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• ... that '''[[Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|geometrical frustration]]''' (or simply '''frustration''') is a phenomenon condensed matter physics where atoms tend to stick to non-trivial positions or where, on a regular crystal lattice, conflicting inter-atomic forces (each one favoring rather simple, but different structures) lead to quite complex structures, and that as a consequence of the frustration in the geometry or in the forces, a plenitude of distinct ground states may result at zero temperature, and usual thermal ordering may be suppressed at higher temperatures? | • ... that '''[[Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|geometrical frustration]]''' (or simply '''frustration''') is a phenomenon condensed matter physics where atoms tend to stick to non-trivial positions or where, on a regular crystal lattice, conflicting inter-atomic forces (each one favoring rather simple, but different structures) lead to quite complex structures, and that as a consequence of the frustration in the geometry or in the forces, a plenitude of distinct ground states may result at zero temperature, and usual thermal ordering may be suppressed at higher temperatures? | ||
• ... that physicist and engineer '''[[Rolf Landauer (nonfiction)|Rolf Landauer]]''' (1927–1999) made important contributions to the thermodynamics of information processing, including the principle that in any logically irreversible operation that manipulates information, such as erasing a bit of memory, entropy increases and an associated amount of energy is dissipated as heat, a phenomenon now known as Landauer's principle? | |||
• ... that [[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] is more popular than [[Fantasy football (American) (nonfiction)|Fantasy American Football]]? | • ... that [[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] is more popular than [[Fantasy football (American) (nonfiction)|Fantasy American Football]]? | ||
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• ... that mathematician Leopold Kronecker (1823–1891) was quoted by Heinrich Martin Weber (1893) as having said, "Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk" ("God made the integers, all else is the work of man")?
• ... that geometrical frustration (or simply frustration) is a phenomenon condensed matter physics where atoms tend to stick to non-trivial positions or where, on a regular crystal lattice, conflicting inter-atomic forces (each one favoring rather simple, but different structures) lead to quite complex structures, and that as a consequence of the frustration in the geometry or in the forces, a plenitude of distinct ground states may result at zero temperature, and usual thermal ordering may be suppressed at higher temperatures?
• ... that physicist and engineer Rolf Landauer (1927–1999) made important contributions to the thermodynamics of information processing, including the principle that in any logically irreversible operation that manipulates information, such as erasing a bit of memory, entropy increases and an associated amount of energy is dissipated as heat, a phenomenon now known as Landauer's principle?
• ... that Fantasy Voronoi diagram is more popular than Fantasy American Football?