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  2. Coin rotation paradox - Wikipedia

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    The outer coin makes two rotations rolling once around the inner coin. The path of a single point on the edge of the moving coin is a cardioid.. The coin rotation paradox is the counter-intuitive math problem that, when one coin is rolled around the rim of another coin of equal size, the moving coin completes not one but two full rotations after going all the way around the stationary coin ...

  3. Modeling and simulation - Wikipedia

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    Modeling and simulation are important in research. Representing the real systems either via physical reproductions at smaller scale, or via mathematical models that allow representing the dynamics of the system via simulation, allows exploring system behavior in an articulated way which is often either not possible, or too risky in the real world.

  4. Simulation - Wikipedia

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    Hybrid simulation (or combined simulation) corresponds to a mix between continuous and discrete event simulation and results in integrating numerically the differential equations between two sequential events to reduce the number of discontinuities. [10] A stand-alone simulation is a simulation running on a single workstation by itself.

  5. Heptagon - Wikipedia

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    The 1000 Kwacha coin of Zambia is a true heptagon. The Brazilian 25-cent coin has a heptagon inscribed in the coin's disk. Some old versions of the coat of arms of Georgia, including in Soviet days, used a {7/2} heptagram as an element. A number of coins, including the 20 euro cent coin, have heptagonal symmetry in a shape called the Spanish ...

  6. Dynamical system simulation - Wikipedia

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    The first applications of computer simulations for dynamic systems was in the aerospace industry. [5] Commercial uses of dynamic simulation are many and range from nuclear power, steam turbines, 6 degrees of freedom vehicle modeling, electric motors, econometric models, biological systems, robot arms, mass-spring-damper systems, hydraulic systems, and drug dose migration through the human body ...

  7. Markov chain - Wikipedia

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    For example, the transition probabilities from 5 to 4 and 5 to 6 are both 0.5, and all other transition probabilities from 5 are 0. These probabilities are independent of whether the system was previously in 4 or 6. A series of independent states (for example, a series of coin flips) satisfies the formal definition of a Markov chain.

  8. Pitot theorem - Wikipedia

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    A tangential quadrilateral is usually defined as a convex quadrilateral for which all four sides are tangent to the same inscribed circle.Pitot's theorem states that, for these quadrilaterals, the two sums of lengths of opposite sides are the same.

  9. Coin flipping - Wikipedia

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    A well-known example of such a three-way coin flip (choose two out of three) is dramatized in Friday Night Lights (originally a book, subsequently film and TV series), wherein three Texas high school football teams use a three-way coin flip. [6] [7] A legacy of that particular 1988 coin flip was to reduce the use of coin flips to break ties in ...