Bradypodidae
Bradypodidae (tree sloths; infra-order Pilosa, superfamily Bradypodoidea) A family of toothless mammals that are fully adapted for arboreal life and unable to walk on the ground; they use their limbs to hang upside-down from branches. The head is short and rounded. They are not actually toothless, but the five teeth have no enamel and by growing continuously provide a grinding surface. The fore limbs are longer than the hind limbs, the digits bearing hooked claws used in hanging. The tail is short. The fur is long, coarse, and grooved; cyanobacteria grow in the grooves, giving the animals a greenish colour. There are six cervical vertebrae in
Choloepus, nine in
Bradypus. The stomach is large and chambered, the rectum very large, retaining faeces for several days. All movements are slow. The body temperature is low and variable, sloths neither shivering nor sweating, but dying from hypothermia at temperatures below 4°C. They are distributed throughout the forests of tropical America. There are two genera, and five species.
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Norway establishes fund for international prize in mathematics, to commemorate Niels Henrik Abel.
M2 Presswire; 8/23/2001; 700+ words
; ...mathematics, to commemorate Niels Henrik Abel (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...mathematics and the sciences. Niels Henrik Abel was an internationally known...century Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829). The Abel Prize...
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Thompson and Tits share the Abel Prize for 2008.
M2 Presswire; 3/27/2008; 670 words
; ...fifth degree equation, as done by Niels Henrik Abel. Thompson and Tits have invented...groups as geometric objects. The Abel committee says: "The achievements...of modern group theory." The Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund was established in...
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Indian-American wins prestigious Abel Prize for mathematics.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 3/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...Indian-American wins prestigious Abel Prize for mathematics Washington...won the prestigious USD 850,000 Abel Prize for mathematics this year for...of great Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. "Varadhan's work has great conceptual...
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French mathematician awarded first Abel Prize for mathematics
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/3/2003; 377 words
; ...Pierre Serre was awarded the first Abel Prize in mathematics Thursday for...19th century Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, the award was created last year...honoring international mathematics. Abel lived from 1802 to 1829. The ambition...
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Russian-French mathematician receives Norway's Abel Prize
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 5/19/2009; 363 words
; ...kroner (about 930,000 U.S. dollars) Abel Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, said the...Yvette, France, for 27 years. The Abel Prize, the world's leading mathematics...country's 19th century mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.
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Russian-born Frenchman accepts Abel math prize
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/19/2009; 533 words
; ...6 million kroner ($937,000) Abel Prize for mathematics from King Harald...century Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. It is wonderful, Gromov said...standing very much in the shadows of Abel, ... an inspiration for all mathematicians...
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Lennart Carleson of Sweden accepts Abel mathematics prize
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/23/2006; 437 words
; ...Lennart Carleson accepted the Norwegian Abel Prize on Tuesday for proving a 19th...the awards committee said. The Abel Prize was created by the Norwegian...19th Century Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. "Carleson has played an important...
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US professor receives 2005 Abel Prize
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 5/26/2005; 327 words
; US professor receives 2005 Abel Prize STOCKHOLM, May 26 (Xinhua...Lax has received the Norwegian Abel Prize in mathematics, reports reaching...Named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, the Abel Prize was established...
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U.S., French professors win Abel Prize for mathematics
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 3/27/2008; 411 words
; ...Jacques Tits from France won Norway's Abel Prize for mathematics Thursday. A Norwegian...at the College de France in 2000. The Abel Prize, the world's leading mathematics...country's 19th century mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.
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American and Frenchman accept the 2008 Abel mathematics prize in Norway
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/20/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...became a French citizen in 1974. Abel Committee Chairman Kristian Seip...their work in Oslo on Wednesday. The Abel Prize was created by the Norwegian...century Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. It was first awarded in 2003...
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Abel, Niels Henrik
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Abel, Niels Henrik ( b . Finn ö y...six sons and a daughter; Niels Henrik was their second child. In 1804 S ö ren Georg Abel was appointed successor...the new constitution. Niels Henrik Abel and his brothers received...
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Niels Henrik Abel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Niels Henrik Abel , 1802-29, Norwegian mathematician. While a student at the Univ...greatest mathematicians of the 19th cent. Bibliography: See O. Ore, Niels Henrik Abel: Mathematician Extraordinary (1957, repr. 1973).
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Niels Abel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Niels Abel Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) was a Norwegian mathematician who proved that fifth and higher order equations have no algebraic solution. Had he not died prematurely, it is speculated that he might have become one of the most prominent...
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Holmboe, Bernt Michael
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...nurturing the genius of his pupil Niels Henrik Abel. Together they explored the whole...the possibility of a position for Abel. Nevertheless, the friendship between...two remained undisturbed. After Abel ’ s death Holmboe edited...
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Group
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...These are also known as Abelian groups in honor of Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), a Norwegian mathematician who was one...Galois in 1830. His work was inspired by a proof by Abel that the general equation of the fifth degree is not...
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