C. H. Pander's introduction to conodonts, 1856

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Appendix C : Introduction to analysis

Definition 1 (Set) A Set is a collection of distinct elements. Those elements are also referred to as the Members of the Set. No meaning is known to the order of elements in a Set, nor to repetition of elements. We notate a ∈ A to mean than a is an element of the set A. If every member of a Set A is also a member of a Set B, A is said to be Contained in B, or a Subset of B, which is notated A ⊂...

Mammal-like occlusion in conodonts

—Conodont element function and feeding mechanisms are of considerable paleobiological importance, yet many details remain poorly understood and speculative. Analysis based on morphology, physical juxtaposition, and patterns of surface damage and microwear on pairs of Pa elements from individuals of Idiognathodus indicates that these elements crushed food by rotational closure, which brought the...

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Introduction to circular data

In many diverse scientific fields, the measurements are directions. For instance, a biologist may be measuring the direction of flight of a bird or the orientation of an animal. A series of such observations is called ”directional data”. Since a direction has no magnitude, these can be conveniently represented as points on the circumference of a unit circle centered at the origin or as unit ...