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Kerner (other)
Kerner may refer to: * Kerner (grape), a variety of white grape * Kerner (surname), name origin and list of people with the surname Kerner * Kerner Commission, established in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the causes of race riots in the United States * Kerner Optical, a motion picture visual effects company See also * Durand–Kerner method, root-finding algorithm for solving polynomial equations in numerical analysis * Kerning, adjusting the spaces between typeset letters {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerner (grape)
The Kerner grape is an aromatic white grape variety. It was bred in 1929 by August Herold by crossing Trollinger (a red variety also known as Schiava grossa or Vernatsch) and Riesling.Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Kerner , accessed on April 23, 2008 accessed on March 6, 2013 Herold was working at a plant breeding station in Lauffen in the region of |
Kerner (surname)
Kerner is an occupational surname of German and Jewish ( Ashkenazic) origin. There are various possible derivations, including as a name for a farmer or a nickname for a small person, from a Middle High German ''kerne'' ("kernel seed pip"); German ''Kern'' or Yiddish ''kern'' (''grain''), among others. Middle English ''kerner'' is a variant of ''cherner'' ("churner; one who churns butter"). It may also derive from "carter" or "carrier", from the German word ''kerenere''. The name was found in Bavaria, Germany, in the medieval period. People with the surname include: Literature * Charlotte Kerner (born 1950), biographer and science-fiction writer * Elizabeth Kerner (born 1958), fantasy author * Justinus Kerner (1786–1862), a German lyric poet of the Swabian school Politics * Johann Georg Kerner (1770–1812), political journalist, critical chronicler of the French revolution, brother of Justinus Kerner * Otto Kerner, Jr. (1908–1976), Illinois Governor and ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerner Commission
The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission after its chair, Governor Otto Kerner Jr. of Illinois, was an 11-member Presidential Commission established in July 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson in to investigate the causes of urban riots in the United States during the summer of 1967, and to provide recommendations to the government for the future. The report was released in 1968, after seven months of investigation. It attributed the riots to lack of economic opportunity for African Americans and Latinos, failed social service programs, police brutality, racism, and the orientation of national media to white perspectives. The 426-page report was a bestseller. Background President Johnson appointed the commission on July 28, 1967, while rioting was still underway in Detroit, Michigan. Mounting civil unrest since 1965 had resulted in riots in the black and Latino neighborhoods of major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles ( Watts r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerner Optical
Kerner Optical was an American practical visual effects company based in San Rafael, California. Originally the practical effects division of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), it was spun off as an autonomous company in 2006. After five years of operating independently, Kerner declared bankruptcy and ceased operations in 2011. History Kerner's history dates to George Lucas's founding of Industrial Light and Magic. In the late 1970s, ILM moved to facilities in San Rafael, California, on Kerner Boulevard; the sign outside the building identified it as the Kerner Company. The company hid in plain sight and was known to locals, industry insiders, clients and suppliers as Kerner. George Lucas explained that the name Kerner was a "deception designed to keep kids from rummaging through garbage bins". In 2006, the practical effects department was, like Pixar in 1986, spun off from Industrial Light & Magic. When George Lucas moved the computer graphics team to the Presidio of San Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durand–Kerner Method
In numerical analysis, the Weierstrass method or Durand–Kerner method, discovered by Karl Weierstrass in 1891 and rediscovered independently by Durand in 1960 and Kerner in 1966, is a root-finding algorithm for solving polynomial equations. In other words, the method can be used to solve numerically the equation : ''f''(''x'') = 0, where ''f'' is a given polynomial, which can be taken to be scaled so that the leading coefficient is 1. Explanation This explanation considers equations of degree four. It is easily generalized to other degrees. Let the polynomial ''f'' be defined by : f(x) = x^4 + ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d for all ''x''. The known numbers ''a'', ''b'', ''c'', ''d'' are the coefficients. Let the (complex) numbers ''P'', ''Q'', ''R'', ''S'' be the roots of this polynomial ''f''. Then : f(x) = (x - P)(x - Q)(x - R)(x - S) for all ''x''. One can isolate the value ''P'' from this equation: : P = x - \frac. So if used as a fixed-point iteration : x_1 := x_0 - \ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
