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  2. Mathematics of paper folding - Wikipedia

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    Doubling the cube Doubling the cube: PB/PA = cube root of 2. The classical problem of doubling the cube can be solved using origami. This construction is due to Peter Messer: A square of paper is first creased into three equal strips as shown in the diagram. Then the bottom edge is positioned so the corner point P is on the top edge and the ...

  3. Cubic function - Wikipedia

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    Here the function is f(x) = (x3 + 3x2 − 6x − 8)/4. In mathematics, a cubic function is a function of the form that is, a polynomial function of degree three. In many texts, the coefficients a, b, c, and d are supposed to be real numbers, and the function is considered as a real function that maps real numbers to real numbers or as a complex ...

  4. Lötschberg Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The Lötschberg Tunnel is a 14.612 km (9.079 mi) long railway tunnel on the Lötschberg Line, which connects Spiez and Brig at the northern end of the Simplon Tunnel cutting through the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. Its ends are at the towns of Kandersteg (2 km away) in the canton of Bern and Goppenstein in the canton of Valais. [2]

  5. Hypercube - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a hypercube is an n -dimensional analogue of a square ( n = 2) and a cube ( n = 3 ). It is a closed, compact, convex figure whose 1- skeleton consists of groups of opposite parallel line segments aligned in each of the space's dimensions, perpendicular to each other and of the same length. A unit hypercube's longest diagonal in n ...

  6. Capacitor - Wikipedia

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    Electronic symbol. In electrical engineering, a capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that are insulated from each other. The capacitor was originally known as the condenser, [1] a term still encountered in a few compound names, such as the condenser microphone.

  7. Imaginary unit - Wikipedia

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    The imaginary unit i in the complex plane: Real numbers are conventionally drawn on the horizontal axis, and imaginary numbers on the vertical axis. The imaginary unit or unit imaginary number ( i) is a solution to the quadratic equation x2 + 1 = 0. Although there is no real number with this property, i can be used to extend the real numbers to ...

  8. 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay - Wikipedia

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    The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. [1] The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch ...

  9. The Cube Root of Uncertainty - Wikipedia

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    The Cube Root of Uncertainty is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Robert Silverberg, published in hardcover by Macmillan in 1970 and issued in paperback by Collier Books in 1971. No further editions have been issued. Contents "Introduction" "Passengers" (Orbit 4 1968) "Double Dare" (Galaxy 1956)