In ballistics, "deflection" refers to the alteration in the trajectory of a projectile, usually as a consequence of external factors such as wind, intermediate obstacles, or the curvature of the Earth. The term can also refer to the change in the path of a projectile after it strikes an object or surface.
Donald Huffman is known for his work in the field of computer graphics, specifically as one of the pioneers of algorithms used in rendering and image processing. He is particularly known for the development of the **"Huffman coding"** algorithm, which is a lossless data compression algorithm used widely in various data encoding applications. Huffman coding assigns variable-length codes to input characters, with shorter codes assigned to more frequently occurring characters, thus reducing the overall size of the data.
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are fundamental concepts in linear algebra, particularly in the study of linear transformations and matrices. ### Definitions: 1. **Eigenvalues**: - An eigenvalue is a scalar that indicates how much the eigenvector is stretched or compressed during a linear transformation represented by a matrix.
The term "empty name" can refer to different concepts depending on the context. Here are a few interpretations: 1. **Linguistics/Philosophy**: In the context of semantics or philosophy of language, an "empty name" refers to a proper name that does not have a referent—meaning it does not correspond to any existing entity.
Jim Baggott selects the topics for his books by writing about things he wants to know more about by
Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
Mentinoned at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baggott quoting popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2012/09/jim-baggott-four-way-interview.html
Ciro Santilli and Jim would get along mighty well: there is value in tutorials written by beginners.
This is actually pretty good! Makes a small first step into The missing link between basic and advanced.
By the Simons Foundation.
Unfortunately does not use a free license for content.
One of the most beautiful things in mathematics are theorems of conjectures that are very simple to state and understand (e.g. for K-12, lower undergrad levels), but extremely hard to prove.
This is in contrast to conjectures in certain areas where you'd have to study for a few months just to precisely understand all the definitions and the interest of the problem statement.
Bibliography:
- mathoverflow.net/questions/75698/examples-of-seemingly-elementary-problems-that-are-hard-to-solve
- www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/comments/klev7b/whats_your_favorite_easy_to_state_and_understand/
- mathoverflow.net/questions/42512/awfully-sophisticated-proof-for-simple-facts this one is for proofs for which simpler proofs exist
- math.stackexchange.com/questions/415365/it-looks-straightforward-but-actually-it-isnt this one is for "there is some reason it looks easy", whatever that means
The Busy Beaver Competition: a historical survey by Pascal Michel by
Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
The basic intuition for this is to start from the origin and make small changes to the function based on its known derivative at the origin.
More precisely, we know that for any base b, exponentiation satisfies:And we also know that for in particular that we satisfy the exponential function differential equation and so:One interesting fact is that the only thing we use from the exponential function differential equation is the value around , which is quite little information! This idea is basically what is behind the importance of the ralationship between Lie group-Lie algebra correspondence via the exponential map. In the more general settings of groups and manifolds, restricting ourselves to be near the origin is a huge advantage.
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Now suppose that we want to calculate . The idea is to start from and then then to use the first order of the Taylor series to extend the known value of to .
E.g., if we split into 2 parts, we know that:or in three parts:so we can just use arbitrarily many parts that are arbitrarily close to :and more generally for any we have:
Let's see what happens with the Taylor series. We have near in little-o notation:Therefore, for , which is near for any fixed :and therefore:which is basically the formula tha we wanted. We just have to convince ourselves that at , the disappears, i.e.:
Unit of electric current.
Affected by the ampere in the 2019 redefinition of the SI base units.
In the context of module theory, a module \( M \) over a ring \( R \) is said to be countably generated if there exists a countable set of elements \( \{ m_1, m_2, m_3, \ldots \} \) in \( M \) such that every element of \( M \) can be expressed as a finite \( R \)-linear combination of these generators.
The number 155 is an integer that follows 154 and precedes 156. It is an odd number and can be expressed in various numerical contexts. Here are a few interesting facts about the number 155: 1. **Prime Factorization**: The prime factorization of 155 is \(5 \times 31\). 2. **Roman Numerals**: In Roman numerals, 155 is written as CLV.
The barn is a unit of area used in nuclear and particle physics to quantify the cross-sectional area of atomic nuclei and subatomic particles during interactions. It is not a standard unit of measurement in everyday contexts but is specific to the field of physics. One barn is defined as \(10^{-28}\) square meters, or 100 square femtometers (fm²).
The number 188 is an integer that comes after 187 and before 189. In various contexts, it can have different meanings or significance: 1. **Mathematics**: 188 is an even composite number. Its prime factorization is \(2^2 \times 47\). 2. **Science**: In chemistry, 188 could refer to an atomic mass or a specific isotope of an element, though no stable isotope has this mass.
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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