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An Ab Initio Study Of The Mono- And Difluorides Of Krypton, Gerald J. Hoffman, Laura A. Swafford '97, Robert J. Cave Dec 1998

An Ab Initio Study Of The Mono- And Difluorides Of Krypton, Gerald J. Hoffman, Laura A. Swafford '97, Robert J. Cave

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Results from ab initio calculations at the CCSD(T) level of theory are presented for krypton monofluoride (KrF), krypton monofluoride cation (KrF+), linear, ground-state krypton difluoride (KrF2), the triplet state of krypton difluoride, and the krypton–fluorine van der Waals complex (Kr–F2). These are the first calculations demonstrating that KrF is a bound molecule, in agreement with experimental observation. When corrected for basis-set superposition error, the calculated potential displays quantitative agreement with the attractive wall of the experimentally measured potential curve. Results are also presented for KrF+ and linear KrF2 which yield accurate values for their dissociation energies. The triplet state of …


New Caribbean Locality For The Extinct Great White Shark Carcharodon, Clare Flemming, Donald A. Mcfarlane Dec 1998

New Caribbean Locality For The Extinct Great White Shark Carcharodon, Clare Flemming, Donald A. Mcfarlane

WM Keck Science Faculty Papers

Carcharodon is represented by a single upper tooth (Fig. 1) which we extracted from the eroding Pliocene limestone wall, some six meters above the floor at the northern end of Darby Sink. Much of the tooth is missing, but the remaining portion includes features diagnostic of this genus. The tooth conforms in size and morphology to Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz, 1843), an extinct great white shark.


A Second Pre-Wisconsinan Locality For The Extinct Jamaican Rodent, Clidomys (Rodentia: Heptaxodontidae), Donald A. Mcfarlane, Joyce Lundberg, Clare Flemming, Ross D. E. Macphee, Stein-Erik Lauritzen Dec 1998

A Second Pre-Wisconsinan Locality For The Extinct Jamaican Rodent, Clidomys (Rodentia: Heptaxodontidae), Donald A. Mcfarlane, Joyce Lundberg, Clare Flemming, Ross D. E. Macphee, Stein-Erik Lauritzen

WM Keck Science Faculty Papers

Clidomys is the most distinctive but least well known member of the late Quaternary terrestrial mammal fauna of Jamaica. Here we report the second dated locality for this genus. The Illinoisan age we report further strengthens arguments we have made elsewhere, that Clidomys represents an early - probably pre-Wisconsinan - extinction that contrasts with the growing record of Holocene extinctions in the Antilles.


Natural Math, Maria Droujkova Nov 1998

Natural Math, Maria Droujkova

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Do The Great While It Is Still Small: Humanistic Teaching In The Elementary School, John Eichinger Nov 1998

Do The Great While It Is Still Small: Humanistic Teaching In The Elementary School, John Eichinger

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


The Legend Of The Apple, Raul A. Simon Nov 1998

The Legend Of The Apple, Raul A. Simon

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Mathematics Found In Poetry, Alexis Mann Nov 1998

Mathematics Found In Poetry, Alexis Mann

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Plastic Pebbles, Virginie H. Mitchem Nov 1998

Plastic Pebbles, Virginie H. Mitchem

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


What Does Equality Mean?--The Basque View, Marcia Ascher Nov 1998

What Does Equality Mean?--The Basque View, Marcia Ascher

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


On Solving Equations, Negative Numbers, And Other Absurdities: Part Ii, Ralph A. Raimi Nov 1998

On Solving Equations, Negative Numbers, And Other Absurdities: Part Ii, Ralph A. Raimi

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Architecture And Mathematics: An Introduction For Elementary And Middle School Children, Kim Williams Nov 1998

Architecture And Mathematics: An Introduction For Elementary And Middle School Children, Kim Williams

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Nine And One Third Circles Of Rejoicing, Michael Capobianco Nov 1998

Nine And One Third Circles Of Rejoicing, Michael Capobianco

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Manifesto On Mathematical Education, Saunders Mac Lane Nov 1998

Manifesto On Mathematical Education, Saunders Mac Lane

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


From My Dance Is Mathematics: Poems From A Mathematics Teacher, Joanne S. Growney Nov 1998

From My Dance Is Mathematics: Poems From A Mathematics Teacher, Joanne S. Growney

