WebThis is a list of important publications in mathematics, organized by field.. Some reasons why a particular publication might be regarded as important: Topic creator – A publication that created a new topic; Breakthrough – A publication that changed scientific knowledge significantly; Influence – A publication which has significantly influenced the world or has …

WebAn axiom is a proposition that defeats its opponents by the fact that they have to accept it and use it in the process of any attempt to deny it." As Objectivist philosopher Leonard Peikoff argued, Rand's argument for axioms "is not a proof that the axioms of existence, consciousness, and identity are true.

WebPerfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism which means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements. The Pareto principle or 80–20 rule explains this numerically. For example, it commonly takes 20% of the full time to complete 80% of a task while to complete the last 20% of a task takes 80% of the effort. Achieving absolute …

WebKerckhoffs's principle (also called Kerckhoffs's desideratum, assumption, axiom, doctrine or law) of cryptography was stated by Dutch-born cryptographer Auguste Kerckhoffs in the 19th century. The principle holds that a cryptosystem should be secure, even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge.This concept is widely embraced …

WebIn probability theory, an event is a set of outcomes of an experiment (a subset of the sample space) to which a probability is assigned. A single outcome may be an element of many different events, and different events in an experiment are usually not equally likely, since they may include very different groups of outcomes. An event consisting of only a single …

WebDas sogenannte archimedische Axiom ist nach dem antiken Mathematiker Archimedes benannt, es ist aber älter und wurde schon von Eudoxos von Knidos in seiner Größenlehre formuliert. In moderner Präzisierung lautet es folgendermaßen: Zu je zwei Größen > > existiert eine natürliche Zahl mit >.. Geometrisch lässt sich das Axiom derart …

WebAn ogre (feminine: ogress) is a legendary monster depicted as a large, hideous, man-like being that eats ordinary human beings, especially infants and children. Ogres frequently feature in mythology, folklore, and fiction throughout the world. They appear in many classic works of literature, and are most often associated in fairy tales and legend with a taste …

WebMyelin is a lipid-rich material that surrounds nerve cell axons (the nervous system's "wires") to insulate them and increase the rate at which electrical impulses (called action potentials) are passed along the axon. The myelinated axon can be likened to an electrical wire (the axon) with insulating material (myelin) around it. However, unlike the plastic covering on …

WebMedieval philosophy. Aristotle believed the law of non-contradiction to be the most fundamental law. Both Thomas Aquinas (Met. IV, lect. 6) and Duns Scotus (Quaest. sup. Met. IV, Q. 3) follow Aristotle in this respect. Antonius Andreas, the Spanish disciple of Scotus (d. 1320), argues that the first place should belong to the law "Every Being is a …

WebHausdorff's original definition of a topological space (in 1914) included the Hausdorff condition as an axiom. Definitions. The points x and y, separated by their respective neighbourhoods U and V. Points and in a topological space can be separated by neighbourhoods if there exists a neighbourhood of and a neighbourhood of such that and …