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1Many-worlds interpretation — The quantum mechanical Schrödinger s cat paradox according to the many worlds interpretation. In this interpretation every event is a branch point; the cat is both alive and dead, even before the box is opened, but the alive and dead cats are in… …
2Many-valued logic — In logic, a many valued logic (also multi or multiple valued logic) is a propositional calculus in which there are more than two truth values. Traditionally, in Aristotle s logical calculus, there were only two possible values (i.e., true and… …
3Unsolved problems in philosophy — This article deals mainly with unsolved problems in analytic philosophy. For other schools of philosophy, this concept is not well defined. Philosophical problems are unlike scientific or mathematical problems in that problems in philosophy are… …
4Bowditch's American Practical Navigator — The American Practical Navigator , written by Nathaniel Bowditch, is an encyclopedia of navigation, a valuable handbook on oceanography and meteorology, and contains useful tables and a maritime glossary. In 1866 the copyright and plates were… …
5List of knapsack problems — The knapsack problem is one of the most studied problems in combinatorial optimization, with many real life applications. For this reason, many special cases and generalisations have been examined. Common to all versions are a set of n items,… …
6Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats — First edition cover Old Possum s Book of Practical Cats is a collection of whimsical poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. It is the basis for the record setting musical Cats …
7The Schoolmaster's Assistant, Being a Compendium of Arithmetic both Practical and Theoretical — was an early and popular English arithmetic textbook, written by Thomas Dilworth and published in America in the eighteenth century. The book reached from the introductory topics to the advanced in five sections: Section I, Whole Numbers included …
8Linear programming — (LP, or linear optimization) is a mathematical method for determining a way to achieve the best outcome (such as maximum profit or lowest cost) in a given mathematical model for some list of requirements represented as linear relationships.… …
9Laborem Exercens — was an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1981, on human work. It is part of a larger body of writings known as Catholic social teaching, that trace their origin to Rerum Novarum which was issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1891.External links*… …
10optimization — /op teuh meuh zay sheuhn/ 1. the fact of optimizing; making the best of anything. 2. the condition of being optimized. 3. Math. a mathematical technique for finding a maximum or minimum value of a function of several variables subject to a set of …
