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The Origins and Influences of the Spin-Glass Problem
In recent years there has been a burst of interest in what is called the spin-glass problem. This concerns the nature of the magnetic state of... -
Student Days at Dorpat University
Estonia is a small country that has not often been left to its own devices. Russia, Sweden, the Teutonic Knights and even Lithuania (when, united... -
Pattern Recognition
Pattern recognition (PR) may be regarded as a special case of associative mappings, namely, as a process in which classes of patterns are directly... -
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The Milky Way from Antiquity to Modern Times
The paper outlines the history of attempts to explain the Milky Way, from Antiquity to the early-twentieth century, with special reference to the... -
Assessment and Management of Confused Old People in General Hospitals
They confused animal soon attracts malevolent attention from its fellows. Unusual activity or bizarre behaviour alert others to its vulnerability to... -
Vibrational Infrared and Raman Spectra of Non-Metals
The vibrational properties of crystals determine the photon infrared absorption, inelastic neutron scattering and, to a large extent, inelastic... -
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Random processes and random systems: An introduction
We introduce and review a number of topics drawn from the theories of random processes and random systems. In particular we address the following... -
Laser Theory
Coherent electromagnetic waves can be generated in the radio frequency range both by classical sources (moving charges) and by the maser * principle,... -
Opposed Anvil Apparatus
The serious consideration of extending pressure ranges up to and beyond 100 kb was first taken up by P. W. Bridgman at Harvard. He built a number of... -
Aquatic animal locomotion
To this Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics I want to report about an aspect of Zoologically Applied Mechanics: namely, the Theoretical...