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  2. Manifest destiny - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. Cultural belief of 19th-century American expansionists For other uses, see Manifest Destiny (disambiguation). American Progress (1872) by John Gast is an allegorical representation of the modernization of the new west. Columbia, a personification of the United States, is shown leading ...

  3. Manifold Destiny - Wikipedia

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    "Manifold Destiny" is an article in The New Yorker written by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber and published in the 28 August 2006 issue of the magazine. [1] It claims to give a detailed account (including interviews with many mathematicians) of some of the circumstances surrounding the proof of the Poincaré conjecture, one of the most important accomplishments of 20th and 21st century ...

  4. Manifest and latent functions and dysfunctions - Wikipedia

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    Manifest functions are the consequences that people see, observe or even expect. It is explicitly stated and understood by the participants in the relevant action. The manifest function of a rain dance, according to Merton in his 1957 Social Theory and Social Structure, is to produce rain, and this outcome is intended and desired by people participating in the ritual.

  5. American Invitational Mathematics Examination - Wikipedia

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    The American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) is a selective and prestigious 15-question 3-hour test given since 1983 to those who rank in the top 5% on the AMC 12 high school mathematics examination (formerly known as the AHSME), and starting in 2010, those who rank in the top 2.5% on the AMC 10. Two different versions of the test ...

  6. Part III of the Mathematical Tripos - Wikipedia

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    Results for parts II and III of the Mathematical Tripos are read out inside Senate House, University of Cambridge and then tossed from the balcony.. Part III of the Mathematical Tripos (officially Master of Mathematics/Master of Advanced Study) is a one-year master's-level taught course in mathematics offered at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge.

  7. Manifest Destiny (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Manifest Destiny (Brand X album), 1997; Manifest Destiny (The Dictators album) "Manifest Destiny/Sorority Tears", a 2006 song by Guster "Manifest Destiny" (Jamiroquai song), 1994; Manifest Destiny, a 1974 musical comedy written by Filipino politician Raul Manglapus "Manifest Destiny", a 1988 song by Dirty Rotten Imbeciles from the album 4 of a Kind

  8. Result - Wikipedia

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    A result is the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events expressed qualitatively or quantitatively. Possible results include advantage, disadvantage, gain, injury, loss, value, and victory. There may be a range of possible outcomes associated with an event depending on the point of view, historical distance or relevance. Reaching no ...

  9. Algebraic expression - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, an algebraic expression is an expression built up from constants (usually, algebraic numbers) variables, and the basic algebraic operations: addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (×), division (÷), whole number powers, and roots (fractional powers).