Divine Praises by Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
The prayer recited by Luke Dashjr in the Prayer wars of the Bitcoin blockchain in 2011.
Mean sojourn time refers to the average amount of time that a system, individual, or process spends in a particular state before transitioning to another state. It is a concept commonly used in various fields such as queuing theory, operations research, and systems analysis. In the context of queuing systems, for instance, the mean sojourn time can represent the average time a customer spends in the system, which includes the time waiting in line as well as the time being served.
Cardboard records, also known as cardboard discs or cardboard vinyl, are a type of record made primarily from cardboard or recycled materials instead of traditional vinyl. These records are typically produced as a more environmentally friendly alternative to standard vinyl records, which are made from petroleum-based materials. The idea behind cardboard records is to reduce the environmental impact of music production while still allowing for the enjoyment of physical music formats.
Seymour Papert (1928–2016) was a renowned mathematician, computer scientist, educator, and a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence and educational technology. He is best known for his work on the development of the LOGO programming language, which was designed to help children learn programming and mathematical concepts through a turtle graphics interface. Papert's educational philosophy was heavily influenced by constructivism, particularly the theories of Jean Piaget.
Gevgelija Municipality is a municipality located in the southeastern part of North Macedonia. Its administrative center is the town of Gevgelija, which is known for its strategic location along the border with Greece, and it serves as an important transit point for travelers and trade. The municipality is part of the Vardar Statistical Region and is characterized by its diverse cultural heritage, natural landscapes, and economic activities, including agriculture and tourism.
Radoviš Municipality is located in the eastern part of North Macedonia. It encompasses the town of Radoviš, which is the administrative center of the municipality. The region is characterized by its mountainous terrain and agricultural landscape, with a focus on crops such as tobacco, fruits, and vegetables. Radoviš is also known for its rich cultural heritage and historical significance, with various archaeological sites and traditional festivals that reflect the local customs and lifestyle.
Francesco Petruccione is a notable figure in the field of quantum information and computational sciences. He is known for his contributions to the intersection of quantum mechanics and information theory, particularly in the context of quantum computing and quantum simulations. Petruccione has published various research papers and has played a significant role in educating others about quantum concepts through lectures and workshops. He may also be recognized for his work in academia, often involving collaborations with other researchers in related fields.
Dojran Municipality is a local administrative unit located in the Republic of North Macedonia. It encompasses the town of Dojran, which is situated near the shores of Lake Dojran, a popular destination known for its natural beauty and recreational opportunities. The municipality is part of the Vardar region and has a rich cultural and historical background, with influences from various civilizations over the centuries.
Leonid Khachiyan is a prominent mathematician best known for his work in the fields of optimization and computational complexity theory. He was born in 1938 in the Soviet Union and later emigrated to the United States. Khachiyan is particularly recognized for developing the ellipsoid method for solving linear programming problems, which he introduced in 1979. This method was significant because it provided a polynomial-time algorithm for linear programming, contributing to the theoretical foundations of optimization.
Mark Krein is a prominent mathematician known for his contributions to functional analysis, operator theory, and related fields. His work involves the study of Krein spaces, which are a type of inner product space that can accommodate indefinite inner products, leading to various applications in mathematical physics and other areas. Krein is noteworthy for his influence in the areas of spectral theory, linear operators, and the investigation of linear systems.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/07/a-journey-to-the-center-of-our-cells A Journey to the Center of Our Cells (2022) by James Somers comments on M. genitalium in general, and in particular on the JCVI strains.
Chordate by Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
Chordate is a sad clade.
You read the name and think: hmm, neural cords!
But then you see that his is one of its members:
Yup. That's your cousin. And it's a much closer cousin than something like arthropods, which at least have heads eyes and legs like you.
Semyon Aranovich Gershgorin (also spelled Gershgorin) was a Soviet mathematician known for his work in the field of linear algebra and matrix theory. He is perhaps best known for the Gershgorin Circle Theorem, which provides a method to locate the eigenvalues of a matrix.
As of my last knowledge update in October 2021, there is no widely known public figure or notable entity named Vitalii Ditkin. It is possible that he could be a private individual or someone who has gained prominence after that date. If you have more context or specific details about him, I would be glad to help!
As of my last update in October 2023, Viktor Davidenko does not appear to be a widely recognized public figure, historical personality, or concept. It's possible that he is a private individual or a figure that has gained prominence after that date.
As of my last update in October 2021, there isn't widely recognized information about an individual named Albert Baskakov. It's possible that he may be a private citizen, a professional in a specific field, or a public figure who gained prominence after that date.

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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  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