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121Timeline of mathematics — A timeline of pure and applied mathematics history. Contents 1 Before 1000 BC 2 1st millennium BC 3 1st millennium AD 4 1000–1500 …
122literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
123logarithm — /law geuh ridh euhm, rith , log euh /, n. Math. the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100). [1605 15; < NL logarithmus < Gk lóg(os) LOG +… …
124Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity. Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …
125Geometrization conjecture — Thurston s geometrization conjecture states that compact 3 manifolds can be decomposed canonically into submanifolds that have geometric structures. The geometrization conjecture is an analogue for 3 manifolds of the uniformization theorem for… …
126Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker metric — The Friedmann Lemaître Robertson Walker (FLRW) metric is an exact solution of Einstein s field equations of general relativity; it describes a simply connected, homogeneous, isotropic expanding or contracting universe. Depending on geographical… …
127physics — /fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and force. [1580 90; see PHYSIC, ICS] * * * I Science that deals with the structure of matter and the interactions between the fundamental constituents of… …
128United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
