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• Systems
  '''System''' (from Latin systēma, in turn from Greek σύστημα systēma) is a set of interacting or [[Interdependence|interdependent]] entities, real or abst ...he set to other elements, and from relationships between an element of the set and elements not a part of the relational regime.
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• Consistent
  ...such that both P and its negation are provable from the [[axioms]] of the theory under its associated deductive system. ...opment]] of mathematical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_theory proof theory] was driven by the [[desire]] to provide finitary consistency proofs for al
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• Germ plasm
  ==Germ plasm theory== ...which carry out ordinary [[bodily]] [[functions]].[1] In the germ plasm [[theory]], [[inheritance]] in a multicellular [[organism]] only takes place by mean
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• Supersede
  *1a : to [[cause]] to be set aside ...iption]] of [[reality]] by a [[mainstream]] scientific [[consensus]], or a theory which has been shown to be [[false]]. This label does not cover protoscient
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• Correspond
  :c : a [[relation]] between sets in which each member of one set is [[associated]] with one or more members of the other — compare [[funct ...to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherence_theory_of_truth coherence theory] of [[truth]] which holds that the truth or falsity of a [[statement]] is d
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• Strategy
  ==Strategies in game theory== ...ose. That is, every player in a [[Competition|non-cooperative]] game has a set of possible strategies, and must [[choose]] one of the choices.
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• Formal systems
  ...'formal system''' consists of two components, a [[formal language]] plus a set of [[inference]] rules or transformation rules. A formal system may be for # A finite set of symbols (i.e. the [[alphabet]]), that can be used for constructing formu
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• Collusion
  ...It is an agreement among firms or [[individuals]] to divide a [[market]], set prices, limit production or limit [[opportunities]]. It can involve "wage f ...-determination theory] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory game theory], the [[independence]] of suppliers forces prices to their minimum, increas
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• Lattice
  ...nce the two definitions are equivalent, lattice theory draws on both order theory and universal algebra. Semilattices include lattices, which in turn include ...Wille in 1984, and builds on applied [[lattice theory|lattice]] and order theory that was developed by [[Garrett Birkhoff|Birkhoff]] and others in the 1930'
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• Theory
  The term '''theory''' has two broad sets of [[meanings]], one used in the empirical [[The Scie ...ure]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theory.
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• Infinite
  ...cardinals are quantitative infinities defining the number of things in a [[Set|collection]], which are so large that they cannot be proven to exist in the ...cardinals are quantitative infinities defining the number of things in a [[Set|collection]], which are so large that they cannot be proven to exist in the
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• Axiom
  ...granted, and serves as a starting point for deducing and inferring other (theory dependent) truths. ...ge is to show that its claims can be derived from a small, well-understood set of sentences (the axioms). There are typically multiple ways to axiomatize
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• Survival of the fittest
  ...ginated in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_theory evolutionary theory] as an alternative (but less [[accurate]]) way of describing the [[mechanis ...nctioned cut-throat economic [[competition]]" and led to the advent of the theory of "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism social Darwinism]" whic
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• Measure
  ...tural similarities can be established. In weaker forms of representational theory, such as that implicit within the work of Stanley Smith Stevens, numbers ne ...ations, it is not a measurement according to additive conjoint measurement theory. Likewise, computing and assigning [[arbitrary]] values, like the "book val
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• Permutations
  *2a : the [[act]] or [[process]] of changing the lineal order of an ordered set of objects ...ts into a particular order. For example, there are six permutations of the set {1,2,3}, namely (1,2,3), (1,3,2), (2,1,3), (2,3,1), (3,1,2), and (3,2,1). O
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• Groups
  *2. (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an [[identit ...er of things or persons being in some relation to each other): collection, set
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• Trajectory
  ...dia.org/wiki/Control_theory control theory] a trajectory is a time-ordered set of states of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamical_system dynamical sy
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• Past
  ...he aforementioned conception is closely related to [[Albert Einstein]]'s [[theory]] of [[relativity]]. The past is the object of [[study]] in such fields as ...by an observer. This reduces the time separation between instruments to a set of constant intervals.[2]
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• Foundation
  1. To establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence: "The college was fo 2. To establish the foundation or basis of; base: found a [[theory]] on firm [[evidence]].
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• Postulate
  ...ranted, and serves as a starting point for deducing and inferring other ([[theory]] dependent) [[truths]]. ...]] is to show that its claims can be derived from a small, well-understood set of sentences (the axioms). There are typically multiple ways to axiomatize
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