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... probably most , natural complex shapes exhibit little symmetry . How can they be dealt with ? The conventional procedure is to think of them in terms of their outline ( let us confine ourselves to two- dimensional flat shapes , for the ...
... probably most , natural complex shapes exhibit little symmetry . How can they be dealt with ? The conventional procedure is to think of them in terms of their outline ( let us confine ourselves to two- dimensional flat shapes , for the ...
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... probably - this is because they have not yet discovered the right sub - units of the brain's functioning machinery , about which they could ask precise and experi- mentally answerable questions . Probably it is a mistake to analyse the ...
... probably - this is because they have not yet discovered the right sub - units of the brain's functioning machinery , about which they could ask precise and experi- mentally answerable questions . Probably it is a mistake to analyse the ...
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... probably soon come back into favour . For the special subject of ' fuzzy variables ' , an elementary account of recent developments is Rex Malik , ' Fuzzy Thinking ' , New Scientist , 18 October 1973. More sophisticated discussions are ...
... probably soon come back into favour . For the special subject of ' fuzzy variables ' , an elementary account of recent developments is Rex Malik , ' Fuzzy Thinking ' , New Scientist , 18 October 1973. More sophisticated discussions are ...
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