re-formed with new members, complete new material and a new name (Geometrics). Formed as Geometrics in November 2008 with new members Aidan Ward & Lindsay Banks...
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In mathematics, a geometric series is a series summing the terms of an infinite geometric sequence, in which the ratio of consecutive terms is constant...
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A geometric progression, also known as a geometric sequence, is a mathematical sequence of non-zero numbers where each term after the first is found by...
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Geometric analysis is a mathematical discipline where tools from differential equations, especially elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs), are...
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In astronomy, the geometric albedo of a celestial body is the ratio of its actual brightness as seen from the light source (i.e. at zero phase angle)...
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In probability theory and statistics, the geometric distribution is either one of two discrete probability distributions: The probability distribution...
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first studied in the 18th century, and the general topic became known as geometric probability. (Buffon's needle) What is the chance that a needle dropped...
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A geometric program (GP) is an optimization problem of the form minimize f 0 ( x ) subject to f i ( x ) ≤ 1 , i = 1 , … , m g i ( x ) = 1 , i = 1 , …...
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geometric algebra (also known as a Clifford algebra) is an algebra that can represent and manipulate geometrical objects such as vectors. Geometric algebra...
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In condensed matter physics, the term geometrical frustration (or in short: frustration) refers to a phenomenon where atoms tend to stick to non-trivial...
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In mathematics, the geometric mean is a mean or average which indicates a central tendency of a finite collection of positive real numbers by using the...
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mathematics, geometric topology is the study of manifolds and maps between them, particularly embeddings of one manifold into another. Geometric topology...
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Geometric art is a phase of Greek art, characterized largely by geometric motifs in vase painting, that flourished towards the end of the Greek Dark Ages...
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In mathematical physics, geometric quantization is a mathematical approach to defining a quantum theory corresponding to a given classical theory. It...
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In classical and quantum mechanics, geometric phase is a phase difference acquired over the course of a cycle, when a system is subjected to cyclic adiabatic...
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Geometric integration can refer to: Homological integration – a method for extending the notion of integral to manifolds. Geometric integrator; a numerical...
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Geometrical optics, or ray optics, is a model of optics that describes light propagation in terms of rays. The ray in geometrical optics is an abstraction...
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In mathematics, a geometric transformation is any bijection of a set to itself (or to another such set) with some salient geometrical underpinning, such...
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geographic information systems, geometric primitive (or prim) is the simplest (i.e. 'atomic' or irreducible) geometric shape that the system can handle...
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Geometrical acoustics or ray acoustics is a branch of acoustics that studies propagation of sound on the basis of the concept of acoustic rays, defined...
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Geometric modeling is a branch of applied mathematics and computational geometry that studies methods and algorithms for the mathematical description...
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The geometric tortoise (Psammobates geometricus) is a critically endangered species of tortoise and one of three members of the genus Psammobates. It...
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Generally speaking, geometric realization is a one-to-one mapping between abstract mathematical objects and concrete geometric objects. It has slightly...
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differential geometry, a geometric flow, also called a geometric evolution equation, is a type of partial differential equation for a geometric object such as a...
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Geometric mechanics is a branch of mathematics applying particular geometric methods to many areas of mechanics, from mechanics of particles and rigid...
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Geometric discrepancy theory is a sub-field of discrepancy theory, that deals with balancing geometric sets, such as intervals or rectangles. The general...
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Geometric cryptography is an area of cryptology where messages and ciphertexts are represented by geometric quantities such as angles or intervals and...
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Geometrical design (GD) is a branch of computational geometry. It deals with the construction and representation of free-form curves, surfaces, or volumes...
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In computer science, geometric hashing is a method for efficiently finding two-dimensional objects represented by discrete points that have undergone...
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