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the existence of points distinct from a finite list of points). Therefore ... every mathematical field, where any finite value, part of a greater ...

what is transcendent by negating what is finite and relative. ... often defined in terms of the negation of finite concepts. For example, infinite ...

with Kant that since human beings are finite beings, restricted by time ... his doctrine of the infinite mind. Our finite, human minds are imperfect ...

(b) If there is a plurality, the finite things must be both finite ... divisible, it is divisible into either a finite or an infinite number of ...

the many entities and the diversity of the finite world coincide with the oneness ... the many entities and the diversity of the finite world coincide with the oneness ...

can be articulated only by negating finite concepts. Something that ... from the world. Human knowledge is finite, limited, relative, and imperfect ...

For Tillich, human existence, that of a finite being, inevitably means ... our mortality" that we are finite beings. What can sustain ...

who demonstrated that light had a finite speed by measuring apparent ... forward the hypothesis that light had a finite velocity, and that variations ...

In mathematics and computing, an algorithm is a finite sequence of well-defined instructions for accomplishing some task that, given an initial ...

or by the Church-Turing thesis, any finite machine at all. If it is ... (a) the human mind is not a consistent finite machine, or (b) there exist ...

as English contains, at any given time, a finite number of words, any comprehensive ... definitions are only possible for finite sets and only practical for ...

Σ of well-formed-formulas (wffs) is a finite sequence of wffs: ... #has a finite sequence of wffs (well-formed-formula) #each line of ...

for the existence of God, Descartes asserted that finite beings such as himself lacked the power to continue their own existence from one moment to the ...

A rectifiable curve is a curve with finite length. A parametrization of \!\,\gamma is called natural (or unit speed or parametrised by arc length ...

# A finite set of symbols which can be used for constructing formulae. # A grammar, i.e. a way of constructing well-formed formulae out of the ...

saying that matter, time and movement are finite and have a definite beginning ... He ‘proved’ that space and time were finite, with a paradox of the infinite ...

*Thesis: The world is finite in time and space. *Antithesis: The world ... time or not, and whether it is spatially finite or not. Reason can argue ...

the Infinite (Noumena, spirit, eternal) and Finite (Phenomena, body, temporal). This does not create a true self, as a human can live without a ...

through reason; humanity was weak and finite and, therefore, incapable ... God is infinitude and humans are weak and finite. He alleged that religious ...

The classification of finite simple groups is regarded by some to ... An enormous theorem: the classification of finite simple groups], Plus Magazine ...

of the Hilbert space. This dimension is finite if and only if the space's Hamel dimension is finite, and in this case the two dimensions ...

“if, according to Aristotle, the power of any finite body is itself finite, clearly whether it be a power of moving or a power that produces being ...

Xenophanes conceived God not as a finite being that exists within the realm of a spatially and temporally limited world as humans, animals, trees ...

while its area remains [[Wiktionary:finite|finite]]. For this reason ... similar structure over an extended, but finite, scale range. Examples include ...

*The problem whether a given given number is in a specified finite or cofinite subset of natural numbers. Examples of undecidable decision problems ...

extended to paired elements in the world: finite and infinite; one and many ... named according to the following table: finite and infinite, even and odd ...

*Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) *Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) including instructions to Computer Numerical ...

A real number is a number that can be given by a finite or infinite ... This power series converges and has finite value if, and only if, | x | . ...

to understand and define the position of finite individuals in an infinite ... possible experience of fact, of which finite beings were only fragments. ...

Hertz wanted to show that the speed of electromagnetic waves was finite ... on the propagation of electric action with finite velocity through space] by ...

would always remain limited or finite. Moreover, Ricoeur like some other philosophers thought that literature and the arts offered significant ...

an infinite rock, since any rock is a finite creature; and this answers ... on divine power that would make him finite as in process theology. ...

effect, the natural laws that govern the finite modes (i.e. particular entities ... that our mind is occupied with ideas of finite things (such as our body ...

is established by dividing it into a finite number of cases and proving each one separately. The number of cases sometimes can become very large ...

thing. This substance was God. All finite creatures were merely modifications ... by Descartes. Locke asserted that, as finite beings, we should recognize ...

is tentative, tempered by a small but finite degree of doubt, since there ... are beyond the grasp of humanity's finite and limited mind, since those ...

existence of each and every contingent, finite creature are distinct, while ... of being"), referring to God and each finite creature as "ipsum esse ...

as between self-transcendent spirit and finite nature within the human constitution ... referring to natural creatureliness, is finite, bound, and limited, while ...

But this led to questions of how humans with their finite understanding can know these Universals as an infinite God would know them. Moreover, in knowing ...

pure silver melts at 961.78 °C, rest on a finite and incomplete body of evidence; ... cannot be conclusively verified by any finite set of observational data ...

the physical universe are reducible to a finite number of atoms. The exact ... the physical universe are reducible to a finite number of atoms. ...

of reality; and concepts of the infinite and finite. == Life == Little is known for certain about Zeno's life. Although written nearly a ...

According to Aristotle and Plato, the universe was a finite sphere ... to believe that the stellar region was finite, or that all stars were equidistant ...

Drifting alleles usually have a finite lifetime. As the frequency of an allele drifts up and down over successive generations, eventually it ...

That a rational number must have a finite or recurring decimal expansion can be seen as a consequence of the long division algorithm, in that ...

that water could be pumped only to a finite distance in a vertical tube. In exploring the paradox he decided to use mercury, which is fourteen ...

proved that a sphere can be cut into a finite number of pieces, and then ... limited to, all n-ary truth-functions for finite n (it also admits of truth ...

utility could only be finitely enjoyed by finite humans. that claim. They state that there is a finite existence to everything, ...

of the helium-4 atoms. Thus, liquid helium has finite density comparable to the density of ordinary liquid matter. == See also == * Elementary particle ...

the omnipotence of God and says that the finite God cannot avoid evil. It ... of evil. This does not mean that God is finite, but rather that Surin is ...

Gamma of wffs in L, \Gamma is satisfiable if every finite subset of wffs in Gamma is satisfiable. PL and other formal languages such as first ...

and unlimited act. But whenever it is finite and manifold, it has entered ... His being, God is distinguished from all finite beings. Hence it follows ...

(i.e., redshift, and thus, because of the finite speed of light, in the past), not in closer galaxies. Whereas the Big Bang theory predicted ...

and the human spirit, beyond the capacity of our finite reason. According to Fries, this special faculty forms an essential link between knowledge and ...

and the difference is only the consequence of our finite comprehension. We are compelled to envisage this eternal process under the form of time, to ...

and that the Sun appears as a disk located at a finite distance from the Earth instead of as a point source of light at an infinite distance. There are ...

by various computational tools including finite element analysis (FEA), computational ... CAD software are also commonly used in Finite element analysis (FEA) and ...

A real number is a number that can be given by a finite or infinite ... S6, with 720 elements, is the only finite symmetric group which has ...

Advaita Vedanta holds that Isvara is a creation of the limited, finite human mind. Shankara, the founder of Advaita, held that Brahman, the monistic ...

bolster the case that the tree-of-life has a finite depth and finite complexity. According to punctuated equilibrium, generally a species comes into ...

whereby infinite terms can be cancelled to produce finite predictions about the electron. The correction of just over 0.1 percent to the predicted value ...

For Novalis, language—which is finite and relative—can indicate what it cannot explain and express, that is, the infinite and the absolute ...

worlds will contain all possibilities, with finite experience of eternity giving no reason to dispute nature's perfection. :*Kant believed ...

# Both propagate with finite speed c. Differences between electrostatic and gravitational forces: # Electrostatic forces are much greater than ...

the absolute zero of temperature by any finite number of processes." ... but which by convention delimits a finite volume. The possible exchanges ...

* A bounded medium, if the medium is finite in extent; otherwise, the medium is called an unbounded medium. * A uniform medium, if the physical ...

knowledgeable would also know how (e.g. a finite person [man] dying feels like as He [God] would have access to all knowledge including the obvious ...

The discrete logarithm is a related notion in the theory of finite groups. It involves solving the equation b'n = x, where b and x are elements ...

that the infinite God may be able to dwell in the finite world of creation eventually. Human beings, who are created as finite beings, are expected to ...

disputed at the time), but also that they are of finite size and attract each other. Since he was one of the first to postulate an intermolecular force ...

#039;s in the 1600s, showed that light had a finite velocity. Doppler did take an additional step, however, in applying the wave theory of light to ...

:no matter what m is (as long as it is finite). * Multiplication with ... *Finite field arithmetic *Mathematics *Number *Number theory ...

imply that God is immanent in the finite world, nor that all things are substantially one. Some conceive of emanation in a pantheistic sense ...

Since the existence of a choice function for finite sets is easily proved, this formulation is interesting because of what it asserts about certain ...

of the helium atoms. Thus, liquid helium has finite density comparable to the density of ordinary liquid matter. ==Table of fermions and their ...

to the other, which could each contain one of a finite alphabet of symbols. The machine operated according to a finite table, or set, of instructions ...

for spectroscopy. Since excited states have a finite lifetime, they do not all release exactly the same energy when they decay; rather, the spectroscopic ...

*Adams, Robert Merrihew. Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0195153715 ...

self-knowledge by objectifying itself in the finite world; Feuerbach said that the finite human spirit achieves self-knowledge by externalizing itself ...

with the particulars of that Form which are finite and so subject to change. Although it was Aristotle who first explicitly made the distinction between ...

In physics and chemistry, an atomic orbital is a region in which an electron may be found within a single atom. J. Daintith, Oxford Dictionary ...

A classical polyhedral surface comprises finite, bounded plane regions ... It could be defined as the union of a finite number of convex polyhedra ...

*On the Essence of Finite Being As Such, on the Essence of That Essence and Their Distinction. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 1983. ...

rules of natural languages to generate finite linguistic expressions. The problem does not stop here, even when one accepts such an infinite conjunction ...

conclude that light propagates at a finite speed. Cassini's organizational skills put the Paris Observatory at the center of a worldwide ...

* Kohavi, Zvi. 1978. Switching and Finite Automata Theory. 1st edition, McGraw–Hill, 1970. 2nd edition, McGraw–Hill, 1978. ISBN 9780070353107 ...

below for a cantilevered I-beam. In this case, a finite element model was used to generate the mass and stiffness matrices and solve the eigenvalue ...

in the physical universe are reducible to a finite number of atoms. The exact periods of the origin of Vaisesika have not been established; it is ...

of God, whence they are communicated to finite understandings. Hence "it ... of a Spirit in general, or at least of all finite, created and subordinate ...

in discrete packets, which leads to a finite total energy emitted as black body radiation. Both of these results were in direct contradiction ...

identify the situation they describe according to a finite set of universal terms, excluding proper names, but not definite descriptions. By prescriptivity ...

Verbs divide into two classes: finite and non-finite. Non-finite verbs have no inflection for tense or person, while finite verbs are fully inflected ...

*Postulate 2: It is possible to produce a finite straight line continuously in a straight line. *Postulate 3: It is possible to describe a circle ...

world has been composed of bodies infinite and finite, and so is the whole world and all that is in it." (Diogenes Laertius VIII 85, IV) ...

of human existence is that while being a finite and limited being in time ... truth about the nature of human beings as finite creatures. But to say, “one ...

does not diverge to infinity, but converges to a finite amount. That amount is the integral of the expression above: :\int_r^\infty gm (r/s)^2 \, ds ...

implies that God's essence is of a kind with finite beings. Seeing such an implication as entirely unacceptable, Maimonides argued that ...

Light in a vacuum propagates at a maximum finite speed, defined above ... of minute particles that traveled at a finite speed. He improved on Ptolemy ...

A real number is a number that can be given by a finite or infinite decimal representation. The term "real number" was coined to distinguish ...

he feels is the infinite majesty of God into a finite human creation. There is only one path to God, that of a childlike faith not reason. ...

* Buddhist devas are not immortal. They live for very long but finite periods of time, ranging from thousands to billions of years. When they ...

the difference in value between the sums of a finite and an infinite number of terms of a series. He also contributed significant research in mechanics ...

but this approach hurts the environment and uses a finite resource. Sand fences might also work, but researchers are still trying to figure out the best ...

an infinite density and temperature at a finite time in the past.Stephen ... of horizons. Since the universe has a finite age, and light travels at ...

a fraction with zero as numerator and the finite quantity as denominator ... number, then f(x)/g(x) could approach any finite number or ∞ or −∞; ...

Leibniz (1646-1716), refers to the finite and limited condition of ... realm of Satan. God in this context is a finite God. The creation of this ...

into a specific length, and the solute spends a finite (limited) amount of time in each place. The size of the cell is there equilibriate between ...

were inevitable, even desirable, and that finite creatures could only become aware of themselves and God through struggle with negativity. ...

or "conceptual space," in which the finite world could exist. Etymologically, Abraxas may be related to the magical incantation Abracadabra. ...

affairs, Hegel tries to show that each finite entity has within itself ... God is naturally unknowable to sinful and finite human beings, and that this ...

Spinoza and Leibniz claimed that all of the finite world had both a physical and an intellectual aspect--so that even the most simple physical particle ...

The scientific definition of a machine is any device that transmits or modifies energy. In common usage, the meaning is restricted to devices ...

a volume devoted to the calculus of finite differences in a two-volume work that the society published that same year. ===Back to Astronomy=== ...

geometry, since every polygon may be described as a finite combination of triangles. ===Extending the definitions=== [[Image:Sine cosine plot ...

to within any desired precision by a finite, terminating algorithm. Equivalent ... while the latter gives its size. For the finite set, the ordinal and cardinal ...

other on the number of integrals of an equation of finite differences. The second memoir was examined by Sylvestre-François Lacroix and Adrien-Marie ...

*Finite and Eternal Being: An Attempt to an Ascent to the Meaning of Being. ICS Publications, Institute of Carmelite Studies, 2002. ISBN 9780935216325 ...

But it came to be realized that there is no finite set of statements about actual and possible sense-data from which we can deduce even a single ...

between the God's infinite world and the finite world in which we live. The second emanation is Chochmah, which means Wisdom, often referred to ...

was impressed by our ability, as finite beings, to know general and necessary truths - something that could be explained if that knowledge was ...

* The belief that the finite can actually communicate with the infinite; infinite is interested in communicating with the finite; ...

along with the body. The infinite underlies the finite, and animates all finite existences; the soul is one with the infinite and is therefore not ...

case they have extension and occupy a finite space. Certain characteristics ... all motion (except that of the heavens) is finite. Atomism could not explain ...

and others revealed (Deus revelatus) to finite human minds. In Aquinas& ... #God is infinite. That is, God is not finite in the ways that created ...

thought that all human knowledge was essentially finite or limited. We can never attain a pure knowledge of things as they are “in-themselves”; instead ...

values automatically. By using the method of finite differences, it was possible to avoid the need for multiplication and division. ...

Hagness. Computational Electrodynamics: The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method, 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Artech House, 2005. ISBN 1580538320. ...

the diastemic gulf between infinite God and finite creatures is not just a stopping-point for human knowledge of God, but an open field of action ...

is originally created to be good, is still finite, changeable, and corruptible ... When the human mind or soul, which is finite and mutable, perceives ...

symbolize the unity of spirit and matter, finite and infinite. The figure is determined to be from the ninth century C.E. due to stylistic evidence ...

that all propositions about truth are based on finite, limited, and contextual postulates. In other words, Syādvāda is the theory of conditioned ...

with its doctrine that the world was finite. His open-minded approach gave his philosophical system a richness and depth that provided inspiration ...

goodness of God. The defects appear only to a finite conception which considers things separately and in themselves, and not in their connection with ...

the four areas Kant gave (world as infinite vs. finite, material as composite vs. atomic, etc.) but in all objects and conceptions, notions and ideas ...

A real number is a number that can be given by a finite or infinite decimal representation. The term "real number" was coined to distinguish ...

the infinite within us, but we begin with the finite and discover God in our act of cognition. The thought of Thomas Aquinas, which incorporated ...

as going beyond it. Understanding is always finite and so it can never fully grasp who or what people are as human beings. Or to put it another ...

Hence in the sixth century, John Philoponus argued that the finite ... the alternative law v α F - R, whereby a finite force does not produce an ...

