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...t|thumb|290x290px|A [[Vibration|vibrating]] glass beam showing the bending of beams which can be [[estimated]] using Euler-Bernoulli's beam theory.]] ...eloped]], the Euler-Bernoulli beam [[theory]] is still widely used because of its simplicity.  ...

...]], [[science]], [[engineering]], and [[construction]] need some knowledge of mathematics. ...from other kinds of thinking. Mathematics includes the [[Education|study]] of: ...

...tly, the receiver can recover the original polynomial even in the presence of a "few" bad points. Reed-Solomon codes are used in many different kinds of commercial applications, for example in [[Compact disc|CDs]], [[DVD]]s and ...

...nential function]] <math>f(x)=e^{x}</math>. The red lines show the [[sum]] of ''n'' [[derivatives]] -- that is, ''n''+1 [[term]]s in the Taylor series. A ...Function (mathematics)|function]] looks like. There is also a special kind of Taylor series called a '''Maclaurin series'''. ...

:''This article refers to the law of conservation of energy in physics. For energy resources sustainably, see: [[Energy conserva ...e '''[[first law of thermodynamics]]''' is a statement of the conservation of energy for thermodynamic systems. ...

...f a [[normal distribution]] (or bell curve). Each colored band has a width of one standard deviation.]] ...|A data set with a mean of 50 (shown in blue) and a standard deviation (σ) of 20.]] ...

...3 | publisher = Addison-Wesley | year = 1986}}</ref> It helps in the study of many other fields, such as [[medicine]], [[economics]], [[psychology]], and ...d [[probability distribution]]s. The basic idea is to look at the results of an experiment, and look at how the results are grouped. ...

...overall, by a series of changes. Calculus is used in many different areas of study such as [[physics]], [[astronomy]], [[biology]], [[engineering]], [[e ==History== ...

|type = University Museum of [[Art]] and [[Archaeology]] The '''Ashmolean Museum''' (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) on Beaumont Street, [[Oxford]], is the world's first u ...

...achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of macromolecules."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/ ...is|title=Polymer Pioneers: A Popular History of the Science and Technology of Large Molecules|publisher=Chemical Heritage Foundation|date=2005|pages=70-7 ...

...a line through the squares in the Fibonacci tiling; this one uses squares of sizes 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and 34; see [[Golden spiral]]]] ...'' are a [[sequence]] of numbers in [[mathematics]] named after [[Leonardo of Pisa]], known as Fibonacci. Fibonacci wrote a book in 1202, called ''[[Libe ...

'''Logarithms''' or '''logs''' are a part of [[mathematics]]. They are related to [[exponentiation|exponential functions ==History== ...

'''Special relativity''' (or '''the special theory of relativity''') is a theory in [[physics]] that was developed and explained ...e [[speed of light]] in all inertial frames of reference and the principle of relativity. ...

...often referenced by using pairs of [[subscript]]s, for the numbers at each of the '''rows''' & '''columns'''.]] ...[mathematics]], a '''matrix''' (plural: '''matrices''') is a [[rectangle]] of [[number]]s, arranged in '''rows''' and '''columns'''. The rows are each le ...

|work_institution = [[Royal Institute of Technology]] |known_for = [[Arrhenius equation]]<br>[[Dissociation (chemistry)|Theory of ionic dissociation]]<br>[[Acid-base reactions#Arrhenius definition|Acid-bas ...

'''Quantum mechanics''' ('''QM''') is the part of [[physics]] that tells how the [[subatomic particle|things that make up ato ...f modern [[physics]] and [[chemistry]]. Quantum mechanics helps make sense of the smallest things in nature like [[proton]]s, [[neutron]]s and [[electron ...

...handle than the original. It may be done also to indicate the [[accuracy]] of a computed number; for example, a quantity that was computed as 123,456 but ...presentation with a fixed number of significant digits. In a [[sequence]] of calculations, these rounding errors generally accumulate, and in certain "i ...