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String Theory Inspires Fields Medalist’s New Proof for Decades-Old Geometry Problem

A research team led by Maxim Kontsevich, a professor at the French Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies (IHES) and a 1998 ...
Quanta Magazine

String Theory Inspires a Brilliant, Baffling New Math Proof

Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major ...
IEEE

Orientation planning in task space using quaternion polynomials

Abstract: This paper introduces a computationally fast method for orientation trajectory planning in point-to-point motion tasks when the angular velocity and acceleration at the endpoints are ...
si.edu

National Air and Space Museum Provides Update on Renovation Project

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National Geographic news

Jeff Bezos reaches space—a small step toward big spaceflight dreams

This morning, as the sun climbed over a private spaceport in rural West Texas, a six-story-tall rocket lit its engines and lifted off, carrying a spacecraft with four people on board—the first ...
IEEE

Electromagnetic and Thermal Design of a Linear Actuator Using Output Polynomial Space Mapping

Abstract: This paper describes the optimization methodology used in the design of a slotted tubular permanent-magnet actuator for industrial applications. A time-effective optimization procedure is ...
si.edu

Alan Shepard: First American in Space

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