This is the story of a family who didn’t fit in. A little girl who was a bit geeky and liked maths more than makeup. And a boy who liked makeup and didn’t fit into any tribes.
<Joy> wow... simple maths show that Debian developers have closed more than *31* *thousand* bug reports since our BTS exists! <Joy> that is about 30999 more than Microsoft ;)
REFERENCES.--For general formulae, with particular applications, see the _Text-book of the Institute of Actuaries_, part ii. (1st ed. 1887, 2nd ed. 1902), p. 434; H. L. Rice, _Theory and Practice of Interpolation_ (1899). Some historical references are given by C. W. Merrifield, "On Quadratures and Interpolation," _Brit. Assoc. Report_ (1880), p. 321; see also _Encycl. der math. Wiss._ vol. i. pt. 2, pp. 800-819. For J. D. Everett's formula, see _Quar. Jour. Pure and Applied Maths._, No. 128 (1901), and _Jour. Inst. Actuaries_, vol. xxxv. (1901), p. 452. As to relative accuracy of different formulae, see _Proc. Lon. Math. Soc._ (2) vol. iv. p. 320. Examples of interpolation by means of auxiliary curves will be found in _Jour. Royal Stat. Soc._ vol. lxiii. pp. 433, 637. See also DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF. (W. F. Sh.) Entry: REFERENCES
In the midst of these conflicting tendencies, an attempt was made, about the latter part of the 8th century, by the distinguished Malabar theologian and philosopher Sankara Acharya to restore the Brahmanical creed to something like its pristine purity, and thus once more to bring about a uniform system of orthodox Hindu belief. Though himself, like most Brahmans, apparently by predilection a follower of Siva, his aim was the revival of the doctrine of the Brahma as the one self-existent Being and the sole cause of the universe; coupled with the recognition of the practical worship of the orthodox pantheon, especially the gods of the Trimurti, as manifestations of the supreme deity. The practical result of his labours was the foundation of a new sect, the _Smartas_, i.e. adherents of the _smriti_ or tradition, which has a numerous following amongst southern Brahmans, and, whilst professing Sankara's doctrines, is usually classed as one of the Saiva sects, its members adopting the horizontal sectarial mark peculiar to Saivas, consisting in their case of a triple line, the _tripundra_, prepared from the ashes of burnt cow-dung and painted on the forehead. Sankara also founded four Maths, or convents, for Brahmans; the chief one being that of Sringeri in Mysore, the spiritual head (_Guru_) of which wields considerable power, even that of excommunication, over the Saivas of southern India. In northern India, the professed followers of Sankara are mainly limited to certain classes of mendicants and ascetics, although the tenets of this great Vedanta teacher may be said virtually to constitute the creed of intelligent Brahmans generally. Entry: HINDUISM