Equation 139 · Part 1 · The Bit Comes Back Before the Bearing
Symbol t_L
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is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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It is worth being explicit about which part of that conditional is load-bearing. Neither nor is arbitrary on its own — each is anchored to a cited, checkable piece of theory, and the crossover tolerance is computed, not chosen after the fact to produce a headline. What is a choice, and should be named as one, is treating and as commensurate just…
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