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  2. 1566 Icarus - Wikipedia

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    Icarus orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.19–1.97 AU once every 13 months (409 days; semi-major axis of 1.08 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.83 and an inclination of 23° with respect to the ecliptic. [4] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Palomar in 1949. [1]

  3. Rayleigh distribution - Wikipedia

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    If the components both have mean zero, equal variance and are independent, the bivariate Student's-t distribution takes the form: f ( u , v ) = 1 2 π σ 2 ( 1 + u 2 + v 2 ν σ 2 ) − ν / 2 − 1 {\displaystyle f(u,v)={1 \over {2\pi \sigma ^{2}}}\left(1+{u^{2}+v^{2} \over {\nu \sigma ^{2}}}\right)^{-\nu /2-1}}

  4. AP English Language and Composition - Wikipedia

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    The analysis prompt typically asks students to read a short (less than 1 page) passage, which may have been written at any time, as long as it was originally written in modern English. After reading the passage, students are asked to write an essay in which they analyze and discuss various techniques the author uses in the passage.

  5. Chegg - Wikipedia

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    It provides homework help, digital and physical textbook rentals, textbooks, online tutoring, and other student services. [2] The company was launched in 2006, and began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange in November 2013. As of March 2020, the company reported having 2.9 million subscribers to Chegg Services. [3]

  6. Science Masters series - Wikipedia

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    The Science Masters series is a book series of short, non-mathematical books for a general audience written by scientists known for their popular writings. [1] It was created by the literary agent John Brockman in the 1990s, [2] and originally published by Basic Books. [1] Books include: The Origin of the Universe by John D. Barrow

  7. LaTeX - Wikipedia

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    LaTeX (/ ˈ l ɑː t ɛ k / ⓘ LAH-tek or / ˈ l eɪ t ɛ k / LAY-tek, [2] [Note 1] often stylized as L a T e X) is a software system for typesetting documents. [3] LaTeX markup describes the content and layout of the document, as opposed to the formatted text found in WYSIWYG word processors like Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer, and Microsoft Word.

  8. Five-number summary - Wikipedia

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    There are eight observations, so the median is the mean of the two middle numbers, (2 + 13)/2 = 7.5. Splitting the observations either side of the median gives two groups of four observations. The median of the first group is the lower or first quartile, and is equal to (0 + 1)/2 = 0.5.

  9. Chaos: Making a New Science - Wikipedia

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    Chaos: Making a New Science is a debut non-fiction book by James Gleick that initially introduced the principles and early development of the chaos theory to the public. [1] It was a finalist for the National Book Award [ 2 ] and the Pulitzer Prize [ 3 ] in 1987, and was shortlisted for the Science Book Prize in 1989. [ 4 ]