**: Many machine learning tasks depend on nodes (data points) and edges (connections between nodes).
The Battle Command Knowledge System (BCKS) is a military knowledge management system developed primarily for the United States Army. It is designed to enhance situational awareness and improve decision-making by providing commanders and soldiers with access to relevant information, lessons learned, best practices, and tools to facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing.
The Juggler sequence is a mathematical sequence defined for positive integers. Given a positive integer \( n \), the sequence is generated according to the following rules: - If \( n \) is even, the next term is calculated as \( \sqrt{n} \). - If \( n \) is odd, the next term is calculated as \( \sqrt{3n} \).
Leonardo numbers are a sequence of numbers that are defined similarly to the Fibonacci numbers, but with a different starting point and recurrence relation.
The noncototient is a mathematical concept related to number theory. Specifically, it refers to the integers \( n \) for which the equation \( \phi(m) = n \) has no solution for any integer \( m \). Here, \( \phi(m) \) is the Euler's totient function, which counts the number of positive integers up to \( m \) that are relatively prime to \( m \).
Pell numbers are a sequence of integers defined by a specific recurrence relation. The Pell numbers are similar to the Fibonacci numbers but are defined differently. The sequence starts with initial values, and each subsequent number is derived from the previous two.
A **primitive permutation group** is a specific type of group in abstract algebra, particularly within the field of group theory. A permutation group acts on a set, which is usually a set of points, and is said to be primitive if it satisfies certain conditions concerning the ways in which it partitions the set. More formally, a permutation group \( G \) acting on a set \( X \) is called **primitive** if it preserves the structure of the set in a fundamental way.
Recamán's sequence is a well-known mathematical sequence defined recursively. It is named after the mathematician Bernardo Recamán. The sequence is defined as follows: 1. The first term \( a(0) \) is 0: \( a(0) = 0 \) 2.
The Spt function is often associated with statistical processing and time-series analysis, but the term could refer to several different contexts depending on the field. Here are a couple of possible interpretations: 1. **Spt as a Mathematical Function**: In mathematics or statistics, "Spt" could stand for a "support" function, which describes the set of points in a given space where a function is defined or has specific values.
A Zeisel number is a specific type of number that arises in the context of number theory, particularly in the study of integer sequences. It is defined as the smallest positive integer \( n \) for which the sum of the digits of \( n \) in base \( b \) is equal to \( n \).
An untouchable number is a positive integer that cannot be expressed as the sum of the proper divisors (the divisors excluding the number itself) of any positive integer. In other words, there is no positive integer for which its proper divisors sum up to the untouchable number.

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
    . Source.
  3. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook-media/master/feature/x/hilbert-space-arrow.png
  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