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  2. Geometry index - Wikipedia

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    Geometry index. In coordination chemistry and crystallography, the geometry index or structural parameter (τ) is a number ranging from 0 to 1 that indicates what the geometry of the coordination center is. The first such parameter for 5-coordinate compounds was developed in 1984. [1] Later, parameters for 4-coordinate compounds were developed. [2]

  3. Cross product - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the cross product or vector product (occasionally directed area product, to emphasize its geometric significance) is a binary operation on two vectors in a three-dimensional oriented Euclidean vector space (named here ), and is denoted by the symbol . Given two linearly independent vectors a and b, the cross product, a × b ...

  4. Right-hand rule - Wikipedia

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    Right-hand rule. In mathematics and physics, the right-hand rule is a convention and a mnemonic, utilized to define the orientation of axes in three-dimensional space and to determine the direction of the cross product of two vectors, as well as to establish the direction of the force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field.

  5. Index of a subgroup - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, specifically group theory, the index of a subgroup H in a group G is the number of left cosets of H in G, or equivalently, the number of right cosets of H in G. The index is denoted or or . Because G is the disjoint union of the left cosets and because each left coset has the same size as H, the index is related to the orders of ...

  6. Raising and lowering indices - Wikipedia

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    We need not raise or lower all indices at once: it is perfectly fine to raise or lower a single index. Lowering an index of an tensor gives a tensor, while raising an index gives a (where have suitable values, for example we cannot lower the index of a tensor.)

  7. Index notation - Wikipedia

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    In computing. In several programming languages, index notation is a way of addressing elements of an array. This method is used since it is closest to how it is implemented in assembly language whereby the address of the first element is used as a base, and a multiple (the index) of the element size is used to address inside the array.

  8. Genus (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The genus of a connected, orientable surface is an integer representing the maximum number of cuttings along non-intersecting closed simple curves without rendering the resultant manifold disconnected. [2] It is equal to the number of handles on it. Alternatively, it can be defined in terms of the Euler characteristic χ, via the relationship ...

  9. Crystal structure - Wikipedia

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    Vectors and planes in a crystal lattice are described by the three-value Miller index notation. This syntax uses the indices h, k, and â„“ as directional parameters. [4] By definition, the syntax (hkâ„“) denotes a plane that intercepts the three points a 1 /h, a 2 /k, and a 3 /â„“, or some multiple thereof. That is, the Miller indices are ...