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The development team, at this time, included Jeff Golden (language, compiler, etc.), Bill Gosper (special functions, summation), Howard Cannon (user interface, optimization), and several consultants. Bill Dubuque worked on integration, equation solving, database, and optimization. Christopher Stacy and David H. Wood ad...
Macsyma
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(In 1996 Macsyma added LAPACK which greatly increased the speed of most numerical linear algebra.) .
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The competitors had development staffs that were 4-8 times as large as that of Macsyma Inc. throughout the 1990s. In early 1995 the company shipped Macsyma 2.0.5, with many improvements: On Wester's large test of symbolic math, Macsyma 2.0.5 scored 10% better than Maple and 15% better than Mathematica. Although Macsyma...
Macsyma
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Macsyma (; "Project MAC's SYmbolic MAnipulator") is one of the oldest general-purpose computer algebra systems still in wide use. It was originally developed from 1968 to 1982 at MIT's Project MAC. In 1982, Macsyma was licensed to Symbolics and became a commercial product. In 1992, Symbolics Macsyma was spun off to Mac...
Macsyma
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Any probability measure on X {\displaystyle X} is locally finite, since it assigns unit measure to the whole space. Similarly, any measure that assigns finite measure to the whole space is locally finite. Lebesgue measure on Euclidean space is locally finite. By definition, any Radon measure is locally finite. The coun...
Locally finite measure
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Let ( X , T ) {\displaystyle (X,T)} be a Hausdorff topological space and let Σ {\displaystyle \Sigma } be a σ {\displaystyle \sigma } -algebra on X {\displaystyle X} that contains the topology T {\displaystyle T} (so that every open set is a measurable set, and Σ {\displaystyle \Sigma } is at least as fine as the Borel...
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The difference lies in the way the data is processed; in a key-value store, the data is considered to be inherently opaque to the database, whereas a document-oriented system relies on internal structure in the document in order to extract metadata that the database engine uses for further optimization. Although the di...
Document-oriented database
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The Powerhouse Museum houses a number of unique exhibits including the oldest operational rotative steam engine in the world, the Whitbread Engine. Dating from 1785, it is one of only a handful remaining that was built by Boulton and Watt and was acquired from Whitbread's London Brewery in 1888. This engine was named a...
Powerhouse Museum
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In statistics, the Brunner Munzel test (also called the generalized Wilcoxon test) is a nonparametric test of the null hypothesis that, for randomly selected values X and Y from two populations, the probability of X being greater than Y is equal to the probability of Y being greater than X. It is thus highly similar to...
Brunner Munzel Test
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In condensed matter physics, Luttinger's theorem is a result derived by J. M. Luttinger and J. C. Ward in 1960 that has broad implications in the field of electron transport. It arises frequently in theoretical models of correlated electrons, such as the high-temperature superconductors, and in photoemission, where a m...
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"Luttinger's Theorem and Bosonization of the Fermi Surface". In R. A. Broglia; J. R. Schrieffer (eds.). Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course CXXI "Perspectives in Many-Particle Physics".
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(2013). Luttinger Model: The First 50 Years and Some New Directions. Series on Directions in Condensed Matter Physics.
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"Topological Approach to Luttinger's Theorem and the Fermi Surface of a Kondo Lattice". Physical Review Letters. 84 (15): 3370–3373.
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Kiaran B. Dave; Philip W. Phillips; Charles L. Kane (2013). "Absence of Luttinger's theorem". Physical Review Letters.
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Behnam Farid (2007). "On the Luttinger theorem concerning number of particles in the ground states of systems of interacting fermions". arXiv:0711.0952 . Behnam Farid; Tsvelik (2009).
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Luttinger's theorem states that the volume enclosed by a material's Fermi surface is directly proportional to the particle density. While the theorem is an immediate result of the Pauli exclusion principle in the case of noninteracting particles, it remains true even as interactions between particles are taken into con...
