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Introduction to supersymmetry
The tendency in theoretical physics, particularly in the past few decades, has been towards unification: over the years it has emerged that increasingly many physical phenomena can be explained by a common underlying theory. Symmetry principles, both global and local, play an important role in this …
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Introduction to magic & thaumaturgy
This thesis consists of six pieces of short speculative fiction, along with a short craft essay titled, “Affect and Interiority: Tools of Characterization in Speculative Fiction.” The short stories are rooted within an individual character’s encounter with the spectacular, specifically focusing on …
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An Introduction to Altitude
Creative nonfiction
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Understanding American identity: an introduction
Why are Americans' identity narratives important for national security? This thesis utilizes a qualitative approach to analyze American identity narratives in U.S. history and contemporary society. The historic disagreement over the distribution of the fundamental American value of liberty makes …
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An Introduction to Reinforcement Learning
This thesis presents a new course textbook on reinforcement learning (RL) with a focus on algorithms and their properties. The textbook is suitable for a one-semester introductory undergraduate course on RL for students with prior experience in basic probability, linear algebra, and multivariable …
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JOSEPH HELLER: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION
This study provides both a general overview and specific analyses of Joseph Heller's major works: Catch-22, Something Happened, Good as Gold and We Bombed in New Haven. The first chapter places Heller's writing in a biographical context, while the last chapter (VI) demonstrates the unity of vision …
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AN INTRODUCTION TO BOOLEAN ALGEBRAS
<p>This thesis discusses the topic of Boolean algebras. In order to build intuitive understanding of the topic, research began with the investigation of Boolean algebras in the area of Abstract Algebra. The content of this initial research used a particular notation. The ideas of partially ordered …
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An Introduction to Fröberg's Conjecture
<p>The goal of this thesis is to make Fröberg's conjecture more accessible to the average math graduate student by building up the necessary background material to understand specific examples where Fröberg's conjecture is true.</p>
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(An) introduction to Bacon's essays
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1915. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive.
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Introduction to lattice gauge theories
… is organized as follows. Part I is a general introduction to LGT. The theory is discussed from first principles, so that for the interested reader no previous knowledge is required, although it is assumed that he/she will be familiar with the rudiments of relativistic quantum mechanics. Part …
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Neural Art: Introduction, Challenges, Implications
Neural art refers to visual art that is created at least partially by a neural network. While neural networks have gone in and out of favor among AI researchers over the last 80 years, neural art has recently surged in popularity due to advances that have enabled the easy generation of …
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An introduction to Wampanoag grammar
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2000.
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An Introduction to S(5,8,24)
S(5,8,24) is one of the largest known Steiner systems and connects combinatorial designs, error-correcting codes, finite simple groups, and sphere packings in a truly remarkable way. This thesis discusses the underlying structure of S(5,8,24), its construction via the (24,12) Golay code, as well …
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An Introduction to the Lebesgue Integral
<p>The Riemann integral is the simplest integral to define, and it allows one to integrate every continuous function. It is really important to have a definition of the integral that allows a wider class of functions to be integrated. However, there are many other types of integrals, the most …
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An Introduction To Hellmann-feynman Theory
The Hellmann-Feynman theorem is presented together with certain allied theorems. The origin of the Hellmann-Feynman theorem in quantum physical chemistry is described. The theorem is stated with proof and with discussion of applicability and reliability. Some adaptations of the theorem to the study …
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(implicit) Argument Introduction, Voice And Causatives
This dissertation explores the syntactic and semantic properties of implicit arguments in various voice constructions, such as active and passive voice, applicatives, causatives and impersonals, using mainly Sason Arabic (SA) and Turkish as empirical starting points. I add to the typology of null …
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Martial's Apophoreta : an introduction and commentary
… gap. The thesis comprises three main parts. The introduction discusses the Roman Saturnalia, concentrating on its origins, the way it was celebrated, and the licence, lotteries and gifts which characterised these celebrations. Further discussion deals with the book's title and the order of the …
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Introduction to fast Super-Paramagnetic Clustering
We map stock market interactions to spin models to recover their hierarchical structure using a simulated annealing based Super-Paramagnetic Clustering (SPC) algorithm. This is directly compared to a modified implementation of a maximum likelihood approach to fast-Super-Paramagnetic Clustering …
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Service introduction in an active network
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, February 1999.
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