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Ackermann (surname) Ackermann is a surname. "Acker" comes from German or Old English, meaning "field", and is related to the word "acre". ''Ackermann'' means "farmer" (literally: "fieldman"). Notable people with the surname, also spelled Akkermann. include: * Annely ...

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Wilhelm Ackermann Wilhelm Friedrich Ackermann (; ; 29 March 1896 – 24 December 1962) was a German mathematician and logician best known for his work in mathematical logic and the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation. Biography ...

Ackermann function In computability theory, the Ackermann function, named after Wilhelm Ackermann, is one of the simplest and earliest-discovered examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive. All primitive recursive functions are total ...

Ackermann ordinal In mathematics, the Ackermann ordinal is a certain large countable ordinal, named after Wilhelm Ackermann. The term "Ackermann ordinal" is also occasionally used for the small Veblen ordinal, a somewhat larger ordinal. Unfortunately there ...

Ackermann set theory In mathematics and logic, Ackermann set theory (AST) is an axiomatic set theory proposed by Wilhelm Ackermann in 1956. The language AST is formulated in first-order logic. The language L_ of AST contains one binary relation \in denoting set ...

Ackermann steering geometry The Ackermann steering geometry is a geometric arrangement of linkages in the steering of a car or other vehicle designed to solve the problem of wheels on the inside and outside of a turn needing to trace out circles of different radii. It ...

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Ackermann's formula In control theory, Ackermann's formula is a control system design method for solving the pole allocation problem for invariant-time systems by Jürgen Ackermann. One of the primary problems in control system design is the creation of controllers ...

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Der Ackermann aus Böhmen ''Der Ackermann aus Böhmen'' (German for "The Ploughman from Bohemia"), also known as ''Der Ackermann und der Tod'' ("The Ploughman and Death"), is a work of prose in Early New High German by Johannes von Tepl, written around 1401. Sixteen manus ...

'', or "The Ploughman from Bohemia", a work of poetry in Early New High German by Johannes von Tepl, written around 1401 *''

Ackermannviridae ''Ackermannviridae'' is a family of viruses in the order ''Caudovirales''. Gammaproteobacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota serve as natural hosts. There are 2 subfamilies, 10 genera, and 63 species in the family. Etymology The family's name, ' ...

'', virus family named in honor of H.-W. Ackermann

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