User:MathKnight







Hello, this my webpage on Wikipedia. some useful Wiki links (which are very useful to me) as well as a long list of articles to which I have made a major contribution, and which I'm checking once a while. Area of interests include physics and mathematics (as I am a Master in Physics and Ph.D. in Mathematics), engineering, Gothic architecture, Combat Engineering, IDF Caterpillar D9, counter-terrorism, Gothic literature and philosophy, metal music, Israel and photography - check my Gallery (pictures I've created).

As an Israeli Jew I have added articles about Israel and fixed other articles - which had inaccuracies about Israel (misspelled names, unupdated information etc). Scope of the articles isn't limited to politics and the Israel-Palestinian conflict but also deals with the geography, history, culture, sports and science of Israel.

I am a son to a familiy which lost dear ones in the Holocaust and have seen the horrors of Palestinian terrorism during Police service. I cannot accept any form of Holocaust denial, support of Nazism, Antisemitism toward Jews and denying their right to live safely in their own Jewish state in Israel.

Currently I'm a SysOp in the Hebrew Wikipedia and therefore investing most of my efforts on improving and monitoring the domestic Wikipedia. It is developing very well, with great increase in Sciences (Mathematics and Physics) and Military technology articles. Recently I started a project on Gothic and Neo-Gothic cathedrals and structures in the Hebrew Wikipedia.

Some favorite quotes: 
 * "אם תרצו אין זו אגדה" – בנימין זאב תאודור הרצל
 * כלל: " ואהבת לרעך כמוך (ויקרא יט יח) - זה כלל גדול בתורה" - רבי עקיבא
 * "If you will it -- it is no fairytale." - Benjamin Theodore Zeev Herzl
 * "Love thy friend as you love yourself" - Vayikra/Leviticus (the Torah)
 * &#8220;Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.&#8221; &#8211; Albert Einstein
 * "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." - Sir Winston Churchill
 * "A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world." - Muhammad
 * "One should always generalize.[Man muss immer generalisieren]." - Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi

You may leave a message on my talk page.

= Useful Links and worktools =
 * User:MathKnight-at-TAU
 * Wikipedia Math Syntax - TeX markup.
 * TeX markup.
 * Math Syntax in Wikipedia
 * Wikipedia how to edit a page:
 * How to edit
 * How to use tables
 * Images
 * Image upload
 * Extended image syntax
 * HTML
 * HTML element
 * List of HTML and Wiki codes for colors
 * Tables of Math and Physics
 * Physical constant
 * Trigonometric identities
 * List of mathematical topics in quantum theory
 * Hyperbolic functions - definitions and trig-like idetitities
 * Units conversions:
 * Online Conversion

= Gallery of My Wikipedia's Favorites =

= List of contributions = Includes new articles written by me, articles with serious additions written by me, or with major copyedit work done by me. Some of the articles in this list are also on my watchlist and I frequently check them. Some of the articles here are incomplete (such as Palmach and still need more work).

The list is sorted according to topics (the topic may be hyperlinked even if I did not edit the big topic articles).

Articles about Science and Nature




Physics

 * Physics
 * Normal modes
 * Harmonic oscillator
 * Polar and Axial vectors
 * FAPP
 * Special Relativity
 * Minkowski space
 * Four-vector
 * Four-momentum
 * Four-velocity
 * Proper time
 * Quantum Mechanics
 * Schrödinger equation
 * Mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics
 * Measurement in Quantum mechanics
 * Heisenberg picture
 * Bra-ket notation
 * Probability amplitude
 * Hydrogen atom
 * Astronomy and Astrophysics
 * Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND)

Mathematics

 * Mathematics
 * Differential Equations
 * Sturm-Liouville theory
 * Separation of variables
 * Boundary condition
 * Green's function
 * Singular solution
 * Linear Algebra (in finite and infinite-dimensional space)
 * Scalar multiplication
 * Orthonormal
 * Cross product
 * Coordinates vector
 * Basis transformation matrix
 * Conjugate transpose
 * Hermitian adjoint
 * Operator norm
 * Invariant subspace
 * Complex Analysis
 * Cauchy's integral formula
 * Residue (complex analysis)