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every pointwise bounded sequence in L ( X ; Y ) {\displaystyle L(X;Y)} is equicontinuous. If X {\displaystyle X} is a locally convex metrizable topological vector space then this list may be extended by appending: (Property S): The weak* topology on X ′ {\displaystyle X^{\prime }} is sequentially complete. (Property C)...
Barrelled space
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If ω {\displaystyle \omega } is a locally convex topology on X {\displaystyle X} such that ( X , ω ) {\displaystyle (X,\omega )} has a neighborhood basis at the origin consisting of τ {\displaystyle \tau } -closed sets, then ω {\displaystyle \omega } is weaker than τ . {\displaystyle \tau .} If X {\displaystyle X} is a...
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If ( X , τ ) {\displaystyle (X,\tau )} is locally convex space then this list may be extended by appending: There exists a TVS Y {\displaystyle Y} not carrying the indiscrete topology (so in particular, Y ≠ { 0 } {\displaystyle Y\neq \{0\}} ) such that every pointwise bounded subset of L ( X ; Y ) {\displaystyle L(X;Y)...
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{\displaystyle X\times Y.} Every Hausdorff TVS topology ν {\displaystyle \nu } on X {\displaystyle X} that has a neighborhood basis of the origin consisting of τ {\displaystyle \tau } -closed set is course than τ . {\displaystyle \tau .}
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This definition is similar to a characterization of Baire TVSs proved by Saxon , who proved that a TVS Y {\displaystyle Y} with a topology that is not the indiscrete topology is a Baire space if and only if every absorbing balanced subset is a neighborhood of some point of Y {\displaystyle Y} (not necessarily the origi...
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In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics, a barrelled space (also written barreled space) is a topological vector space (TVS) for which every barrelled set in the space is a neighbourhood for the zero vector. A barrelled set or a barrel in a topological vector space is a set that is convex, balanced, abs...
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If X {\displaystyle X} is locally convex then a subset H {\displaystyle H} of X ′ {\displaystyle X^{\prime }} is σ ( X ′ , X ) {\displaystyle \sigma \left(X^{\prime },X\right)} -bounded if and only if there exists a barrel B {\displaystyle B} in X {\displaystyle X} such that H ⊆ B ∘ . {\displaystyle H\subseteq B^{\circ...
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There exists a dense vector subspace of the Fréchet barrelled space R N {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{\mathbb {N} }} that is not barrelled. There exist complete locally convex TVSs that are not barrelled. The finest locally convex topology on an infinite-dimensional vector space is a Hausdorff barrelled space that is a ...
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We are going to prove the following We need the following lemmas whose proofs can be found in: Now we are in position to prove the theorem: Proof of Theorem. Let ε {\displaystyle \varepsilon } be an arbitrary positive real number. By continuity of A {\displaystyle A} , B {\displaystyle B} and compactness of R ¯ {\displ...
Green's Theorem
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Let C be a positively oriented, piecewise smooth, simple closed curve in a plane, and let D be the region bounded by C. If L and M are functions of (x, y) defined on an open region containing D and have continuous partial derivatives there, then where the path of integration along C is anticlockwise.In physics, Green's...
Green's Theorem
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It is named after George Green, who stated a similar result in an 1828 paper titled An Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism. In 1846, Augustin-Louis Cauchy published a paper stating Green's theorem as the penultimate sentence. This is in fact the first printed v...
Green's Theorem
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{\textstyle {\sqrt {dx^{2}+dy^{2}}}=ds.} So ( d y , − d x ) = n ^ d s . {\displaystyle (dy,-dx)=\mathbf {\hat {n}} \,ds.} Start with the left side of Green's theorem: Applying the two-dimensional divergence theorem with F = ( M , − L ) {\displaystyle \mathbf {F} =(M,-L)} , we get the right side of Green's theorem:
Green's Theorem
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Considering only two-dimensional vector fields, Green's theorem is equivalent to the two-dimensional version of the divergence theorem: ∬ D ( ∇ ⋅ F ) d A = ∮ C F ⋅ n ^ d s , {\displaystyle \iint _{D}\left(\nabla \cdot \mathbf {F} \right)dA=\oint _{C}\mathbf {F} \cdot \mathbf {\hat {n}} \,ds,} where ∇ ⋅ F {\displaystyle...
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For example, every symplectic manifold is even-dimensional and orientable. Additionally, if M is a closed symplectic manifold, then the 2nd de Rham cohomology group H2(M) is nontrivial; this implies, for example, that the only n-sphere that admits a symplectic form is the 2-sphere. A parallel that one can draw between ...
Symplectic Geometry
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Symplectic geometry has a number of similarities with and differences from Riemannian geometry, which is the study of differentiable manifolds equipped with nondegenerate, symmetric 2-tensors (called metric tensors). Unlike in the Riemannian case, symplectic manifolds have no local invariants such as curvature. This is...
Symplectic Geometry
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While periodic travelling waves have been known as solutions of the wave equation since the 18th century, their study in nonlinear systems began in the 1970s. A key early research paper was that of Nancy Kopell and Lou Howard which proved several fundamental results on periodic travelling waves in reaction–diffusion eq...
Periodic travelling wave
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These exact solutions for the periodic travelling wave families enable a great deal of further analytical study. Exact conditions for the stability of the periodic travelling waves can be found, and the condition for absolute stability can be reduced to the solution of a simple polynomial. Also exact solutions have bee...
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This is made easier by the fact that the spectrum of periodic travelling wave solutions of partial differential equations consists entirely of essential spectrum. Possible numerical approaches include Hill's method and numerical continuation of the spectrum. One advantage of the latter approach is that it can be extend...
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This is the starting point for a branch (family) of periodic travelling wave solutions, which one can follow by numerical continuation. In some (unusual) cases both end points of a branch (family) of periodic travelling wave solutions are homoclinic solutions, in which case one must use an external starting point, such...
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For most mathematical equations, analytical calculation of periodic travelling wave solutions is not possible, and therefore it is necessary to perform numerical computations. For partial differential equations, denote by x and t the (one-dimensional) space and time variables, respectively. Then periodic travelling wav...
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An important question is whether a periodic travelling wave is stable or unstable as a solution of the original mathematical system. For partial differential equations, it is typical that the wave family subdivides into stable and unstable parts. For unstable periodic travelling waves, an important subsidiary question ...
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Landscape heterogeneity has also been proposed as a cause of the periodic travelling waves seen in ecology. Invasions, which can leave a periodic travelling wave in their wake. This is important in the Taylor–Couette system in the presence of through flow, in chemical systems such as the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction a...
Periodic travelling wave
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In mathematics, a periodic travelling wave (or wavetrain) is a periodic function of one-dimensional space that moves with constant speed. Consequently, it is a special type of spatiotemporal oscillation that is a periodic function of both space and time. Periodic travelling waves play a fundamental role in many mathema...
Periodic travelling wave
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The existence of periodic travelling waves usually depends on the parameter values in a mathematical equation. If there is a periodic travelling wave solution, then there is typically a family of such solutions, with different wave speeds. For partial differential equations, periodic travelling waves typically occur fo...
Periodic travelling wave
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Migration driven by pursuit and evasion. This may be significant in ecology. Migration between sub-populations, which again has potential ecological significance.In all of these cases, a key question is which member of the periodic travelling wave family is selected. For most mathematical systems this remains an open p...
Periodic travelling wave
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Domain boundaries with Dirichlet or Robin boundary conditions. This is potentially important in ecology, where Robin or Dirichlet conditions correspond to a boundary between habitat and a surrounding hostile environment. However definitive empirical evidence on the cause of waves is hard to obtain for ecological system...
