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    This image is a copy or a derivative work of txu-pclmaps-oclc-8322829_e_8.jpg, from the map collection of the Perry–Castañeda Library (PCL) of the University of Texas at Austin. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work.

  3. Inertial frame of reference - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the first car is stationary and the second car is approaching from behind at a speed of v 2 − v 1 = 8 m/s. To catch up to the first car, it will take a time of ⁠ d / v 2 − v 1 ⁠ = ⁠ 200 / 8 ⁠ s, that is, 25 seconds, as before. Note how much easier the problem becomes by choosing a suitable frame of reference.

  4. Entscheidungsproblem - Wikipedia

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    If 'algorithm' is understood as meaning a method that can be represented as a Turing machine, and with the answer to the latter question negative (in general), the question about the existence of an algorithm for the Entscheidungsproblem also must be negative (in general). In his 1936 paper, Turing says: "Corresponding to each computing machine ...

  5. Hilbert's sixth problem - Wikipedia

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    In the 1990s-2000s the problem of "the limiting processes, there merely indicated, which lead from the atomistic view to the laws of motion of continua" was approached by many groups of mathematicians. Main recent results are summarized by Laure Saint-Raymond, [6] Marshall Slemrod, [7] Alexander N. Gorban and Ilya Karlin. [8]

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    A radical approach to the problem of gang violence. BY John seaBrooK In April, 2006, two brutal street killings in the Over-the-Rhine section of Cincin-nati spread fear through the city. A white suburban mother of three, who was trying to buy drugs at the corner of Fourteenth and Race, got into an argument with the dealer, and was shot and killed.

  7. Water pouring puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Water pouring puzzles (also called water jug problems, decanting problems, [1] [2] measuring puzzles, or Die Hard with a Vengeance puzzles) are a class of puzzle involving a finite collection of water jugs of known integer capacities (in terms of a liquid measure such as liters or gallons). Initially each jug contains a known integer volume of ...

  8. Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics

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    The fourth edition reviewer noted that “all other related books seem to pale by comparison”. [6] The 6th edition published in 1980 was praised for the extensive bibliography, but also noted that, although “this book is recommended to all those who prescribe drugs”, it had become “too large to be used by medical students as a routine ...

  9. A Commentary on the UNIX Operating System - Wikipedia

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    A Commentary on the Sixth Edition UNIX Operating System by John Lions (later reissued as Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition [1] [2] and commonly referred to as the Lions Book) is a highly influential [3] 1976 publication containing analytical commentary on the source code of the 6th Edition Unix computer operating system "resident nucleus" [4] (i.e., kernel) software, plus copy formatted ...