torsion
扭转,扭力,扭矩,扭曲
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Definitions
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- : the act of twisting.
- : the state of being twisted.
- : Mechanics. the twisting of a body by two equal and opposite torques.the internal torque so produced.
- : Mathematics. the degree of departure of a curve from a plane.a number measuring this.
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They are a direct analog of torsion points on elliptic curves.
So, to put a bound on the Manin-Mumford conjecture, all the authors had to do was count the number of intersections between those torsion points.
The Jacobians also have torsion points, just like elliptic curves, which circle back on themselves under repeated internal addition.
The two elliptic curves and their torsion points could not be immediately compared because they do not necessarily overlap.
The torsion points are sprinkled on the surfaces of the elliptic curves, but the two curves might have very different shapes.
Coulomb was the maker of the first instrument for measuring a current, which was known as the torsion balance.
Penaud's machine, relying only on india rubber under torsion, flies for some fifty yards.
On the other hand, the law of torsion could hardly be quite so simple, at all events, to the second order of approximations.
Its free motion differs entirely from that given it by torsion or stress.
The old freighter swung a great circle, its torsion jets blasting desperately in an effort to keep it on an even keel.