Periodic travelling wave
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In order to get a high enough target mass the noble gas argon was used in the liquid phase as target material. Since the boiling point of argon is at 87 K at normal pressure, the operation of the detector required a cryogenic system. The ArDM experiment ended in 2019 when data taking was stopped and the experiment's ap...
ArDM
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The ArDM (Argon Dark Matter) Experiment was a particle physics experiment based on a liquid argon detector, aiming at measuring signals from WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles), which may constitute the Dark Matter in the universe. Elastic scattering of WIMPs from argon nuclei is measurable by observing free e...
ArDM
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If one is willing to accept a possible error of 0.5%, one can use formulas of spherical trigonometry on the sphere that best approximates the surface of the earth. The shortest distance along the surface of a sphere between two points on the surface is along the great-circle which contains the two points. The great-cir...
Geographical distance
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A planar approximation for the surface of the earth may be useful over small distances. The accuracy of distance calculations using this approximation become increasingly inaccurate as: The separation between the points becomes greater; A point becomes closer to a geographic pole.The shortest distance between two point...
Geographical distance
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The aromatic transition state theory assumes that the minimum energy transition state for a pericyclic process is aromatic, with the choice of reaction topology determined by the number of electrons involved. For reactions involving (4n + 2)-electron systems (2, 6, 10, ... electrons; odd number of electron pairs), Hück...
Pericyclic reaction
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Moreover, pericyclic reactions also often have metal-catalyzed analogs, although usually these are also not technically pericyclic, since they proceed via metal-stabilized intermediates, and therefore are not concerted. Despite these caveats, the theoretical understanding of pericyclic reactions is probably among the m...
Pericyclic reaction
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Applying the Tannakian formalism, one concludes that Mnum is equivalent to the category of representations of an algebraic group G, known as the motivic Galois group. The motivic Galois group is to the theory of motives what the Mumford–Tate group is to Hodge theory. Again speaking in rough terms, the Hodge and Tate co...
Motive (algebraic geometry)
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The objective of the motivic Galois group is to extend the above equivalence to higher-dimensional varieties. In order to do this, the technical machinery of Tannakian category theory (going back to Tannaka–Krein duality, but a purely algebraic theory) is used. Its purpose is to shed light on both the Hodge conjecture ...
Motive (algebraic geometry)
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To motivate the (conjectural) motivic Galois group, fix a field k and consider the functor finite separable extensions K of k → non-empty finite sets with a (continuous) transitive action of the absolute Galois group of kwhich maps K to the (finite) set of embeddings of K into an algebraic closure of k. In Galois theor...
Motive (algebraic geometry)
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For a fixed base field k, the category of mixed motives is a conjectural abelian tensor category M M ( k ) {\displaystyle MM(k)} , together with a contravariant functor Var ⁡ ( k ) → M M ( k ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {Var} (k)\to MM(k)} taking values on all varieties (not just smooth projective ones as it was the ...
Motive (algebraic geometry)
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Huber, Annette (2000). "Realization of Voevodsky's motives" (PDF). Journal of Algebraic Geometry.
Motive (algebraic geometry)
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Jannsen, Uwe (1992), "Motives, numerical equivalence and semi-simplicity" (PDF), Inventiones Math., 107: 447–452, Bibcode:1992InMat.107..447J, doi:10.1007/BF01231898, S2CID 120799359 Kleiman, Steven L. (1972), "Motives", in Oort, F. (ed. ), Algebraic geometry, Oslo 1970 (Proc.
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In organic chemistry, a pericyclic reaction is the type of organic reaction wherein the transition state of the molecule has a cyclic geometry, the reaction progresses in a concerted fashion, and the bond orbitals involved in the reaction overlap in a continuous cycle at the transition state. Pericyclic reactions stand...
Pericyclic reaction
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In the trading zone case, these teams work by developing a new composite language, called a pidgin or creole language, which the group shares and uses to communicate. The idea of trading zones has been developed by Mike Gorman, who has identified different types of trading zones, and examined their operation in a range...
