Taylor number

characteristic number of a shaft rotating in a fluid
Intangible mathematical_concept Q1935046
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Taylor number

Summary

Taylor number is a mathematical concept[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_concept category, ranking #237 of 1,007).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taylor number is credited with the discovery of Geoffrey Ingram Taylor[3].
  • Taylor number's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[4].
  • Geoffrey Ingram Taylor is named after Taylor number[5].
  • Taylor number's subclass of is recorded as characteristic number[6].
  • Taylor number's subclass of is recorded as dimensionless number in fluid mechanics[7].
  • Taylor number's subclass of is recorded as criterion of similarity[8].
  • Taylor number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0787tg[9].
  • Taylor number's time of earliest written record is recorded as +1923-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Taylor number's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers[11].
  • Taylor number's different from is recorded as Taylor number for a rotating shaft relative to an annulus[12].
  • Taylor number's defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ta} = \frac{4 \omega^2 l^4}{\nu^4}[13].
  • Taylor number's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[14].
  • Taylor number's first appearance is recorded as VIII. Stability of a viscous liquid contained between two rotating cylinders[15].
  • Taylor number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[16].
  • Taylor number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[17].
  • Taylor number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 88006088[18].
  • Taylor number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ta}[19].
  • Taylor number's in defining formula is recorded as \omega[20].
  • Taylor number's in defining formula is recorded as l[21].
  • Taylor number's in defining formula is recorded as \nu[22].
  • Taylor number's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as TaylorNumber[23].
  • Taylor number's quantity symbol is recorded as \mathit{Ta}[24].
  • Taylor number's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as 1[25].
  • Taylor number's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C88006088[26].

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Works and Contributions

Taylor number is credited with the discovery of Geoffrey Ingram Taylor[3].

Why It Matters

Taylor number draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_concept category, ranking #237 of 1,007).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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