• —that is, the product of the same vectors, but in reverse order. In mathematics, a rotor in the geometric algebra of a vector space V is the same thing as...
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  • Look up rotor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rotor may refer to: Rotor (electric), the non-stationary part of an alternator or electric motor, operating...
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    transformation for each letter can be specified mathematically as a product of permutations. Assuming a three-rotor German Army/Air Force Enigma, let P denote...
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    Ultra. The Enigma machines were a family of portable cipher machines with rotor scramblers. Good operating procedures, properly enforced, would have made...
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  • In rotordynamics, the rigid rotor is a mechanical model of rotating systems. An arbitrary rigid rotor is a 3-dimensional rigid object, such as a top....
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    In cryptography, a rotor machine is an electro-mechanical stream cipher device used for encrypting and decrypting messages. Rotor machines were the cryptographic...
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    theory is a theory describing a mathematical model of an ideal actuator disk, such as a propeller or helicopter rotor, by W.J.M. Rankine (1865), Alfred...
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    engine's rotor, which creates the turning motion, is similar in shape to a Reuleaux triangle, with the sides having less curvature. The rotor spins inside...
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  • Arturo Belleza Rotor (June 7, 1907 – April 9, 1988) was a Filipino medical doctor, civil servant, musician, and writer. Rotor was born in the Philippines...
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    Emma Unson Rotor (May 18, 1913 – September 6, 1998) was a Filipino-American physicist and mathematician whose pioneering work during World War II significantly...
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    In vector calculus, the curl, also known as rotor, is a vector operator that describes the infinitesimal circulation of a vector field in three-dimensional...
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    The Hebern Rotor Machine was an electro-mechanical encryption machine built by combining the mechanical parts of a standard typewriter with the electrical...
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    asynchronous motor is an AC electric motor in which the electric current in the rotor that produces torque is obtained by electromagnetic induction from the magnetic...
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    magnetic field, and an inside rotor attached to the output shaft producing a second rotating magnetic field. The rotor magnetic field may be produced...
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    electrical mobility of a charged particle the rotor advance ratio, the ratio of aircraft airspeed to rotor-tip speed in rotorcraft the pore water pressure...
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    discovering the wiring of the rotors. To do this, according to historian David Kahn, he pioneered the use of pure mathematics in cryptanalysis. Previous...
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    rotational freedom. The axle of the spinning wheel (the rotor) defines the spin axis. The rotor is constrained to spin about an axis, which is always perpendicular...
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    Disk loading (redirect from Rotor disk)
    relatively low disk loading are typically called rotors, including helicopter main rotors and tail rotors; propellers typically have a higher disk loading...
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    SIGABA (category Rotor machines)
    five rotors was termed the cipher rotors (Army) or alphabet maze (Navy) and each rotor had 26 contacts. This assembly acted similarly to other rotor machines...
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  • Rotordynamics (redirect from Rotor dynamics)
    Rotordynamics (or rotor dynamics) is a specialized branch of applied mechanics concerned with the behavior and diagnosis of rotating structures. It is...
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    polyalphabetic substitution, and a kind of "additive" substitution. In rotor machines, several rotor disks provided polyalphabetic substitution, while plug boards...
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  • entity such as a rotor. The energy consists of static pressure, gravitational potential energy, and kinetic energy. Mathematically, we have the following...
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  • following list features abbreviated names of mathematical functions, function-like operators and other mathematical terminology. This list is limited to abbreviations...
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    quality results, the RF engineer needs to have an in-depth knowledge of mathematics, physics and general electronics theory as well as specialized training...
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    KL-7 (category Rotor machines)
    known as Adonis was an off-line non-reciprocal rotor encryption machine.: p.33ff  The KL-7 had rotors to encrypt the text, most of which moved in a complex...
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  • achievements in mathematics. These include mathematical research, mathematics education,: xii  the history and philosophy of mathematics, public outreach...
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  • NEMA (machine) (category Rotor machines)
    The rotor lodging with the cams and first rotor Top view of a NEMA rotor pair. Electrical rotor "F." Bottom view of a NEMA rotor pair. Drive rotor "18...
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    the heat generated by air friction (even in ultracentrifuges, where the rotor operates in a good vacuum), and the frequent necessity of maintaining samples...
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    a square, the Reuleaux triangle is also sometimes known as the Reuleaux rotor. The Reuleaux triangle is the first of a sequence of Reuleaux polygons whose...
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    Fialka (category Rotor machines)
    is the name of a Cold War-era Soviet cipher machine. A rotor machine, the device uses 10 rotors, each with 30 contacts along with mechanical pins to control...
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