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    A Gaussian year is defined as 365.2568983 days. It was adopted by Carl Friedrich Gauss as the length of the sidereal year in his studies of the dynamics...
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    and its duration is very close to the Julian year of 365.25 days. The Gaussian year is the sidereal year for a planet of negligible mass (relative to...
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    Gaussian noise Gaussian beam Gaussian blur, a technique in image processing Gaussian fixed point Gaussian random field Gaussian free field Gaussian integral...
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  • Anomalistic year Gaussian year Julian year (astronomy) Orbital period Precession § Astronomy Sidereal time Solar calendar Tropical year Mars time IERS...
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    In probability theory and statistics, a normal distribution or Gaussian distribution is a type of continuous probability distribution for a real-valued...
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    In mathematics, Gaussian elimination, also known as row reduction, is an algorithm for solving systems of linear equations. It consists of a sequence of...
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    following year, 1927, Charles Galton Darwin explored Schrödinger's equation for an unbound electron in free space, assuming an initial Gaussian wave packet...
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    In mathematics, addition and subtraction logarithms or Gaussian logarithms can be utilized to find the logarithms of the sum and difference of a pair of...
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  • The normal-inverse Gaussian distribution (NIG, also known as the normal-Wald distribution) is a continuous probability distribution that is defined as...
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    right with domain coloring. The error function at +∞ is exactly 1 (see Gaussian integral). At the real axis, erf z approaches unity at z → +∞ and −1 at...
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    has a different focal distance depending on the angle of the mirror. The Gaussian mirror equation, also known as the mirror and lens equation, relates the...
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  • Theorema Egregium ("remarkable theorem") that asserts roughly that the Gaussian curvature of a surface is independent from any specific embedding in a...
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    of planetoids disturbed by large planets led to the introduction of the Gaussian gravitational constant and the method of least squares, which he had discovered...
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    of past results in random matrix theory to show that, according to the Gaussian ensemble, a large number of matrices satisfy the restricted isometry property...
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    pseudospherical surfaces, surfaces with a constant negative Gaussian curvature. Saddle surfaces have negative Gaussian curvature in at least some regions, where they...
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    263 (redirect from 263 (year))
    Chapters on the Mathematical Art, describing what will later be called Gaussian elimination, computing pi, etc. Gao Rou (or Wenhui), Chinese politician...
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  • David X. Li (category Year of birth missing (living people))
    Chinese-born Canadian quantitative analyst and actuary who pioneered the use of Gaussian copula models for the pricing of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs)...
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  • 1940 (the first year of operation of MR) is now more than 1.9 million, and more than 75 thousand items are added to the database each year. The overwhelming...
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    extrapolate to T(0). Gaussian quadrature evaluates the function at the roots of a set of orthogonal polynomials. An n-point Gaussian method is exact for...
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    The Gaussian gravitational constant (symbol k) is a parameter used in the orbital mechanics of the Solar System. It relates the orbital period to the orbit's...
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  • prominence in the spring of 2017 for a relatively simple proof for the Gaussian Correlation Inequality (GCI), a conjecture that originated in the 1950s...
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    honours in mathematics. His dissertation, On the Gaussian error function, written during his senior year and delivered in November 1934 (with a deadline...
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  • uncertainty principle only for the Gaussian function. Equivalently, π is the unique constant making the Gaussian normal distribution e−πx2 equal to its...
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    with the transverse modes often approximated using Hermite–Gaussian or Laguerre-Gaussian functions. Some high-power lasers use a flat-topped profile...
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  • permutation matrix as well. LU decomposition can be viewed as the matrix form of Gaussian elimination. Computers usually solve square systems of linear equations...
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    obtained his Ph.D. in 1975, with thesis "General properties of bounded Gaussian processes and related questions" written under the direction of Ildar Abdulovich...
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    Manuel Ferrara (category Male Performer of the Year AVN Award winners)
    adult industry awards including six AVN Awards as Male Performer of the Year—the record for the accolade, and was inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls...
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  • the number (1 + i)n − 1 is a Gaussian prime which will then be called a Gaussian Mersenne prime. (1 + i)n − 1 is a Gaussian prime for the following n: 2...
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    measurements: a CGS-based system for electrostatic units, also known as the Gaussian or ESU system, a CGS-based system for electromechanical units (EMU), and...
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    each partition. The distribution of the sum of weights is approximately Gaussian, with a peak at 500000N and width 1000000√N, so that when 2N − 1 is approximately...
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