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41Gamma function — For the gamma function of ordinals, see Veblen function. The gamma function along part of the real axis In mathematics, the gamma function (represented by the capital Greek letter Γ) is an extension of the factorial function, with its… …
42Nortel — Networks Corporation Type Public OTC Markets Group: NRTLQ Industry Telecommunications …
43Eunuch — European illustration of one of the white eunuchs of the Ottoman Sultan s court (1749) A eunuch (  / …
44Nerva — For other uses, see Nerva (disambiguation). Nerva 12th Emperor of the Roman Empire Bust of emperor Nerva, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome …
45Diabelli Variations — Theme of the Variations Diabelli s Waltz The 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120, commonly known as the Diabelli Variations, is a set of variations for the piano written between 1819 and 1823 by Ludwig van Beethoven on a waltz… …
46Information society — For other uses, see Information society (disambiguation). The aim of the information society is to gain competitive advantage internationally through using IT in a creative and productive way. An information society is a society in which the… …
47Four-stroke engine — Four stroke cycle used in gasoline/petrol engines. The right blue side is the intake and the left yellow side is the exhaust. The cylinder wall is a thin sleeve surrounded by cooling liquid. A video montage of the Otto engines running at the… …
48Intentional fallacy — Intentional fallacy, in literary criticism, addresses the assumption that the meaning intended by the author of a literary work is of primary importance. By characterizing this assumption as a fallacy, a critic suggests that the author s… …
49Social welfare function — In economics a social welfare function can be defined as a real valued function that ranks conceivable social states (alternative complete descriptions of the society) from lowest on up as to welfare of the society. Inputs of the function include …
50Gelfand-Naimark-Segal construction — In functional analysis, given a C* algebra A , the Gelfand Naimark Segal construction establishes a correspondence between cyclic * representations of A and certain linear functionals on A (called states ). The correspondence is shown by an… …
