Tensile structureIn structural engineering, a tensile structure is a construction of elements carrying only tension and no compression or bending. The term tensile should not be confused with tensegrity, which is a structural form with both tension and compression elements. Tensile structures are the most common type of thin-shell structures. Most tensile structures are supported by some form of compression or bending elements, such as masts (as in The O2, formerly the Millennium Dome), compression rings or beams.
Laser printingLaser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It produces high-quality text and graphics (and moderate-quality photographs) by repeatedly passing a laser beam back and forth over a negatively charged cylinder called a "drum" to define a differentially charged image. The drum then selectively collects electrically charged powdered ink (toner), and transfers the image to paper, which is then heated to permanently fuse the text, imagery, or both, to the paper.
Modélisation géométriqueLa modélisation géométrique est l’ensemble des outils mathématiques, numériques et informatiques qui combinés permettent de construire un modèle virtuel (ou modèle informatique) d’un objet réel. Cet objet peut être plus ou moins complexe, plus ou moins schématisé. Il peut être le fruit de l’imagination, d’une tendance ou plutôt une solution plus ou moins exacte d’un problème physique donné, voire un compromis entre les deux.
Art et mathématiquesArt et mathématiques sont souvent associés dans le cadre d'analogie platonicienne sur la beauté et la vérité. Les prémisses de cette question convoquent souvent le nombre d'or. Mais si l'on souhaite comprendre le rôle des mathématiques dans l'histoire de l'art et dans les révolutions esthétiques contemporaines, il est plus efficace de s'interroger sur les formes, la façon dont elles apparaissent et sont perçues.
Fiber (mathematics)In mathematics, the term fiber (US English) or fibre (British English) can have two meanings, depending on the context: In naive set theory, the fiber of the element in the set under a map is the of the singleton under In algebraic geometry, the notion of a fiber of a morphism of schemes must be defined more carefully because, in general, not every is closed. Let be a function between sets. The fiber of an element (or fiber over ) under the map is the set that is, the set of elements that get mapped to by the function.
