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  • Wybrand Hendriks

    Wybrand Hendriks

    Wybrand Hendriks (June 24, 1744, Amsterdam – January 28, 1831, Haarlem) was a Dutch painter, primarily known for his portraits, and the concierge of the Teylers Museum.Self-portrait, 1807BiographyF

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  • Hermitian adjoint

    Hermitian adjoint

    In mathematics, specifically in operator theory, each linear operator A{\displaystyle A} on an inner product space defines a Hermitian adjoint (or adjoint) operator A∗{\displaystyle A^{*}} on that

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  • Jacob Little

    Jacob Little

    Jacob Little (March 17, 1794 – March 28, 1865) was an early 19th-century Wall Street investor and the first and one of the greatest speculators in the history of the stock market, known at the time

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  • Matrix group

    Matrix group

    In mathematics, a matrix group is a group G consisting of invertible matrices over a specified field K, with the operation of matrix multiplication. A linear group is a group that is isomorphic to

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  • Grenville Province

    Grenville Province

    The Grenville Province is a tectonically complex region, in Eastern Canada, that contains many different aged accreted terranes from various origins. It exists southeast of the Grenville Front and

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  • Time dilation

    Time dilation

    Time dilation is the difference in elapsed time as measured by two clocks, either because of a relative velocity between them (special relativity), or a difference in gravitational potential betwee

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  • Unitary matrix

    Unitary matrix

    In linear algebra, an invertible complex square matrix U is unitary if its matrix inverse U−1 equals its conjugate transpose U* , that is, ifU∗U=UU∗=I,{\displaystyle U^{*}U=UU^{*}=I,}where I is the

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  • Lorentz factor

    Lorentz factor

    The Lorentz factor or Lorentz term (also known as the gamma factor) is a dimensionless quantity expressing how much the measurements of time, length, and other physical properties change for an obj

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  • Algebraic group

    Algebraic group

    In mathematics, an algebraic group is an algebraic variety endowed with a group structure that is compatible with its structure as an algebraic variety. Thus the study of algebraic groups belongs b

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  • Inertial frame

    Inertial frame

    In classical physics and special relativity, an inertial frame of reference (also called an inertial space or a Galilean reference frame) is a frame of reference in which objects exhibit inertia: t

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