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


An Ab Initio Study Of Specific Solvent Effects On The Electronic Coupling Element In Electron Transfer Reactions, Thomas M. Henderson '98, Robert J. Cave Nov 1998

An Ab Initio Study Of Specific Solvent Effects On The Electronic Coupling Element In Electron Transfer Reactions, Thomas M. Henderson '98, Robert J. Cave

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Specific solvent effects on the electronic coupling element for electron transfer are examined using two model donor–acceptor systems (Zn2+ and Li2+) and several model “solvent” species (He, Ne, H2O, and NH3). The effects are evaluated relative to the given donor–acceptor pair without solvent present. The electronic coupling element (Hab) is found to depend strongly on the identity of the intervening solvent, with He atoms decreasing Hab, whereas H2O and NH3 significantly increase Hab. The distance dependence (essentially exponential decay) is weakly affected by a single intervening solvent atom–molecule. However, when the donor–acceptor distance increases in concert with addition of successively …


Ultrafast Phenomena: A Laboratory Experiment For Undergraduates, Thomas D. Donnelly, Carl Grossman Aug 1998

Ultrafast Phenomena: A Laboratory Experiment For Undergraduates, Thomas D. Donnelly, Carl Grossman

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We present a set of experiments that introduce students to ultrafast science. We discuss the relationship between the description of an ultrashort laser pulse in the frequency domain and the time domain. Using experimental results we demonstrate that this relationship is constrained by the lower limit of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Students carrying out the experiments will become familiar with ultrafast techniques, such as autocorrelation and laser cavity design, as well as various other concepts such as dispersion, Fourier transformation, interference, and nonlinear optics.


Robert Davis: In Memoriam, Carolyn A. Maher, Robert Speiser May 1998

Robert Davis: In Memoriam, Carolyn A. Maher, Robert Speiser

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Math Poem, Beth Corridori May 1998

Math Poem, Beth Corridori

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


The Poem Of Math, Michelle Wang May 1998

The Poem Of Math, Michelle Wang

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Randal Bishop Plunges Into 4-D Space: A Comment On Randal Bishop’S Paper Titled “The Use Of Realistic Imagery To Represent The Relationships In A Four-Dimensional Coordinate System”, Carlos Ernesto S. Lindgren May 1998

Randal Bishop Plunges Into 4-D Space: A Comment On Randal Bishop’S Paper Titled “The Use Of Realistic Imagery To Represent The Relationships In A Four-Dimensional Coordinate System”, Carlos Ernesto S. Lindgren

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Thinking About The Preparation Of Teachers Of Elementary School Mathematics, Jane Wenstrom, Kathleen Martin, Susan King May 1998

Thinking About The Preparation Of Teachers Of Elementary School Mathematics, Jane Wenstrom, Kathleen Martin, Susan King

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Geometry In Nature, Rachel Finkelstein May 1998

Geometry In Nature, Rachel Finkelstein

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Triangle, Ian Ross May 1998

Triangle, Ian Ross

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Real Data, Real Math, All Classes, No Kidding, Martin Vern Bonsangue May 1998

Real Data, Real Math, All Classes, No Kidding, Martin Vern Bonsangue

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Realistic Imagery To Represent The Relationships In A Four-Dimensional Coordinate System, Randal J. Bishop May 1998

The Use Of Realistic Imagery To Represent The Relationships In A Four-Dimensional Coordinate System, Randal J. Bishop

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Problems That Matter: Teaching Mathematics As Critical Engagement, Jeffrey Bohl May 1998

Problems That Matter: Teaching Mathematics As Critical Engagement, Jeffrey Bohl

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Book Review: The Courage To Teach By Parker Palmer, Sandra Z. Keith May 1998

Book Review: The Courage To Teach By Parker Palmer, Sandra Z. Keith

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


On Solving Equations, Negative Numbers, And Other Absurdities: Part I, Ralph A. Raimi May 1998

On Solving Equations, Negative Numbers, And Other Absurdities: Part I, Ralph A. Raimi

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


The Poetics Of E=Mc2, Richard A. Schwartz May 1998

The Poetics Of E=Mc2, Richard A. Schwartz

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


I Love To Add, Kyle Cotler May 1998

I Love To Add, Kyle Cotler

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.