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Malus' law

Summary

Malus' law is a physical law[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (physical_law category, ranking #98 of 113).[2]

Key Facts

  • Malus' law's instance of is recorded as physical law[3].
  • Étienne-Louis Malus is named after Malus' law[4].
  • Malus' law's Commons category is recorded as Polarization (waves)[5].
  • Malus' law's defining formula is recorded as I = I_0 \cos^2 \theta[6].
  • Malus' law's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122qytdx[7].
  • Malus' law's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2155649[8].
  • Malus' law's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 139041[9].
  • Malus' law's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[10].
  • Malus' law's in defining formula is recorded as I[11].
  • Malus' law's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as zakon-maliusa-7095f5[12].

Why It Matters

Malus' law draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (physical_law category, ranking #98 of 113).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

Étienne-Louis Malus

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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