Laws of Form (hereinafter LoF) is a book by G. Spencer-Brown, published in 1969, that straddles the boundary between mathematics and philosophy. LoF describes...
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remains constant. All of the conservation laws listed above are local conservation laws. A local conservation law is expressed mathematically by a continuity...
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G. Spencer-Brown (category Alumni of the London Hospital Medical College)
– 25 August 2016) was an English polymath best known as the author of Laws of Form. He described himself as a "mathematician, consulting engineer, psychologist...
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Newton's laws of motion are three physical laws that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it. These laws, which...
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The laws of thermodynamics are a set of scientific laws which define a group of physical quantities, such as temperature, energy, and entropy, that characterize...
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The laws of thought are fundamental axiomatic rules upon which rational discourse itself is often considered to be based. The formulation and clarification...
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Scientific laws or laws of science are statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena...
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In Boolean algebra, Poretsky's law of forms shows that the single Boolean equation f ( X ) = 0 {\displaystyle f(X)=0} is equivalent to g ( X ) = h ( X...
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The laws were designed to keep corn prices high to favour domestic farmers, and represented British mercantilism. The Corn Laws blocked the import of cheap...
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Turtles, and The Purge. He is the co-founder of company Platinum Dunes along with Michael Bay and Brad Fuller. Form began working in the film industry as a...
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Kepler's laws of planetary motion, published by Johannes Kepler in 1609 (except the third law, which was fully published in 1619), describe the orbits of planets...
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by-laws are laws of local or limited application made by local councils or other bodies, using powers granted by an Act of Parliament, and so are a form...
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Kirchhoff's laws. These laws can be applied in time and frequency domains and form the basis for network analysis. Both of Kirchhoff's laws can be understood...
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the Seven Laws of Noah (Hebrew: שבע מצוות בני נח, Sheva Mitzvot B'nei Noach), otherwise referred to as the Noahide Laws or the Noachian Laws (from the...
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form and strong form may refer to: Weaker and stronger versions of a hypothesis, theorem or physical law Weak formulations and strong formulations of...
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The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, which...
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the genitive plural form of the Latin word lex and means "of the laws". When used in the plural, it signifies a specific body of laws, as opposed to the...
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The Spirit of Law (French: De l'esprit des lois, originally spelled De l'esprit des loix), also known in English as The Spirit of [the] Laws, is a treatise...
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Form 1099 is one of several IRS tax forms (see the variants section) used in the United States to prepare and file an information return to report various...
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The Laws of the Game are the codified rules of association football. The laws mention the number of players a team should have, the game length, the size...
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In recognition of the consumer protection issues which may arise, many governments have passed specific laws relating to standard form contracts. These...
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An organic law is a law, or system of laws, that form the foundation of a government, corporation or any other organization's body of rules. A constitution...
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The Basic Laws of Israel (Hebrew: חוקי היסוד, romanized: Ḥukey HaYesod) are fourteen quasi-constitutional laws of the State of Israel, some of which can...
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The Form of the Good, or more literally translated "the Idea of the Good" (ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἰδέα), is a concept in the philosophy of Plato. In Plato's Theory...
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In philosophy and specifically metaphysics, the theory of Forms, theory of Ideas, Platonic idealism, or Platonic realism is a theory widely credited to...
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In mathematics, a quadratic form is a polynomial with terms all of degree two ("form" is another name for a homogeneous polynomial). For example, 4 x 2...
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to as "Blake–Poretsky laws".[clarification needed] Blake discussed three methods for calculating the canonical form: exhaustion of implicants, iterated...
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decisions, which form precedent in common law jurisdictions. An autocrat may exercise those functions within their realm. The creation of laws themselves may...
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LGBTQ rights by country or territory (redirect from Gay laws of the world)
adultery laws that same-sex couples are subject to age of consent laws that may impose higher ages for same-sex sexual activity laws regarding donation of blood...
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Compactness theorem Consensus theorem De Morgan's laws Duality (order theory) Laws of classical logic Peirce's law Stone's representation theorem for Boolean...
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