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  • where b is an integer and is called the exponent, and a is any real number ... may be difficult to show a number with an exponent, such as 107. In such cases ...
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  • Willie Wilson and soon became a leading exponent of the Delta blues style ... hall. In his day, he was the leading exponent of the slide guitar style ...
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  • Here, e is called the base and x is called the exponent. In a more general form, an exponential function can be written as ax, where a is a constant ...
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  • Landini was the foremost exponent of the Italian Trecento style, sometimes also called the "Italian ars nova." His output was almost ...
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  • al-kamil), and he is known as the prime exponent of the doctrine of wahdat ... As a mystic, Ibn Arabi is best known as the prime exponent of the ...
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  • of his baptism or ascension. An early exponent of this belief was Theodotus ... The first definitively-known exponent of Adoptionism was Theodotus ...
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  • If a sample of material decays at a certain rate over time, its half-life is defined as the time it takes for the sample to decay to half its ...
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  • Forest established Radcliffe as the leading exponent of the historical Gothic romance. Her later novels met with even greater attention, and produced ...
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  • hailed him as the fons et origo, the chief exponent, of the new art which had originated with the English. The contenance angloise, while not ...
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  • computer science. Two is the first Mersenne prime exponent. that the spot on the root sign where the exponent would normally be written ...
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  • the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main exponent of Art Nouveau in Scotland. Mackintosh began an apprenticeship with an architect at the age of ...
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  • socialism. He can be considered an early exponent of the concept of alienation ... socialism. He can be considered an early exponent of the concept of alienation ...
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  • Mayer Wise of Cincinnati, who was the leading exponent of Reform Judaism in America and the founder of Hebrew Union College. Their only daughter, Iphigene ...
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  • Giacomo Meyerbeer (September 5, 1791 — May 2, 1864) was a noted German-born opera composer, and the first great exponent of French Grand Opera ...
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  • Couperin would eventually become the leading exponent of the harpsichord repertory in France. Not only did he compose important solo works for the instrument ...
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  • Torres has become the leading exponent of the style. ==History== ===Name=== In the back country of Haiti, the mambo is a voodoo priestess, who ...
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  • The primary classical exponent of Emanationism was Plotinus, whose Enneads elaborated a system in which all phenomena and all beings were an ...
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  • *Cleanthes is a theist—"an exponent of orthodox rationalism"Anthony C. Thiselton, "A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy ...
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  • The first known exponent of Adoptionism in the second century is Theodotus of Byzantium. He taught, according to Hippolytus of Rome, that Jesus ...
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  • Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer, the leading exponent of the music in her generation, and ...
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  • based upon the congruence between the exponent's presentation of bhakti (devotion) and the description of the same path (bhakti marga) ...
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  • Rāmānuja depicts Yādavaprakāśa as an exponent of Svābhāvika Bhedābhedavāda (Natural Difference and Non-Difference), the view that, in ...
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  • Carlos Santana. Indeed, there is hardly an exponent of the blues alive today that does not acknowledge a debt to Hooker. ==Notes== ...
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  • * Hurst exponent * q-dimension; especially: ** Information dimension (corresponding to q=1) ** Correlation dimension (corresponding to q=2) ...
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  • to the pastoral. He was also an influential exponent of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms. Separating from his wife and five children and ...
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  • rose to fame in the 1970s, but became a renowned exponent of Colombian salsa in the 1980s. Arroyo worked for many years with the Colombian arranger Fruko ...
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  • the twelfth century, denouncing its great exponent, Peter Abelard, forcing ... Not a brilliant intellect, but a powerful exponent of humble faith, for Bernard ...
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  • it is tempting to see him as a typical exponent of Neo-classicism. In fact, Neo-Renaissance or Neo-Baroque would probably more accurately describe ...
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  • with a solidus (/), or given as a negative exponent. For example, the "meter per second" can be written "m/s," "m s-1," ...
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  • * Asanga (c. 300), exponent of the Yogacara * Bhartrihari (c 450–510 C.E.), early figure in Indic linguistic theory * Bodhidharma (c. 440–528 ...
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  • It differs from jujutsu in that the exponent will try to block an attack in order to quickly attain a clinch. From the clinch, a takedown is ...
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  • In it he says, “If this great exponent of Black American culture inspired me, a white European, it is simply because I think his music is of ...
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  • His interactionist stance allowed Montagu to be an effective exponent of the often polarized realms of cultural and physical anthropology. He ...
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  • Austin himself). Austin was likely the leading exponent of that form of analytic philosophy, a movement that can be traced at least partly back to G ...
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  • this attitude, he was a courageous exponent of equal treatment for Jews in the political arena. He was also devoted to education, both religious ...
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  • books against Eunomius of Cyzicus, the chief exponent of Anomoian Arianism. The first three books of the Refutation are his work; the fourth and fifth ...
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  • #039;s best known theorist and exponent until his death in 1990. Skinner developed a distinct kind of behaviorist philosophy, which came to be ...
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  • Nonetheless, Cocteau was an important exponent of Surrealism, and he had great influence on the work of others, including the group of composer ...
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  • open the way to the one that currently exists, an exponent in the German neo-baroque architecture style. The theater is adorned with a stone and marble ...
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  • first millennium B.C.E., the most prominent exponent of the Advaita Vedanta is considered by tradition to be the eighth century scholar Adi Shankara ...
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  • who went in new directions, first as the leading exponent of cool jazz and later into experimental fusion jazz, Gillespie essentially remained true to ...
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  • uprooted by the French Revolution, became a great exponent of the conservative tradition. He was one of the most influential spokesmen for a counter-revolutionary ...
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  • is also a renowned Koodiyattam performer, and an exponent of traditional devotional Koodiyattams, such as Anguliyanka, Mattavilasa Prahasana, Mantranka ...
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  • Indians At East Chester New York 1643 Courageous exponent of civil liberty and religious toleration." The site of Anne's house and the ...
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  • and he is generally considered to be its leading exponent. His best lǜshi use the parallelisms required by the form to add expressive content rather ...
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  • Smith was an articulate exponent of good government and efficiency as was Hoover. But as Smith became known for saying in his campaign, "Let ...
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  • it is expected to be the largest exponent of the prestigious Guggenheim Museums and will be "a catalyst for scholarship in a variety of ...
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  • to me. I am not [a] politician but [an] exponent of German music which belongs to all humanity regardless of politics. I propose to postpone ...
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  • John Hick, would emerge as the most well known exponent of a pluralist theology of religions. Between 1969 and 1972, he was also Pro-Vice Chancellor ...
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  • He is viewed by some art historians as a prime exponent of Neoclassicism, while others view him as a precursor of Symbolism and Surrealism. He ...
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