The Bateman transform, named after the mathematician H. Bateman, is a mathematical technique used in the context of solving certain types of integral transforms and differential equations. It is particularly useful in simplifying the computation of integrals that involve exponentials, polynomials, and special functions. The Bateman transform can be applied to the analysis of systems in physics, engineering, and applied mathematics, especially in areas such as signal processing and control theory.
Web of Stories 1997 interview playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFxKFx-0lsQDs6oLP3SZ9BlA
The way this dude speaks. He exhales incredible intelligence!!!
In the interviews you can see that he pronounces names in all languages amazingly, making acute effort to do so, to the point of being notable. His passion for linguistics is actually mentioned on Genius: Richard Feynman and Modern Physics by James Gleick (1994).
Maybe this obsession is partly due to his name which no English speaking person knows how to pronounce from the writing.
This passion also led in part for his names to some physics terminology he worked on winning out over alternatives by his collaborators, most notably in the case of the naming of the quark.
- kimchi
- reverse debugging
- E Ink
- web archiving
- Buildroot
- integrated development environments
- degreaser
- UML: while it might seem like a over-thought thing and likely is, the basic idea that understanding "one to one vs one to many vs many to many" relationships between objects and which object can see which object, is a fantastic approach towards understanding complex object oriented code
- open source software, including open source scientific computing consultancies
- computer
- FOSDEM. Ciro Santilli attended in 2016, and felt extremely good together with all those amazingly smart open source hackers: www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-open-source-conferences/answer/Ciro-Santilli
- Sass
- vimium
- bisection
- vector graphics, notably scalable Vector Graphics
- ASCII art
- OAuth
- command-line interface
- virtualization
- Anusol
- autodidacticism and self-directed learning
- end-to-end encryption
- The Criterion Collection
- version control
- SQLite
- Guerrilla Mail
- POSIX
- static website
- Freeman Dyson
- open access academic publishers
- unconditional basic income
- transhumanism
- 2FA, and notably 2FA apps
- human-readable formats
- wealth tax
- Reproducible builds
- F-Droid
- Can't get you out of my head by Adam Curtis (2021)
- drug liberalization
- Wiki-binge
- molecular Sciences Course of the University of São Paulo
- meal deal
- clade, as opposed to taxonomic ranks
- lingua franca, see also: having more than one natural language is bad for the world
- rsync
- zip hoodies
- Google Maps download offline maps. This works very reliably, you can select the area you want to download. The only downside is that Google maps can't reliably show a route offline, and it does not contain national cycle route routes. Or those features are impossible for a software engineer to get working after trying for about 2 hours.
- OpenStreetMap on browser with cycling layer: www.openstreetmap.org/#map=5/49.582/1.934&layers=C This is the best visualization of cycling routes I've found so far, contains both National Cycle Network and National Byway and a few others, and they are shown extremely clearly. But as a website it doesn't reliably work offline
- the OsmAnd app for Android is the best offline free-ish OpenStreetMap viewer I've found so far. You only have to pay after reaching 5 region downloads, and it is very cheap if you want to do so. The cycle route view is not amazing, the routes are not so clearly marked and mixed with very similarly colored big roads, but with a bit of effort you can make them out. No routing though
- I've heard Komoot can keep a predefined route (possibly auto planed) reliably offline, but haven't used it myself. I was not able to see National Cycle Route clearly marked anywhere on it
Also sometimes called helium II, in contrast to helium I, which is the non-superfluid liquid helium phase.
Some of the contributions are subjectively self evaluated based on:
Discovered by Marie Curie, published July 1999.
What poor countries have to do to get richer Make your education system more efficient by
Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
As Ciro has rambled infinitely at Section "University", the school system is hugely inefficient and a waste of time for everyone involved.
Instead, just use Section "OurBigBook.com" instead.
Motor vehicle emissions refer to the pollutants released into the air from vehicles powered by gasoline, diesel, and other fuels. These emissions can include a variety of harmful compounds, such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, and hydrocarbons. Exposure to these pollutants has been the focus of numerous studies due to their potential health impacts, especially for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and their developing fetuses.
Copper is a widely used metal in heat exchangers due to its excellent thermal conductivity, resistance to corrosion, and antimicrobial properties. Here are some key points regarding the use of copper in heat exchangers: 1. **Thermal Conductivity**: Copper has one of the highest thermal conductivities of any commercially available metal, which makes it very effective at transferring heat. This property allows for efficient heat exchange between fluids.
AE Ursae Majoris is a binary star system located in the constellation Ursa Major. It consists of two stars that are close together in terms of their distance from Earth, making the system an interesting target for astronomical observation. The primary star is a focal point for researchers due to its classification as a variable star, specifically a type of AP star, which exhibits variations in luminosity.
Helium storage and conservation refer to the practices and technologies used to manage, store, and preserve helium, a finite and non-renewable resource that is crucial for various applications, such as in scientific research, medical technologies (like MRI machines), and high-tech industries (such as semiconductors and aerospace). ### Helium Storage 1.
Polyadic space is a concept in the field of mathematical logic and set theory, specifically relating to the study of algebras and their generalizations. It generally refers to structures that generalize the idea of a relational or functional space by considering relations or functions that can take multiple arguments (or "ary" inputs), hence the prefix "polyad-.
In topology, "open" and "closed" maps are concepts that describe certain properties of functions between topological spaces. Here's a brief explanation of each term: ### Open Maps A function \( f: X \rightarrow Y \) between two topological spaces is called an **open map** if it takes open sets in \( X \) to open sets in \( Y \).
The Katětov–Tong insertion theorem is a result in the field of topology, particularly in the area of set-theoretic topology. It deals with the properties of certain types of topological spaces, specifically separable metric spaces. The theorem is named after mathematicians František Katětov and David Tong.
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 3. Visual Studio Code extension installation.Figure 4. Visual Studio Code extension tree navigation.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. - Infinitely deep tables of contents:
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
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