Studies, the subject matter of which was "non-finite." He situated Religious Studies in contrast to theology as agnostic on the truth ...

life was meant to be lived on earth, within a finite time and space, and that one should not seek to gain or experience anything more than physical ...

a new understanding of the world as the finite domicile of humanity and led to greater recognition of the world's peoples as a global human ...

poorly, though superfluid helium has immense but finite heat conductivity). == See also == * Electricity * Magnetism * Materials science ...

by making the number of forms of the atoms finite, and to prevent combinations of atoms form resulting in infinite sensible qualities he developed ...

to the dunes habitat and uses a finite resource. Sand fences might also work, but researchers are still analyzing optimum fence designs. Preventing ...

is not enough. We also have to account for the finite size of the viewing aperture, because the solid angle receiving the light also undergoes a Lorentz ...

space. However, Gassendi claimed that there was a finite number of these particles, that they had been created by God, and that therefore the resulting ...

In geometry, a polygon is a plane figure that is bounded by a closed path or circuit, composed of a finite sequence of straight line segments ...

explanation is that God transcends finite forms of being and thus cannot ... inappropriate. Cause and effect apply to finite events within this universe ...

dualistic view of the good God as finite, his view of evil as non-being or privation of being over against the Manichaean theory of evil as ...

A real number is a number that can be given by a finite or infinite decimal representation. The term "real number" was coined to distinguish ...

of the infinite and the eternal within the finite and the temporal: infinite, rather than to preserve one's own finite self. ...

A real number is a number that can be given by a finite or infinite decimal representation. The term "real number" was coined to distinguish ...

A real number is a number that can be given by a finite or infinite decimal representation. The term "real number" was coined to distinguish ...

A finite state machine or software running on a CPU can be designed to wait a fixed number of clock cycles after any transition before registering ...

Many have criticized Whiteheadians of advocating a finite God who is not omnipotent. But, John B. Cobb, Jr. has addressed the criticism, by saying ...

They have a finite life, especially when detecting heavy particles, because of radiation damage. Silicon and germanium are quite different in ...

opposite of what is holy. Our very limitation as finite and temporal beings separates us from God by an infinite abyss. This more Neoplatonic ...

* Affix grammar over a finite lattice * Backus–Naur form * Constraint grammar * Lambda calculus * Tree-adjoining grammar * X-bar theory ...

death is that Daseins existence is essentially finite. When it authentically understands itself as an "ending thing," it gains an appreciation ...

and existence of each and every contingent, finite creature are distinct, while essence and existence are identical within God, who is therefore ...

*Adams, Robert Merrihew. Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0195153715 ...

again arising from too many people using a finite land resource. One of the most serious and long-running water erosion problems worldwide is ...

several papers on points in the integral calculus, finite differences, differential equations, and astronomy. From 1780 to 1784, Laplace and famed ...

A real number is a number that can be given by a finite or infinite decimal representation. The term "real number" was coined to distinguish ...

the four areas Kant gave (world as infinite vs. finite, material as composite vs. atomic, etc.) but in all objects and conceptions, notions and ideas ...

response or LOR). In practice the LOR has a finite width as the emitted photons are not exactly 180 degrees apart. If the recovery time of detectors is ...

world game players are generally finished in a finite number of moves. Pure mathematicians are not so constrained, and set theorists in particular ...

to state the theory that light travels at a finite (although very large) speed, a theory that gained acceptance only much later. ====Diogenes ...

for the person who experiences them than some finite amount of certain (higher) pleasures. This move toward qualitative hedonism allows Mill to conclude ...

lifetime. Each atom "lives" for a finite amount of time before it decays, and the mean lifetime is the arithmetic mean of all the atoms' ...

our ability to overcome the limitations of our finite intellects and achieve knowledge of all aspects of the world we encounter. Like Spinoza, Hobbes ...

Perfect could not have produced imperfect and finite beings, is not removed by attributing the existence of all mundane things to the action of nature; ...