Technology and Engineering

 * Engineering Vehicles
 * Caterpillar D9
 * Bulldozer
 * Loader (equipment)
 * Excavator
 * Backhoe loader
 * Tractor
 * Caterpillar track
 * Caterpillar D11
 * Caterpillar D6


 * Fictionary devices
 * Grappling hook

Natural Sciences

 * Animals
 * Helix aspersa (mainly photos)
 * Helix texta should be renamed Helix pachya, see שבלול החרמון
 * Dinosaurs
 * Triceratops - טריצרטופס (featured article both in English and Hebrew)
 * Plants and Flowers
 * Anemone coronaria
 * Oxalis pes-caprae (mainly photos)
 * Lupinus pilosus


 * Flag of Israel (bordered).svg Israeli Flowers

Articles related to Israel and Judaism




Judaism

 * P judaism (scroll).svg Judaism — יהדות
 * Culture of Israel
 * Jewish holiday
 * Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
 * List of Jewish history topics
 * Ten plagues
 * Yarmulke
 * Religious Zionist Movement
 * Yellowbadge logo.svg The Holocaust (Ha-Shoah) — השואה
 * Yad Vashem

Israel
Israel — ישראל
 * Science of Israel
 * Boris Tsirelson (currently a stub)
 * Culture of Israel:
 * Yom Ha'atzma'ut
 * Yom Hazikaron
 * Oriental metal
 * Orphaned Land
 * Givat Halfon Eina Ona
 * Salem (band)
 * Israel Broadcasting Authority
 * Sports:
 * Maccabi Haifa
 * Nir Davidovich
 * Eyal Berkovich
 * Alon Mizrahi
 * Gal Fridman (Olympic gold medalist, Athens 2004 - windsurfing)
 * Avi Ran
 * Yossi Benayoun
 * Maccabi Tel-Aviv (basketball)
 * Football in Israel (only skeleton yet, content should be added)
 * Economy of Israel and Israeli firms:
 * Egged Bus Cooperative
 * Cities, places and sites in Israel
 * Rishon LeZion
 * Tel Aviv
 * Megiddo (place)
 * Gush Katif
 * Akko (The Old City)
 * Galilee
 * History of Israel
 * Religious Zionist Movement
 * Palmach
 * Akko (The Old City's history)
 * Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace

Politics

 * Emblem of Israel.svg Politics of Israel:
 * Parties and movements
 * The Jewish Home
 * Mafdal
 * National Union (Israel)
 * Meretz
 * Israeli Labor Party
 * Likud
 * Yachad
 * Israeli peace camp
 * People
 * Ehud Barak
 * Benjamin Netanyahu
 * Amnon Rubinstein
 * Ephraim Eitam
 * Zevulun Orlev
 * Arie Eldad
 * Ami Ayalon
 * Ran Cohen
 * Yossi Beilin
 * Naftali Bennett
 * Ayelet Shaked

Israeli Security Forces and actual affairs



 * Israeli Security Forces:
 * Israeli Defence Forces
 * Military equipment of Israel
 * Israeli Engineering Corps now named Combat Engineering Corps (received "Did You Know" mention)
 * Israeli Air Force
 * List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force
 * Shayetet 13
 * Sayeret Yaalom
 * Paratroopers Brigade
 * Givati Brigade
 * Israeli Defence Forces Ranks
 * Other security and rescue services:
 * ZAKA
 * YAMAM - Israel's elite counter-terrorism unit
 * Magav - Border Guard
 * SHABAK
 * Raphael (security industry)\Rafael
 * Israeli Police
 * MASHAZ
 * Israeli Weapons and Defense Technology
 * Military equipment of Israel
 * Caterpillar D9 and IDF Caterpillar D9 Armored bulldozer (דחפור די-9 משוריין דובי)
 * IAF F-16 Netz 107
 * Iron Dome Air Defense System ("Kippath Barzel כיפת ברזל)
 * People
 * Israel Tal
 * Benjamin Netanyaho
 * Shaul Mofaz
 * Ezer Weizmann
 * Jonathan Netanyahu
 * Rafael Eitan
 * Moshe Ya'alon
 * Dan Halutz
 * Mordechai Gur
 * Tzvi Tzur
 * Actual Affairs
 * Atrocities and terrorism against Israelis
 * Passover massacre (27 March, 2002)
 * Patt junction massacre (18 June, 2002)
 * Jerusalem bus 20 massacre (21 November, 2002)
 * Jerusalem bus 2 massacre (19 October, 2003)
 * List of massacres committed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada
 * Palestinian terrorism
 * Terrorism against Israel
 * Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2004
 * Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2005
 * Terror groups and methods
 * The Popular Resistance Committees
 * Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
 * PLO and Hamas
 * Qawasameh
 * Child suicide bomber
 * Smuggling tunnels
 * Other affairs
 * Battle of Jenin 2002
 * Israeli Gaza Strip barrier
 * Operation Rainbow
 * Philadelphi Route
 * Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2004
 * Al Aqsa Intifada
 * Rachel Corrie

