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🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ContractionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Safe Control With Learned Certificates: A Survey of Neural Lyapunov, Barrier, and Contraction Methods for Robotics and ControlInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: ManagementThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Gaussian Basis Functions for Use in Molecular Calculations. I. Contraction of (9s5p) Atomic Basis Sets for the First-Row AtomsCited 4,764 times
- Go sideways: Derivative (disambiguation)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Tensor contractionA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Senses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract. An act of incurring debt; also , an act of acquiring something (generally negative).
Noun An act of incurring debt; also , an act of acquiring something (generally negative).
Noun An act of entering into a contract or agreement; specifically, a contract of marriage; a contracting; also , a betrothal.
Noun The process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Gaussian Basis Functions for Use in Molecular Calculations. I. Contraction of (9s5p) Atomic Basis Sets for the First-Row Atoms
Cardiac excitation–contraction coupling
The Regulation of Rabbit Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Muscle Structure and Theories of Contraction
Gaussian Basis Functions for Use in Molecular Calculations. III. Contraction of (10s6p) Atomic Basis Sets for the First-Row Atoms
On the logic of theory change: Partial meet contraction and revision functions
Production of a tissue-like structure by contraction of collagen lattices by human fibroblasts of different proliferative potential in vitro.
Calcium Sparks: Elementary Events Underlying Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Heart Muscle
🆕 Influential since 2022
Safe Control With Learned Certificates: A Survey of Neural Lyapunov, Barrier, and Contraction Methods for Robotics and Control
Locally controllable magnetic soft actuators with reprogrammable contraction-derived motions
Double Cross‐Linked Biomimetic Hyaluronic Acid‐Based Hydrogels with Thermo‐Stimulated Self‐Contraction and Tissue Adhesiveness for Accelerating Post‐Wound Closure and Wound Healing
Microcrystallization and lattice contraction of NiFe LDHs for enhancing water electrocatalytic oxidation
Concerted expansion and contraction of immune receptor gene repertoires in plant genomes
📚 Books worth reading
ManagementStephen P. Robbins · 1984
The Modern Law of ContractRichard Stone, James Devenney · 2009
The law of contractG. C. Cheshire · 1946
Corbin on contractsArthur Linton Corbin, Arthur L. Corbin · 1950
Contract LawEwan McKendrick · 1990
The law of contractG. H. Treitel · 1962
Basic contract law for paralegalsJeffrey A. Helewitz · 2010
The law on obligations and contractsHector S. de Leon · 1969
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