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  2. Chemical element - Wikipedia

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    A chemical element is a chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions. The basic particle that constitutes a chemical element is the atom. Elements are identified by the number of protons in their nucleus, [1] known as the element's atomic number. [2]

  3. Coset - Wikipedia

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    Let T be the subgroup {I, b}.The (distinct) left cosets of T are: . IT = T = {I, b},; aT = {a, ab}, and; a 2 T = {a 2, a 2 b}.; Since all the elements of G have now appeared in one of these cosets, generating any more can not give new cosets; any new coset would have to have an element in common with one of these and therefore would be identical to one of these cosets.

  4. History of molecular theory - Wikipedia

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    With the rise of scholasticism and the decline of the Roman Empire, the atomic theory was abandoned for many ages in favor of the various four element theories and later alchemical theories. The 17th century, however, saw a resurgence in the atomic theory primarily through the works of Gassendi, and Newton.

  5. Perfect competition - Wikipedia

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    The theory of perfect competition has its roots in late-19th century economic thought. Léon Walras [2] gave the first rigorous definition of perfect competition and derived some of its main results. In the 1950s, the theory was further formalized by Kenneth Arrow and Gérard Debreu. [3]

  6. History of atomic theory - Wikipedia

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    Mendeleev found these patterns validated atomic theory because it showed that the elements could be categorized by their atomic weight. Inserting a new element into the middle of a period would break the parallel between that period and the next, and would also violate Dalton's law of multiple proportions. [32] Mendeleev's periodic table from 1871.

  7. Ordered pair - Wikipedia

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    Let (,) and (,) be ordered pairs. Then the characteristic (or defining) property of the ordered pair is: (,) = (,) = =.. The set of all ordered pairs whose first entry is in some set A and whose second entry is in some set B is called the Cartesian product of A and B, and written A × B.

  8. Identity function - Wikipedia

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    Since the identity element of a monoid is unique, [5] one can alternately define the identity function on M to be this identity element. Such a definition generalizes to the concept of an identity morphism in category theory , where the endomorphisms of M need not be functions.

  9. Transposable element - Wikipedia

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    This Class II transposable element is known for its uncanny ability to be transmitted horizontally in many species. [34] [35] There are an estimated 14,000 copies of Mariner in the human genome comprising 2.6 million base pairs. [36] The first mariner-element transposons outside of animals were found in Trichomonas vaginalis. [37]