But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.

The notion of a positron weapon remains the stuff of science fiction.

Speaking in the eastern port city of Suao for the launch of the Ta Chiang, the first mass production ship of the Tuo Chiang-class, Tsai said the vessel and the new minelayer would deter attacks and showcased Taiwan's research and development ability.

For a prime number p, the pᵗʰ cyclotomic polynomial is xᵖ-1/x-1=xᵖ⁻¹+xᵖ⁻²+...+x²+x+1.