Twisted geometries are discrete geometries that play a role in loop quantum gravity and spin foam models, where they appear in the semiclassical limit...
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quantum gravity Robinson congruences Spin network Twisted geometries Penrose, R. (1967). "Twistor Algebra". Journal of Mathematical Physics. 8 (2): 345–366...
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Fréedericksz transition (section Twist geometry)
in three different configurations known as the twist, bend, and splay geometries. The phase transition was first observed by Fréedericksz and Repiewa in...
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non-Euclidean geometry consists of two geometries based on axioms closely related to those that specify Euclidean geometry. As Euclidean geometry lies at the...
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one (see twisted dodecagonal prism). A twisted prism cannot be dissected into tetrahedra without adding new vertices. The simplest twisted prism has...
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Geometrization conjecture (redirect from Thurston geometries)
classified the 8 model geometries satisfying these conditions; they are listed below and are sometimes called Thurston geometries. (There are also uncountably...
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|journal= (help) Freidel, Laurent; Speziale, Simone (2010). "Twistors to twisted geometries". Physical Review D. 82 (8): 084041. arXiv:1006.0199. Bibcode:2010PhRvD...
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general relativity Causal dynamical triangulation Ricci calculus Twisted geometries Tullio E. Regge (1961). "General relativity without coordinates"....
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aeronautics Twisted (disambiguation) Twister (disambiguation) Torque This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Twist. If an internal...
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In differential geometry, the twist of a ribbon is its rate of axial rotation. Let a ribbon ( X , U ) {\displaystyle (X,U)} be composed of a space curve...
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unique, up to projective transformation (the twisted cubic, therefore). In algebraic geometry, the twisted cubic is a simple example of a projective variety...
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hyperbolic geometry and thus demonstrated the existence of consistent geometries outside Euclid's paradigm. Concrete models of hyperbolic geometry were produced...
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is the algebraic closure of K {\displaystyle K} . Twisted Hessian curves Twisted Edwards curve Twisted tripling-oriented Doche–Icart–Kohel curve Bos, Joppe...
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In algebraic geometry, the twisted Edwards curves are plane models of elliptic curves, a generalisation of Edwards curves introduced by Bernstein, Birkner...
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(1991). Twistor Geometry and Field Theory. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-42268-X. Huggett, S.A.; Tod, K.P. (1994). An introduction to twistor theory...
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Möbius strip (redirect from Loop with a twist)
equivalent to a cylinder. Cutting this double-twisted strip again along its centerline produces two linked double-twisted strips. If, instead, a Möbius strip is...
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Ward's twistor transform of SDYM, applied to string theory, is leading to striking progress in quantum Yang-Mills theory. Twistor geometry and field...
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A photoswitch is a type of molecule that can change its structural geometry and chemical properties upon irradiation with electromagnetic radiation. Although...
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In mathematics, contact geometry is the study of a geometric structure on smooth manifolds given by a hyperplane distribution in the tangent bundle satisfying...
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light afforded each unit as well as views of the Hudson River. The twisting geometry at the corners of the towers also reduces the overall bulk of the...
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Chemists. Zimmerman, H., Academic Press, New York, 1975. Due to the twisted geometry required for a molecule to take on Möbius aromaticity, the idealized...
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is twisted 79° out of the plane (C2 symmetry). The third singlet state, 21A1/1A1′ (3.88 eV), is also a D3h-symmetric equilibrium of three geometries; each...
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Erlangen program (category Classical geometry)
Erlangen program is a method of characterizing geometries based on group theory and projective geometry. It was published by Felix Klein in 1872 as Vergleichende...
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not twin tubes twisted around one another, as they may appear to be, but rather a single strand with an "S"-shaped cross-section twisted into a spiral...
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linear approximation of a spherical or other curved or twisted line of a function. In geometry, the tangent line (or simply tangent) to a plane curve...
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foundational role in understanding twisted multiplets and their implications for nonlinear sigma models, generalized complex geometry, and duality in supersymmetric...
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of X. The cohomology class measures the extent to which the bundle is "twisted" and whether it possesses sections. Characteristic classes are global invariants...
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Nucleic acid double helix (redirect from Helix geometries)
considered relative to its predecessor, there are the following base pair geometries to consider: Shear Stretch Stagger Buckle Propeller: rotation of one base...
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plays a central role in algebraic geometry. This article aims to define the notion in terms of abstract algebraic geometry and to describe some basic uses...
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Differentiable stack (category Differential geometry)
differentiable stacks have applications in foliation theory, Poisson geometry and twisted K-theory. Recall that a category fibred in groupoids (also called a groupoid...
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