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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Temperature (section Kelvin scale)
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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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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^{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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Second law of thermodynamics (redirect from Kelvin–Planck statement)
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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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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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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Thermodynamic temperature (redirect from Kelvin temperature)
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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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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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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Celsius (section Coexistence with Kelvin)
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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Thermal conductivity and resistivity (redirect from Watt per meter-kelvin)
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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Ampere balance (redirect from Kelvin balance)
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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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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Kelvin John Lancaster (10 December 1924 – 23 July 1999) was an Australian mathematical economist and John Bates Clark professor of economics at Columbia...
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