Mathematics, Biology, and Physics: Interactions and Interdependence [PDF]
arXiv, 2004 This paper traces the seminal roles that physicists and mathematicians have played in the conceptual development of the biological sciences in the past, and especially in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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On the Evolution of Specie: Circulation and Weight Loss in 18th and 19th Century Coinage
, 2013 I measure the parameters of coin wear using data collected in the 19th century. A comparison across denominations and countries shows that coin wear (in relative terms) is linear in the logarithm of coin value. Data from coin hoards of the 18th and early
François R. Velde
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Boring mathematics, artistes pompiers and impressionists [PDF]
arXiv, 2010 The 19th century impressionist movement, as a reaction to "art pompier", is proposed as a comparison with modern evolutions in mathematics.
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Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century White Body Mass Index Values [PDF]
Little research exists on the body mass index values of 19th century Americans of European descent. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, between 1860 and 1880, BMIs decreased across the distribution; however, after 1880, BMIs in the highest ...
Scott A. Carson
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Luminescence dating of wind-blown sands from the Broo Peninsula, Shetland [PDF]
, 2012 This report provides a temporal framework to support University of Stirling geo-archaeological investigations near Huesbreck, Broo Pennisula (Shetland), examining how the early modern population there, adapted to harsh climate conditions in the 18-19th ...
Kinnaird, T.C. +2 more
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Stealing to Survive: Crime and Income Shocks in 19th Century France
Social Science Research Network, 2012 Using local administrative data from 1826 to 1936, we document the evolution of crime rates in 19th century France and we estimate the impact of a negative income shock on crime. Our identification strategy exploits the phylloxera crisis.
V. Bignon, Eve Caroli, R. Galbiati
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A bothremydid turtle (Pleurodira) from the middle Cenomanian of Vale de Figueira (Belas, Portugal)
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract An unpublished turtle shell from the middle Cenomanian of Vale de Figueira, near Belas (Lisbon District, Portugal), is recognized by us as collected in 1880 under the direction of Carlos Ribeiro. No turtle remains from that region had so far been figured, described or discussed from a systematic point of view.
Miguel Telles Antunes +1 more
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Los Ayllón Altolaguirre: manera de ser jurista en la España decimonónica
Historia. Instituciones. Documentos, 2005 Miguel y Emilio Ayllón Altolaguirre fueron juristas que ejercieron su profesión en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX; Miguel fue abogado y Emilio juez, autores ambos de una corta pero interesante obra.
Jesús Vallejo Fernández de la Reguera
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Explicit formulas for orthogonal polynomials derived from their difference equation [PDF]
arXiv, 2015 We solve the difference equation with linear coefficients by the Momentenansatz to obtain explicit formulas for orthogonal polynomials.
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