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  • 51Stiefel manifold — In mathematics, the Stiefel manifold V k (R n ) is the set of all orthonormal k frames in R n . That is, it is the set of ordered k tuples of orthonormal vectors in R n . Likewise one can define the complex Stiefel manifold V k (C n ) of… …

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  • 52List of mathematics articles (T) — NOTOC T T duality T group T group (mathematics) T integration T norm T norm fuzzy logics T schema T square (fractal) T symmetry T table T theory T.C. Mits T1 space Table of bases Table of Clebsch Gordan coefficients Table of divisors Table of Lie …

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  • 53Classifying space for U(n) — In mathematics, the classifying space for the unitary group U(n) is a space B(U(n)) together with a universal bundle E(U(n)) such that any hermitian bundle on a paracompact space X is the pull back of E by a map X → B unique up to homotopy. This… …

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  • 54Bookland (type of land) — dablink Not to be confused with the Swedish provinces known as Folkland .Folkland (O.E. folcland ) and bookland (O.E. bocland ) are the two types of land tenure under Anglo Saxon law. Bookland refers to land that was vested by a charter, and all… …

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  • 55Ambient construction — In conformal geometry, the ambient construction refers to a construction of Charles Fefferman and Robin Graham [Fefferman, C. and Graham, R. Conformal invariants , in Élie Cartan et les Mathématiques d Aujourdui , Asterisque (1985), 95 116.] for… …

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  • 56verifiability principle — Logical Positivism. the doctrine that if a nonanalytic statement is to be cognitively meaningful it must be empirically verifiable. [1965 70] * * * Criterion of meaningfulness associated with logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. Moritz… …

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  • 57Creation–evolution controversy — A satirical cartoon from 1882, parodying Darwin s theory of evolution, in response to the publication of The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms. The creation–evolution controversy (also termed the creation vs. evolution… …

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  • 58dundiver — Goosander Goos an der, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe and America; called also {merganser}, {dundiver}, {sawbill}, {sawneb} …

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  • 59Goosander — Goos an der, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe and America; called also {merganser}, {dundiver}, {sawbill}, {sawneb},… …

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  • 60Identical — I*den tic*al, a. [Cf. F. identique. See {Identity}.] 1. The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing. [1913 Webster] I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction . . . that I …

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