Military, arms and armor

 * Military technology
 * Corps and Doctrines
 * Combat engineering
 * Designated marksman
 * Urban warfare
 * Israeli military technology
 * Military equipment of Israel
 * IDF Caterpillar D9 Armored bulldozer (דחפור די-9 משוריין דובי)
 * IAF F-16 Netz 107
 * Iron Dome Air Defense System ("Kippath Barzel כיפת ברזל)
 * Armored Fighting Vehicles
 * Caterpillar D9 and IDF Caterpillar D9 Armored bulldozer
 * IDF Achzarit
 * Merkava - Israel's main battle tank
 * Magah
 * IDF Namer
 * Rifles and small arms
 * M1 Carbine
 * IMI Negev
 * M24 SWS
 * Rifle
 * Sniper rifle
 * Tavor TAR-21
 * H-S Precision Pro Series 2000 HTR / IDF Barak 338
 * IWI DAN .338 sniper rifle
 * Barrett MRAD
 * Missiles and rockets
 * Iron Dome - כיפת ברזל
 * MIM-104 Patriot in Israeli service
 * Ancient arms and armour
 * Gothic plate armour


 * Sniper rifles of the Israel Defense Forces:



Other articles





 * Philosophy, Sociology and Political sciences
 * Post-September 11 anti-war movement
 * Culture and Entertainment
 * Gothic and Medieval culture
 * Gothic architecture - see he:אדריכלות גותית, which I wrote and was voted for featured article!
 * Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk
 * Music
 * Gothic Metal
 * Doom metal
 * Symphony X
 * Iced Earth
 * Tristania (band)
 * Oriental metal
 * Orphaned Land
 * Opera metal
 * The Internationale - Hebrew Lyrics
 * Film
 * RoboCop
 * Givat Halfon Eina Ona
 * Batman Returns
 * Computer
 * Red Alert
 * Starcraft - Zerg
 * Literature
 * Gimli (Middle-earth)
 * The Phantom of the Opera
 * Sports
 * Aiyegbeni Yakubu (former Maccabi Haifa striker)

Note: this is not a full list.







= Favorite articles = This is a list of articles not written by me, that I found to be very impressive and well written.

Israel

 * Israel
 * Israel Defense Forces
 * IDF Caterpillar D9
 * YAMAM - Israel's elite counter-terrorism special unit

IDF Caterpillar D9
The Israeli IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer is an armored Caterpillar D9 bulldozer used by the IDF's Combat Engineering Corps for combat engineering and counter-terrorism operations.

Math and Physics

 * Characterizations of the exponential function - one of the most important proofs of the freshman Calculus course, which is often overlooked by the students, actually - this proof establishes that e = 2.718281828459045...
 * Golden ratio - indeed, a golden ratio
 * EPR paradox
 * Handwaving - only for people from the field...

Culture

 * Batman
 * Heavy metal music
 * Notre-Dame de Paris - excellent photos of the magnificent Gothic cathedral
 * Bughouse chess שחמט זוגיות - one of my favorite games...

Nature

 * Triceratops (also User:MathKnight/Triceratops)

Humor

 * Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense - funny vandalism comments

= The workshop =
 * User:MathKnight/New antisemitism
 * User:MathKnight/MathSandbox
 * User:MathKnight/Sandbox
 * User:MathKnight/Gothic terms

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