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  2. Liberal arts education - Wikipedia

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    Liberal arts education (from Latin liberalis 'free' and ars 'art or principled practice') [1] is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. [2] Liberal arts takes the term art in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the fine arts.

  3. Polymath - Wikipedia

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    Franklin was a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer and political philosopher. He further attained a legacy as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A polymath ( Greek: πολυμαθής, romanized : polymathēs, lit. 'having learned much'; Latin: homo universalis, lit. 'universal human') [1] or polyhistor ...

  4. Cymatics - Wikipedia

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    Cymatics (from Ancient Greek: κῦμα, romanized : kŷma, lit. 'wave') is a subset of modal vibrational phenomena. The term was coined by Swiss physician Hans Jenny (1904–1972). Typically the surface of a plate, diaphragm, or membrane is vibrated, and regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible in a thin coating of ...

  5. Pi - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The number π ( / paɪ /; spelled out as " pi ") is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle 's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159. The number π appears in many formulae across mathematics and physics.

  6. Curl (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Calculus. In vector calculus, the curl, also known as rotor, is a vector operator that describes the infinitesimal circulation of a vector field in three-dimensional Euclidean space. The curl at a point in the field is represented by a vector whose length and direction denote the magnitude and axis of the maximum circulation. [1]

  7. Tensor - Wikipedia

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    The definition of a tensor as a multidimensional array satisfying a transformation law traces back to the work of Ricci. An equivalent definition of a tensor uses the representations of the general linear group. There is an action of the general linear group on the set of all ordered bases of an n-dimensional vector space.

  8. 3D rendering - Wikipedia

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    A photorealistic 3D render of 6 computer fans using radiosity rendering, DOF and procedural materials. Rendering is the final process of creating the actual 2D image or animation from the prepared scene. This can be compared to taking a photo or filming the scene after the setup is finished in real life. [1]

  9. e (mathematical constant) - Wikipedia

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    The number e is a mathematical constant approximately equal to 2.71828 that can be characterized in many ways. It is the base of the natural logarithm function. It is the limit of as n tends to infinity, an expression that arises in the computation of compound interest. It is the value at 1 of the (natural) exponential function, commonly ...