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  • |main_interests = [[mathematics]], [[physics]], [[engineering]], [[astronomy]], [[invention]] ...leading [[scientist]]s in [[classical antiquity]]. Among his advances in [[physics]] are the foundations of [[Fluid statics|hydrostatics]], [[statics]] and th ...
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  • ...be reconciled with the laws of [[Introduction to quantum mechanics|quantum physics]] to produce a complete and self-consistent theory of [[quantum gravity]]. ...ctric charge]]). Special relativity introduced a new framework for all of physics by proposing radically new concepts of [[space]] and [[time]]. Some then-a ...
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  • | fields = [[Mathematics]] and [[Physics]] | known_for = [[Abstract algebra]]<br />[[Theoretical physics]] ...
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  • ...eneral relativity]] and on simplifying assumptions (such as [[homogeneity (physics)#Translation invariance|homogeneity]] and [[isotropy]] of space). The gover ...se accelerators have limited capabilities to probe into such [[high-energy physics|high energy regimes]]. Without any evidence associated with the earliest in ...
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  • ...s. [[Matrix group]]s, for example, can be used to understand fundamental [[physics|physical]] laws underlying [[special relativity]] and symmetry phenomena in ...ions of group theory are not restricted to mathematics; sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[computer science]] benefit from the concept. ...
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  • ...nteger factorization]] algorithms. Finally, it is a basic tool for proving theorems in modern [[number theory]], such as [[Lagrange's four-square theorem]] and ...roblems associated with Racah algebra | journal = Journal of Computational Physics | volume = 1 | pages = 397–405 | doi = 10.1016/0021-9991(67)90047-2}}</ref> ...
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  • ...[[Charles Kittel|Kittel, Charles]] and [[Herbert Kroemer]] | title=Thermal Physics (2nd ed.) | publisher=W. H. Freeman Company | year=1980 | isbn=0-7167-1088- [[Category:Mathematical theorems]] ...
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  • ..., and describes gravity as a geometric property of [[space]] and [[Time in physics|time]], or [[spacetime]]. In particular, the [[curvature]] of spacetime is ...relativity can be reconciled with the laws of [[quantum mechanics|quantum physics]] to produce a complete and self-consistent theory of [[quantum gravity]]. ...
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  • ...yed making the trip to St Petersburg while he unsuccessfully applied for a physics professorship at the University of Basel.<ref name="stpetersburg">{{cite jo ...er swiftly rose through the ranks in the academy and was made professor of physics in 1731. Two years later, Daniel Bernoulli, who was fed up with the censors ...
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  • ...contradiction, and that they follow from existing definitions, axioms, and theorems. This belief is summarized in his famous assertion that "the essence of mat ...ates how Cantorian thinking intrigues a leading contemporary [[Theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]]. ...
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  • ...elopment of mathematics, it can be postponed until one proves the standard theorems of [[real analysis]]. One requirement is to characterize real numbers that ...he results are profound and applicable to many problems in engineering and physics. Some prominent mathematicians argued for such a definition long before e ...
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  • ...s forms; for example, the average [[kinetic energy]] in the [[translation (physics)|translational motion]] of a molecule should equal the average kinetic ener ...namic) temperature]]. More generally, it can be applied to any [[classical physics|classical system]] in [[thermal equilibrium]], no matter how complicated. T ...
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