Géométrie non euclidienneLa géométrie non euclidienne (GNE) est, en mathématiques, une théorie géométrique ayant recours aux axiomes et postulats posés par Euclide dans les Éléments, sauf le postulat des parallèles. Les différentes géométries non euclidiennes sont issues initialement de la volonté de démontrer la proposition du cinquième postulat, qui apparaissait peu satisfaisant en tant que postulat car trop complexe et peut-être redondant avec les autres postulats).
Parabolic reflectorA parabolic (or paraboloid or paraboloidal) reflector (or dish or mirror) is a reflective surface used to collect or project energy such as light, sound, or radio waves. Its shape is part of a circular paraboloid, that is, the surface generated by a parabola revolving around its axis. The parabolic reflector transforms an incoming plane wave travelling along the axis into a spherical wave converging toward the focus. Conversely, a spherical wave generated by a point source placed in the focus is reflected into a plane wave propagating as a collimated beam along the axis.
Relational operatorIn computer science, a relational operator is a programming language construct or operator that tests or defines some kind of relation between two entities. These include numerical equality (e.g., 5 = 5) and inequalities (e.g., 4 ≥ 3). In programming languages that include a distinct boolean data type in their type system, like Pascal, Ada, or Java, these operators usually evaluate to true or false, depending on if the conditional relationship between the two operands holds or not.
