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    Alar Toomre (born 5 February 1937, in Rakvere) is an American astronomer and mathematician. He is a professor of applied mathematics at the Massachusetts...
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  • analysis was expanded upon by Alar Toomre in 1964, and presented in a more general and comprehensive framework. Toomre, Alar (1964). "On the gravitational...
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  • of Tartu, Estonia Riho Terras (1939–2005) — mathematician Alar Toomre (born 1937), Jüri Toomre — astronomers and mathematicians Karen Uhlenbeck (born 1942)...
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  • Alar Toomre (born 1937), Estonian American astronomer and mathematician Alar Varrak (born 1982), Estonian basketball player and coach Deni Alar (born...
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    Bibcode:1969ApJ...158..123R. doi:10.1086/150177. ISSN 0004-637X. Toomre, Alar; Toomre, Juri (1972-12-01). "Galactic Bridges and Tails". The Astrophysical...
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    around it. Observations and simulations of colliding galaxies (e.g., by Alar Toomre) suggest that the Antennae Galaxies will eventually form an elliptical...
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  • epigrapher Frank Sulloway, psychologist John E. Toews, intellectual historian Alar Toomre, astronomer and mathematician James Turrell, light sculptor Amos Tversky...
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    news program 20/20. Alar Toomre is an astronomer recognized for his research on the dynamics of galaxies. The Toomre sequence and Toomre Instability are named...
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  • player and coach (d. 2022) 1937 – Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner 1937 – Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician 1937 – Wang Xuan, Chinese...
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  • a computer animation film created in 1972 by astrophysicists Alar Toomre and Juri Toomre. The brothers created the film as a teaching aid to accompany...
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