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Kummer–Vandiver conjecture

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Published: March 10, 2025 15:59

Kummer–Vandiver conjecture The basis of the Kummer–Vandiver conjecture was suggested by mathematician Ernst Kummer in 1849, and later re-stated by Harry Vandiver in 1946. The technical description : $$"{\displaystyle \mathbb {Q} (\zeta _{p})}"$$ …

Yardangs

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Published: March 10, 2025 15:41

Yardangs Yardangs are enigmatic wind-parallel ridges found in arid environments. They often form downwind of rocks in sandy environments. They can be unusually stable structures, given their sandy / dusty composition (and the fact that the wind which…

Importance ratings

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Published: March 10, 2025 15:39

Importance ratings Wikenigma assigns 'Importance Ratings' to some pages. The idea is to separate articles which are considered (by the editors) to cover exceptionally important unknown issues from those which (although also unknown) are probably not so…

Musical appreciation

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Published: March 10, 2025 13:30

Musical appreciation Music psychologists are trying to understand the processes that support musical behaviours - including perception, comprehension, memory, attention, emotional effects, and performance. "Music is more mysterious than language because…

Travelling Salesman Problem

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Published: March 10, 2025 13:30

Travelling Salesman Problem The Travelling Salesman (TSP) is a problem of Theoretical Computer Science and Graph Optimization. "Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that visits each…

'Marine snow' carbon cycling

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Published: March 10, 2025 13:30

'Marine snow' carbon cycling 'Marine Snow' refers to the constant production of (mostly organic) particulate detritus falling from the upper ocean layers towards the sea floor, where it settles. A large proportion of the 'snow' is organic - in the sense…

Formatting Syntax

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Published: March 10, 2025 13:30

Formatting Syntax There are two ways to edit pages, the default Visual Editor, which is more intuitive, and the more comprehensive Syntax Editor. ( You can switch editors with the 'Switch Editor' button at the top right of the page ) Visual Editor

Tobacco smoking and Parkinson's disease

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Published: March 10, 2025 13:30

Tobacco smoking and Parkinson's disease Beginning in the early 2000s, the results of various studies which examined lifestyle choices as possible factors in the development of Parkinson's disease (PD) began suggesting a strong link with long-term smoking.…

Editing articles

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Published: March 10, 2025 13:30

Editing articles Note: Editing and creation of articles is currently restricted to registered users. See 'Notes for Contributors' in the 'Utilities' section of the main menu. Once you're logged in, a grey floating 'Tool' menu at the right hand side of…

Ephaptic coupling

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Published: March 10, 2025 13:30

Ephaptic coupling Ephaptic coupling is a mode of signal transfer between brain neurons. Researchers in the 19th century had suggested that electricity might be influencing interactions between nerve fibres in close proximity to each other. But it wasn't…

Spontaneous remission (cancer)

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Published: March 10, 2025 13:30

Spontaneous remission (cancer) Spontaneous remission (a.k.a. spontaneous recession and spontaneous regression ) refers to the rare but very well documented phenomenon of recovery from medically diagnosed cancers of various types.* See note "The rare but…

Forgetting

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Published: March 10, 2025 13:30

Forgetting "Although it is commonly accepted that learning and memory occur via enduring changes in neuronal properties such as synaptic strength within a network of neurons, many details of these processes remain unknown, including the mechanisms…

Age-related memory decline

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Published: March 10, 2025 13:30

Age-related memory decline "Normal aging is associated with a decline in various memory abilities in many cognitive tasks; the phenomenon is known as age-related memory impairment (AMI) or age-associated memory impairment (AAMI). The ability to encode…

The Anthropic Principle

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Published: March 10, 2025 11:45

The Anthropic Principle Beginning in the 1960s, the idea that the Physical constants of the Universe appears to be ´fine tuned´ began to emerge in philosophical discussions. Subsequently, extensive technical calculations have shown unequivocally that if…

Physical constants

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Published: March 10, 2025 11:31

Physical constants Constants variability : Many physics calculations rely on the assumption that the ‘physical constants’ e.g. light-speed, gravity, etc etc are, in fact, constant. Extremely accurate experimental procedures strongly suggest that they…

Life on Earth (timespan)

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Published: March 6, 2025 11:38

Life on Earth (timespan) There is currently no scientific agreement as to how long ago life on Earth evolved. Estimates, based on geological evidence, vary by about 200 million years - from between 3.85 billion years ago (Ga), and 3.65 Ga.. To date, the…

Wikenigma - an Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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Published: March 4, 2025 11:43

Wikenigma - an Encyclopedia of Unknowns Wikenigma is a unique wiki-based resource specifically dedicated to documenting fundamental gaps in human knowledge. Listing scientific and academic questions to which no-one, anywhere, has yet been able to provide…

Acknowledgements - ↷ Page moved from content:other:drafts:acks to info:acks

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Published: March 4, 2025 11:29

Acknowledgements Wikenigma would like to thank the following entities : Wikipedia - for providing a vast array of searchable data. Vision Internet - for providing reliable server-space and tech support. Dokuwiki - for providing the robust and flexible…