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  • 101Affine space — In mathematics, an affine space is an abstract structure that generalises the affine geometric properties of Euclidean space. In an affine space, one can subtract points to get vectors, or add a vector to a point to get another point, but one… …

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  • 102Arc length — Determining the length of an irregular arc segment is also called rectification of a curve. Historically, many methods were used for specific curves. The advent of infinitesimal calculus led to a general formula that provides closed form… …

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  • 103Torsion tensor — In differential geometry, the notion of torsion is a manner of characterizing a twist or screw of a moving frame around a curve. The torsion of a curve, as it appears in the Frenet Serret formulas, for instance, quantifies the twist of a curve… …

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  • 104Solder form — In mathematics, more precisely in differential geometry, a soldering (or sometimes solder form) of a fibre bundle to a smooth manifold is a manner of attaching the fibres to the manifold in such a way that they can be regarded as tangent.… …

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  • 105Noise dosimeter — A noise dosimeter (American) or noise dosemeter (British) is a specialized sound level meter intended specifically to measure the noise exposure of a person integrated over a period of time; usually to comply with Health and Safety regulations… …

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  • 106Yamabe flow — In differential geometry, the Yamabe flow is an intrinsic geometric flow a process which deforms the metric of a Riemannian manifold.It is the negative L 2 gradient flow of the (normalized) total scalar curvature, restricted to a given conformal… …

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  • 107Jürgen Ehlers — Infobox Scientist box width = 300px name = Jürgen Ehlers caption = At the award ceremony for the Charles University Medal in Potsdam, September 2007 imagesize = 138 birth date = birth date|1929|11|29|mf=y birth place = Hamburg residence = Germany …

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  • 108Algebraic geometry — This Togliatti surface is an algebraic surface of degree five. Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which combines techniques of abstract algebra, especially commutative algebra, with the language and the problems of geometry. It… …

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  • 109Centrifugal force (rotating reference frame) — This article is about the fictitious force related to rotating reference frames. For other uses, see Centrifugal force. Classical mechanics …

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  • 110Nervous system — Nerve redirects here. For other uses, see Nerve (disambiguation). This article is about the nervous system. For parts of the nervous system commonly called nerves, see Peripheral nerve. Nervous system The Human N …

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