Note on Lucretius III. 59 ff.

A Note on Museum Making III

Lucretius, song and music: a historical approach

The Latin poet Titus Lucretius Caro (I century B.C.), speaking of the origins of music in his work De rerum natura, expresses an interesting opinion on the scientific and technological progress that man has attained over the course of time.

Contracts with Animals: Lucretius, De Rerum Natura

Modem philosophers interested in the moral status of animals frequently debate the possibility of extending justice to animals througb a theory of social contract, witb Rawl's theory usually providing the basis of discussion. Contractualism was, of course, also an interest of ancient pbilosopbers, particularly tbe Epicureans, wbo believed that "pleasure," dermed as "freedom from anxiety," was t...

Macro - FF

This document describes Macro-FF, an adaptive planning system developed on top of FF version 2.3. The original FF is a fully automatic planner that uses a heuristic search approach. In addition, Macro-FF can automatically learn and use macro-actions with the goal of reducing the number of expanded nodes in the search. Macro-FF also includes implementation enhancements for reducing space and CPU...

Lecture Note III: Least-Squares Method

where L = (Lij)m×n is a block m×n matrix differential operator of at most first order, B = (Bij)l×n is a block l × n matrix operator, U = (Ui)n×1 is unknown, F = (Fi)m×1 is a given block vector-valued function defined in Ω, G = (Gi)l×1 is a given block vector-valued function defined on ∂Ω. Assume that first-order system (1.1) has a unique solution U . Boundary conditions in a least-squares form...