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  2. List of mathematical examples - Wikipedia

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    This page will attempt to list examples in mathematics. To qualify for inclusion, an article should be about a mathematical object with a fair amount of concreteness. Usually a definition of an abstract concept, a theorem, or a proof would not be an "example" as the term should be understood here (an elegant proof of an isolated but particularly striking fact, as opposed to a proof of a ...

  3. Magnitude (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    The difference between these concepts can be seen by comparing two stars. Betelgeuse (apparent magnitude 0.5, absolute magnitude −5.8) appears slightly dimmer in the sky than Alpha Centauri A (apparent magnitude 0.0, absolute magnitude 4.4) even though it emits thousands of times more light, because Betelgeuse is much farther away.

  4. Orders of magnitude (illuminance) - Wikipedia

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    Bright sunlight 120 kilolux: ... Luminance. This section lists examples of luminances, measured in candelas per square metre and grouped by order of magnitude.

  5. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    Distance traveled by light in vacuum in one second (a light-second, exactly 299,792,458 m by definition of the speed of light) 384.4 Mm Moon's orbital distance from Earth 10 9: 1 gigameter 1.39 Gm Diameter of the Sun: 5.15 Gm Greatest mileage ever recorded by a car (3.2 million miles by a 1966 Volvo P-1800S) [38] 10 10: 10 Gm: 18 Gm

  6. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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    Rigor is a cornerstone quality of mathematics, and can play an important role in preventing mathematics from degenerating into fallacies. well-behaved An object is well-behaved (in contrast with being Pathological ) if it satisfies certain prevailing regularity properties, or if it conforms to mathematical intuition (even though intuition can ...

  7. Apparent magnitude - Wikipedia

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    A difference of 1.0 in magnitude corresponds to the brightness ratio of , or about 2.512. For example, a magnitude 2.0 star is 2.512 times as bright as a magnitude 3.0 star, 6.31 times as magnitude 4.0, and 100 times magnitude 7.0.

  8. Brightness - Wikipedia

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    The perception is not linear to luminance, and relies on the context of the viewing environment (for example, see White's illusion). Brightness is a subjective sensation of an object being observed and one of the color appearance parameters of many color appearance models , typically denoted as Q {\displaystyle Q} .

  9. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    For example: "All humans are mortal, and Socrates is a human. ∴ Socrates is mortal." ∵ Abbreviation of "because" or "since". Placed between two assertions, it means that the first one is implied by the second one. For example: "11 is prime ∵ it has no positive integer factors other than itself and one." ∋ 1. Abbreviation of "such that".