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  • 1Torsion subgroup — In the theory of abelian groups, the torsion subgroup AT of an abelian group A is the subgroup of A consisting of all elements that have finite order. An abelian group A is called a torsion (or periodic) group if every element of A has finite… …

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  • 2Torsion 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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  • 3Torsion of a curve — In the elementary differential geometry of curves in three dimensions, the torsion of a curve measures how sharply it is twisting. Taken together,the curvature and the torsion of a space curve are analogous to the curvature of a plane curve. For… …

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  • 4Torsion (mechanics) — In solid mechanics, torsion is the twisting of an object due to an applied torque. In circular sections, the resultant shearing stress is perpendicular to the radius.For solid or hollow shafts of uniform circular cross section and constant wall… …

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  • 5Whitehead torsion — In mathematics, Whitehead torsion is an invariant of an h cobordism in a Whitehead group, that is important in simple homotopy theory and surgery theory. It is named for J. H. C. Whitehead.Whitehead torsionSuppose that W is an h cobordism from M… …

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  • 6Analytic torsion — In mathematics, Reidemeister torsion (or R torsion, or Reidemeister–Franz torsion) is a topological invariant of manifolds introduced by Kurt Reidemeister (Reidemeister (1935)) for 3 manifolds and generalized to higher dimensions by Franz (1935)… …

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  • 7Abelian group — For other uses, see Abelian (disambiguation). Abelian group is also an archaic name for the symplectic group Concepts in group theory category of groups subgroups, normal subgroups group homomorphisms, kernel, image, quotient direct product,… …

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  • 8Affine connection — An affine connection on the sphere rolls the affine tangent plane from one point to another. As it does so, the point of contact traces out a curve in the plane: the development. In the branch of mathematics called differential geometry, an… …

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  • 9List of mathematics articles (T) — NOTOC T T duality T group T group (mathematics) T integration T norm T norm fuzzy logics T schema T square (fractal) T symmetry T table T theory T.C. Mits T1 space Table of bases Table of Clebsch Gordan coefficients Table of divisors Table of Lie …

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  • 10gravitation — gravitational, adj. gravitationally, adv. /grav i tay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the force of attraction between any two masses. Cf. law of gravitation. b. an act or process caused by this force. 2. a sinking or falling …

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