Interactional expertise
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The important thing to note about interactional expertise is that the only thing the social researcher can’t do that a practicing plumber or physicist can do is the practical work of actually installing central heating or conducting experiments. It is this difference – the difference between being able to talk like a p...
Interactional expertise
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For example, they will find that they can talk more interestingly about plumbing or physics and ask more pertinent questions about how it works. Eventually, the researcher may even get to the point where they can answer questions about plumbing or physics as though they were a plumber or physicist even though they can’...
Interactional expertise
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The distinction between these three different types of expertise can be illustrated by imagining the experience of a social science researcher approaching a topic for the first time. It is easy to see that, whether the research project is to be about plumbing or physics, most researchers will start from a position of ‘...
Interactional expertise
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In standard philosophy of knowledge the key distinction is between knowledge that is embodied and knowledge that is formally and explicitly articulated. In this dichotomous formulation, knowledge exists either as codified rules and facts or as some intangible property of the body that performs the task. This distinctio...
Interactional expertise
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In semiconductor physics, a donor is a dopant atom that, when added to a semiconductor, can form a n-type region. For example, when silicon (Si), having four valence electrons, is to be doped as a n-type semiconductor, elements from group V like phosphorus (P) or arsenic (As) can be used because they have five valence ...
Donor (semiconductors)
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One strength of agent-based modelling is its ability to mediate information flow between scales. When additional details about an agent are needed, a researcher can integrate it with models describing the extra details. When one is interested in the emergent behaviours demonstrated by the agent population, they can com...
Multiple-agent system
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In computer science, st-connectivity or STCON is a decision problem asking, for vertices s and t in a directed graph, if t is reachable from s. Formally, the decision problem is given by PATH = {⟨D, s, t⟩ | D is a directed graph with a path from vertex s to t}.
St-connectivity
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Savitch's theorem guarantees that the algorithm can be simulated in O(log2 n) deterministic space. The same problem for undirected graphs is called undirected s-t connectivity and was shown to be L-complete by Omer Reingold.
St-connectivity
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The algorithm terminates if either the target node t is reached, or the length of the path so far exceeds n, the number of nodes in the graph. The complement of st-connectivity, known as st-non-connectivity, is also in the class NL, since NL = coNL by the Immerman–Szelepcsényi theorem. In particular, the problem of st-...
St-connectivity
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The weak and the strong cosmic censorship hypotheses are two conjectures concerned with the global geometry of spacetimes. The weak cosmic censorship hypothesis asserts there can be no singularity visible from future null infinity. In other words, singularities need to be hidden from an observer at infinity by the even...
Cosmic censorship hypothesis
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Since the physical behavior of singularities is unknown, if singularities can be observed from the rest of spacetime, causality may break down, and physics may lose its predictive power. The issue cannot be avoided, since according to the Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems, singularities are inevitable in physically ...
Cosmic censorship hypothesis
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(80000–80076) organ or disease-oriented panels (80100–80103) drug testing (80150–80299) therapeutic drug assays (80400–80440) evocative/suppression testing (80500–80502) consultations (clinical pathology) (81000–81099) urinalysis (82000–84999) chemistry (85002–85999) hematology and coagulation (86000–86849) immunology ...
Current Procedural Terminology
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Leiden Classical was a volunteer computing project run by the Theoretical Chemistry Department of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry at Leiden University. Leiden Classical used the BOINC system, and enabled scientists or science students to submit their own test simulations of various molecules and atoms in a classical ...
Leiden Classical
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The Nonequilibrium Gas and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory (NGPDL) at the Aerospace Engineering Department of the University of Colorado Boulder is headed by Professor Iain D. Boyd and performs research of nonequilibrium gases and plasmas involving the development of physical models for various gas systems of interest, nume...
Nonequilibrium Gas and Plasma Dynamics Group
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The proof of Lusin's theorem can be found in many classical books. Intuitively, one expects it as a consequence of Egorov's theorem and density of smooth functions. Egorov's theorem states that pointwise convergence is nearly uniform, and uniform convergence preserves continuity.
