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  2. Mensural notation - Wikipedia

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    The system of note types used in mensural notation closely corresponds to the modern system. The mensural brevis is nominally the ancestor of the modern double whole note (breve); likewise, the semibrevis corresponds to the whole note (semibreve), the minima to the half note (minim), the semiminima to the quarter note (crotchet), and the fusa to the eighth note (quaver).

  3. Mensuration - Wikipedia

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    Mensuration may refer to: Measurement; Theory of measurement Mensuration (mathematics), a branch of mathematics that deals with measurement of various parameters of geometric figures and many more; Forest mensuration, a branch of forestry that deals with measurements of forest stand; Mensural notation of music

  4. List of formulas in elementary geometry - Wikipedia

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    Shape Area Perimeter/Circumference Meanings of symbols Square: is the length of a side Rectangle (+)is length, is breadth Circle: or : where is the radius and is the diameter ...

  5. List of open-source software for mathematics - Wikipedia

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    A computer algebra system is a type of software set that is used in manipulation of mathematical formulae.The principal objective of a computer algebra system is to systematize monotonous and sometimes problematic algebraic manipulation tasks.

  6. Anthropometry - Wikipedia

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    A Bertillon record for Francis Galton, from a visit to Bertillon's laboratory in 1893. The history of anthropometry includes and spans various concepts, both scientific and pseudoscientific, such as craniometry, paleoanthropology, biological anthropology, phrenology, physiognomy, forensics, criminology, phylogeography, human origins, and cranio-facial description, as well as correlations ...

  7. History of mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The date of the invention of the suan pan is not certain, but the earliest written mention dates from AD 190, in Xu Yue's Supplementary Notes on the Art of Figures. The oldest extant work on geometry in China comes from the philosophical Mohist canon c. 330 BC, compiled by the followers of Mozi (470–390 BC).

  8. Vedic Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Vedic Mathematics is a book written by Indian Shankaracharya Bharati Krishna Tirtha and first published in 1965. It contains a list of mathematical techniques which were falsely claimed to contain advanced mathematical knowledge. [1]

  9. Experiment - Wikipedia

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    An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated.