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    modified Bessel function of the second kind. These functions are named after William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. While the Kelvin functions are defined as...
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    named Kelvin, including: Thermoelectric Thomson effect Kelvin bridge (also known as Thomson bridge) Kelvin functions Kelvin–Helmholtz instability Kelvin–Helmholtz...
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    Bessel functions Jackson q-Bessel function Kelvin functions Kontorovich–Lebedev transform Lentz's algorithm Lerche–Newberger sum rule Lommel function Lommel...
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  • functions or groups of functions are important enough to deserve their own names. This is a listing of articles which explain some of these functions...
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    The kelvin (symbol: K) is the base unit for temperature in the International System of Units (SI). The Kelvin scale is an absolute temperature scale that...
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  • The Kelvin transform is a device used in classical potential theory to extend the concept of a harmonic function, by allowing the definition of a function...
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  • pattern Kelvin wake pattern Kelvin angle Kelvin’s heat death paradox Zero Kelvin Kelvin–Stokes theorem Kelvin functions Kelvin problem/Kelvin conjecture/Kelvin...
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    Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM), also known as surface potential microscopy, is a noncontact variant of atomic force microscopy (AFM). By raster scanning...
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    z)=(1+z)e^{z}.} Bateman's function Bessel functions and many related functions such as Airy functions, Kelvin functions, Hankel functions. For example, in the...
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  • between the two, is measured (the Kelvin Probe method, Kelvin probe force microscope). However, absolute work function values can be obtained if the tip...
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    Fahrenheit scale (°F), and the Kelvin scale (K), with the third being used predominantly for scientific purposes. The kelvin is one of the seven base units...
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  • The Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (after Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz) is a fluid instability that occurs when there is velocity shear in a single...
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    the Kelvin statement given just above. It is relevant that for a system at constant volume and mole numbers, the entropy is a monotonic function of the...
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  • ^{2}(kR)+\mathrm {bei} ^{2}(kR)}},\end{aligned}}} where ber and bei are the Kelvin functions and k2 = ⁠ρω/μ⁠. Plane Poiseuille flow is flow created between two...
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    of a test function against that measure supplies the necessary integral. A typical space of test functions consists of all smooth functions on R with...
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  • part of the Maluku Islands, Indonesia Kei language kei(x), one of the Kelvin functions Kei school of Buddhist sculpture, Japan Kei Rail, a South African rail...
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  • system (KER) ker, or kernel, in its various senses Ker, one of the Kelvin functions Capparis decidua, or ker, a tree and fruit used in various Indian cuisines...
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  • This is a list of special function eponyms in mathematics, to cover the theory of special functions, the differential equations they satisfy, named differential...
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  • China Bei (surname) (贝/貝), a Chinese surname (mathematics) bei, a Kelvin function Yelü Bei (899–937), Khitan prince (Yelü being his clan name) Search...
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    {\displaystyle \mathrm {kei} } and k e r {\displaystyle \mathrm {ker} } are Kelvin functions and R ω {\displaystyle R_{\omega }} is to the dimensionless oscillatory...
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    temperature is typically expressed using the Kelvin scale, on which the unit of measurement is the kelvin (unit symbol: K). This unit is the same interval...
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    thermodynamic temperature of the gas. It occurs in the definitions of the kelvin (K) and the molar gas constant, in Planck's law of black-body radiation...
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  • A Kelvin wave is a wave in the ocean, a large lake or the atmosphere that balances the Earth's Coriolis force against a topographic boundary such as a...
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  • In fluid mechanics, Kelvin's circulation theorem states: In a barotropic, ideal fluid with conservative body forces, the circulation around a closed curve...
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    increment of work. State functions represent quantities or properties of a thermodynamic system, while non-state functions represent a process during...
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    The ampere balance (also current balance or Kelvin balance) is an electromechanical apparatus used for the precise measurement of the SI unit of electric...
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  • Dr. Chris Kelvin, a psychologist sent to investigate unexplained phenomena on the station. The narrative incorporates flashbacks to Kelvin's life on Earth...
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  • conductivity is measured in watts per meter-kelvin (W/(m⋅K)). Some papers report in watts per centimeter-kelvin [W/(cm⋅K)]. However, physicists use other...
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    International System of Units (SI), the other being the closely related Kelvin scale. The degree Celsius (symbol: °C) can refer to a specific point on...
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    The Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism is an astronomical process that occurs when the surface of a star or a planet cools. The cooling causes the internal pressure...
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