Lusin's theorem
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Let ( X , Σ , μ ) {\displaystyle (X,\Sigma ,\mu )} be a Radon measure space and Y be a second-countable topological space equipped with a Borel algebra, and let f: X → Y {\displaystyle f:X\rightarrow Y} be a measurable function. Given ε > 0 {\displaystyle \varepsilon >0} , for every A ∈ Σ {\displaystyle A\in \Sigma } o...
Lusin's theorem
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In the mathematical field of real analysis, Lusin's theorem (or Luzin's theorem, named for Nikolai Luzin) or Lusin's criterion states that an almost-everywhere finite function is measurable if and only if it is a continuous function on nearly all its domain. In the informal formulation of J. E. Littlewood, "every measu...
Lusin's theorem
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For an interval , let f: → C {\displaystyle f:\rightarrow \mathbb {C} } be a measurable function. Then, for every ε > 0, there exists a compact E ⊆ such that f restricted to E is continuous and μ ( E ) > b − a − ε . {\displaystyle \mu (E)>b-a-\varepsilon .} Note that E inherits the subspace topology from ; continuity...
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In this approach, participants can act as co-investigators in cycles of inquiry, action and reflection and researchers are able to give back in a way that will develop the communicative ecology. In this way, ethnographic action research is suited to both research and project development agendas (Tacchi, 2006). Research...
Communicative ecology
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For example, the analysis could be delimited to examining the ecology of an individual, a small social network or group, or by certain demographic characteristics. It could focus on the ecology of a specific theme of communication, form of media or technology, setting or activity. Alternatively, it could investigate a ...
Communicative ecology
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In this way, the interrelationships between agents are not ignored, as they may be in studies that focus on single communication devices or applications, but may be temporarily set aside while other features are examined more closely. By viewing the map as a whole first, the researcher may be able to make better analyt...
Communicative ecology
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It can help to think of a communicative ecology as a map and its edges as the frame. We can increase the resolution of certain features by using a magnifying glass. By stepping away from the map, we can increase the granularity of our view and see how features interrelate with the ecology as a whole.
Communicative ecology
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For example, an ecology could be examined at a single point of time or longitudinally. It is possible that the nature of a communicative ecology may also vary according to time of day, week or season. The analysis of a communicative ecology can occur at both macro and micro levels within this spatiotemporal frame.
Communicative ecology
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The nature of an individual's communicative ecology changes as they transition between types of activity. For example, they may choose to use different media when communicating with colleagues as compared to planning an evening out with friends. Similarly, a workplace's communicative ecology may differ from that of a t...
Communicative ecology
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A centric view is better suited to understanding how people construct and make sense of their communicative ecology. The choice of perspective may enhance or limit the utility of the data. For example, a birds-eye view may fail to capture significant individual differences in the experience of a communicative ecology, ...
Communicative ecology
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A researcher can work from the outside of the ecology looking in with the aim of creating a holistic overview. Alternatively, they can position themselves within the communicative ecology with the aim of looking at it from the participants' points of view. The external view is useful if a comparison between local syste...
Communicative ecology
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Communicative ecology researchers speak in terms of "mapping" the ecology. This term may be misleading as it could appear to indicate the creation of cartographic renderings of the communicative ecology as it relates to its locality. Mapping the ecology, in the main, refers to drawing conceptual maps and creating or co...
Communicative ecology
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Communicative ecology is a conceptual model used in the field of media and communications research. The model is used to analyse and represent the relationships between social interactions, discourse, and communication media and technology of individuals, collectives and networks in physical and digital environments. B...
Communicative ecology
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As users of new technologies now move seamlessly between what was formerly constituted as online and offline domains, researchers may use the communicative ecology model to address questions of how and why people choose certain assemblages of online and offline media to achieve particular communicative goals. Investiga...
