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  2. Polynomial interpolation - Wikipedia

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    The original use of interpolation polynomials was to approximate values of important transcendental functions such as natural logarithm and trigonometric functions.Starting with a few accurately computed data points, the corresponding interpolation polynomial will approximate the function at an arbitrary nearby point.

  3. Fourth, fifth, and sixth derivatives of position - Wikipedia

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    Snap, [6] or jounce, [2] is the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time, or the rate of change of the jerk with respect to time. [4] Equivalently, it is the second derivative of acceleration or the third derivative of velocity, and is defined by any of the following equivalent expressions: = ȷ = = =.

  4. Kinematic pair - Wikipedia

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    In classical mechanics, a kinematic pair is a connection between two physical objects that imposes constraints on their relative movement ().German engineer Franz Reuleaux introduced the kinematic pair as a new approach to the study of machines [1] that provided an advance over the notion of elements consisting of simple machines.

  5. NP-completeness - Wikipedia

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    The NP-complete problems represent the hardest problems in NP. If some NP-complete problem has a polynomial time algorithm, all problems in NP do. The set of NP-complete problems is often denoted by NP-C or NPC. Although a solution to an NP-complete problem can be verified "quickly", there is no known way to find a solution quickly.

  6. Limits of stability - Wikipedia

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    Movement Velocity (MVL): The average speed at which the COG shifts. [6]: 26–27 EndPoint Excursions (EPE): The distance willingly covered by the subject in their very first attempt towards the target, expressed as a percentage. [6]: 26–27 Maximum Excursions (MXE): The amount of distance the subject actually covered or moved their COG.

  7. Shock response spectrum - Wikipedia

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    A Shock Response Spectrum (SRS) [1] is a graphical representation of a shock, or any other transient acceleration input, in terms of how a Single Degree Of Freedom (SDOF) system (like a mass on a spring) would respond to that input. The horizontal axis shows the natural frequency of a hypothetical SDOF, and the vertical axis shows the peak ...

  8. Elliptic integral - Wikipedia

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    The incomplete elliptic integral of the first kind F is defined as (,) = = (⁡;) = ⁡.This is Legendre's trigonometric form of the elliptic integral; substituting t = sin θ and x = sin φ, one obtains Jacobi's algebraic form:

  9. Minimum degree algorithm - Wikipedia

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    In numerical analysis, the minimum degree algorithm is an algorithm used to permute the rows and columns of a symmetric sparse matrix before applying the Cholesky decomposition, to reduce the number of non-zeros in the Cholesky factor. This results in reduced storage requirements and means that the Cholesky factor can be applied with fewer ...