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  2. Cissoid of Diocles - Wikipedia

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    A pair of parabolas face each other symmetrically: one on top and one on the bottom. Then the top parabola is rolled without slipping along the bottom one, and its successive positions are shown in the animation. Then the path traced by the vertex of the top parabola as it rolls is a roulette shown in red, which is the cissoid of Diocles.

  3. Minkowski's second theorem - Wikipedia

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    A basis of linearly independent lattice vectors b 1, b 2, ..., b n can be defined by g(b j) = λ j.. The lower bound is proved by considering the convex polytope 2n with vertices at ±b j / λ j, which has an interior enclosed by K and a volume which is 2 n /n!λ 1 λ 2...λ n times an integer multiple of a primitive cell of the lattice (as seen by scaling the polytope by λ j along each basis ...

  4. Newton's theorem of revolving orbits - Wikipedia

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    Newton's derivation of Proposition 43 depends on his Proposition 2, derived earlier in the Principia. [43] Proposition 2 provides a geometrical test for whether the net force acting on a point mass (a particle) is a central force. Newton showed that a force is central if and only if the particle sweeps out equal areas in equal times as measured ...

  5. Quaternions and spatial rotation - Wikipedia

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    3D visualization of a sphere and a rotation about an Euler axis (^) by an angle of In 3-dimensional space, according to Euler's rotation theorem, any rotation or sequence of rotations of a rigid body or coordinate system about a fixed point is equivalent to a single rotation by a given angle about a fixed axis (called the Euler axis) that runs through the fixed point. [6]

  6. Fisher–Yates shuffle - Wikipedia

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    Tracing successive positions as just mentioned, there is no difference between π and σ until arriving at position k. But then, under π the element originally at position k is moved to the final position rather than to position l , and the element originally at the final position is moved to position l .

  7. Position and momentum spaces - Wikipedia

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    Position space (also real space or coordinate space) is the set of all position vectors r in Euclidean space, and has dimensions of length; a position vector defines a point in space. (If the position vector of a point particle varies with time, it will trace out a path, the trajectory of a particle.)

  8. Rotation formalisms in three dimensions - Wikipedia

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    Rotation formalisms are focused on proper (orientation-preserving) motions of the Euclidean space with one fixed point, that a rotation refers to.Although physical motions with a fixed point are an important case (such as ones described in the center-of-mass frame, or motions of a joint), this approach creates a knowledge about all motions.

  9. Kundt's tube - Wikipedia

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    Kundt's tube is an experimental acoustical apparatus invented in 1866 by German physicist August Kundt [1] [2] for the measurement of the speed of sound in a gas or a solid rod. The experiment is still taught today due to its ability to demonstrate longitudinal waves in a gas (which can often be difficult to visualise).