Communicative ecology
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They may also consider how different media may facilitate or constrain either networked or collective interaction. If interested in the global or local characteristics of an ecology, researchers may examine how communication with proximate others may be mediated differently from communication with others in distant loc...
Communicative ecology
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Communicative ecologies vary across several spectral dimensions. The dimensions identified to date, include networked/collective, global/local and online/offline (Foth & Hearn, 2007). The dimensional properties of communicative ecologies allow researchers to consider both the relative strength of each characteristic, a...
Communicative ecology
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The layered nature of the communicative ecology framework enables the investigation of research questions surrounding the media preferences of diverse individuals and groups and how these choices influence their relationships. It also allows researchers to explore the nature of discourse between individuals and within ...
Communicative ecology
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A communicative ecology has three layers: social, discursive and technological (Foth & Hearn, 2007). These layers are seen to be intricately entwined and mutually constitutive, rather than discrete, hierarchical or as having unidirectional causal relationships. While it is challenging to consider each layer in isolatio...
Communicative ecology
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Their version of communicative ecology is influenced by members of a workplace engaging in common activities, the length of time over which interaction takes place, whether communication media is synchronous or asynchronous and members' linguistic or cultural background. There is not a single, agreed upon communicative...
Communicative ecology
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In cultural studies of terrorism, White (2003) uses the term to describe the interchange of signs within interacting networks of individuals and collectives. In their study of computer-mediated communication in the workplace, Yates, Orlikowski and Woerner (2003) draw upon Erickson's (2000) work on genre ecologies to su...
Communicative ecology
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From an applied linguistics perspective, McArthur (2005) describes a communicative ecology as embracing the nature and evolution of language, media and communication technologies. He uses the term to discuss the interactions between the world's languages and communication technologies. Wagner (2004) uses the term to re...
Communicative ecology
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Using methods drawn from linguistic anthropology, their research begins with a period of ethnography in which a rich understanding of the local communicative ecology is formed. Discourse is then analysed in relation to this ecological context (Gumperz, 1999). Roberts (2005) describes a communicative ecology as comprisi...
Communicative ecology
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Shepherd, Arnold, Bellamy and Gibbs (2007) extended the concept to attend to the material and spatial aspects of the communicative ecology of the domestic sphere. The term "communicative ecology" has also been used in other studies with various interpretations. Interactional sociolinguists use the term to describe the ...
Communicative ecology
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In this issue, Allison (2007) looked at the communicative ecology from the perspective of the individual, whereas Wilkin, Ball-Rokeach, Matsaganis and Cheong (2007) used a panoptic perspective to compare the ecologies of geo-ethnic communities. Peeples and Mitchell (2007) used the model to explore the social activity o...
Communicative ecology
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Button and Partridge (2007) used the model to examine the online communicative ecology of neighbourhood websites. The model has also been used to investigate how students communicate and reflect on their learning (Berry & Hamilton, 2006). A special issue of the Electronic Journal of Communication showcased the versatil...
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Some studies have reported on the use of a particular ICT, for example community radio (Tacchi, 2005c) or mobile phones (Horst & Miller, 2006;Miller, 2007), in relation to broader communication patterns. More recently, the communicative ecology framework has been extended in studies of the nature of media use to suppor...
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He is particularly interested in the relationship between social activities and technologies for surveillance and control. The communicative ecology concept has been further developed for use in studies of information and communication technologies (ICT) initiatives in developing nations (Slater, Tacchi & Lewis, 2002)....
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The concept of communicative ecology is derived from Altheide's "ecology of communication" (1994;1995). Altheide developed this concept to examine the mutually influential relationships between information technology, communication formats and social activities, within the context of people's social and physical enviro...
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Consequently, if a new communication technology does not complement or enhance the existing toolset it risks rejection. The communicative ecology model allows researchers to examine how a new form of media or technology may or may not be integrated into existing communication patterns (Tacchi, 2006). However, the poten...
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