1783, 1792 and 1793: the part of finite differences dealing therewith is now in the same stage as that in which Lagrange left it. ...

grasped in all aspects and manifestations by finite human perception. Only the Kevalins--the omniscient beings--can comprehend objects in all aspects ...

that only questions regarding the behavior of finite algorithms are meaningful and should be investigated in mathematics. This has led to the study ...

with structural engineers who use finite element analysis to design prefabricated steel-framed homes with known resistance to high wind loads ...

is not without its consequences, and living on a finite planet guarantees that the suffering incurred by a retributive action will return to the individual ...

and truth, which cannot be contained in any finite vessel or language. Scripture has been written and shaped by human authors through experiences ...

objects are non-manifold. Since surfaces are not finite, a discrete digital approximation is required: Polygonal meshes (and to a lesser extent subdivision ...

so that the radius becomes zero at a finite value of the mass. This is ... for this is that, as the Universe's age is finite, ...

say all the things God is not: he is not finite, not limited by time, not ... person as a partner – no matter how finite and inadequate – to that ...

for Personal Body Armor Protection Using Finite Element Modeling." Journal ... 2004. "Thoracic Model Analysis Using Finite Element Modeling and Vibration ...

apes are closed systems that consist of a finite, usually very limited, number ... produce a vast range of utterances from a finite set of elements, and to create ...

Because funding for development is increasingly finite, this situation is very much a zero-sum game. What gets lost in the shuffle is the far more challenging ...

or even if they do, whether they have a finite or infinite number ... the standard axioms of set theory and a finite number of proof steps. ...

the waste of prime locations, which are a finite natural resource. Joseph A. DiMasi, "The Effects of Site Value Taxation in an Urban Area: ...

to address the paradox of an imperfect, finite world existing within the ... [[Image:Ein sof.png|thumb|right|Ein Sof (in-finite) and the emanation ...

A core with finite permeability requires a magnetising current IM to maintain the mutual flux in the core. The magnetising current is in phase ...

of the loops and no magnetic field outside. A finite length electromagnet will produce essentially the same magnetic field as a uniform permanent ...

quot;), where he attempted to explain how the finite is related to the infinite, and how the soul is connected to the body. This was the first manuscript ...

Digital mockup (DMU) and CAE software such as finite element method analysis allows engineers to create models of designs that can be analyzed without ...

economic system in which wealth was considered finite and nations were set to compete for this wealth with the assistance of imperial governments, was ...

essence before the creation of Nature and a finite mind."—The Science of Logic *"The science of logic which constitutes Metaphysics ...

growth be curbed since food resources are finite and will become inadequate to ensure food security for all if the number of people in the world ...

A real number is a number that can be given by a finite or infinite decimal representation. The term "real number" was coined to distinguish ...

#039;s identities") and the theory of finite differences. He discovered "Newton's methods" (a root-finding algorithm) and ...

* the finite thickness of the last scattering surface (LSS), which causes the mean free path to increase rapidly during decoupling, even while ...

that because the total amount of petroleum is finite, the dire predictions of the 1970s have merely been postponed. Others argue that technology will ...

participants could admit of the basically finite character of their respective doctrines. Though the Vatican's Sacred Congregation for the ...

" If "Socrates" is applied to the finite universe method then "men" is a property of Socrates (not a class). ...

eternal soul or spirit. Humanity derives its finite existence from God, thus, any hope for human immortality relies entirely upon God's grace. Originally ...

A real number is a number that can be given by a finite or infinite decimal representation. The term "real number" was coined to distinguish ...

The supply of star-forming material is finite; once stars have converted the available supply of hydrogen into heavier elements, new star formation ...

Water in itself is not a finite resource (like petroleum is). The water cycle, which involves evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, regenerates ...

all. Our theories make claims that go beyond the finite amount of data that we've collected. There's no way such extrapolations from the evidence ...

doctrine of competition between nations for a finite amount of wealth which had characterized the first period of colonial expansion, now gave way in ...

of the human person as a partner—no matter how finite and inadequate—to that personal God. This naturally implies the belief in human immortality ...

fitness for purpose. Although the supply is finite, oil is plentiful and the technology to extract it continues to improve, making it ever-more economic ...

engineer, is responsible for the invention of finite element analysis and the direct stiffness method, relative to physics. Mathematician Constantin Carathéodory ...

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format. Second, SCBT is a predetermined and finite training process that becomes personalized by the input of the participant. SCBT is designed to bring ...