“The Matrix”‚ a 1999 film by the Wachowski brothers‚ adapts a number of new and ancient philosophies about the truth behind reality‚ but the most central to the overarching framework of the film is adapted from Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. While “The Matrix” mirrors Plato’s allegory almost exactly in structure‚ its storyline is far more complex and it is effectively adapted to be a modern sci-fi/action movie. The film draws in a modern audience‚ who can relate to its protagonist‚ Neo‚ because we
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Eigenvectors and eigenvalues of a matrix The eigenvectors of a square matrix are the non-zero vectors which‚ after being multiplied by the matrix‚ remain proportional to the original vector‚ i.e. any vector that satisfies the equation: where is the matrix in question‚ is the eigenvector and is the associated eigenvalue. As will become clear later on‚ eigenvectors are not unique in the sense that any eigenvector can be multiplied by a constant to form another eigenvector. For each
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same argument as above‚ we see that: 5000(0.3) + 10‚ 000(0.8) = The number of people who don’t ride the bus next year. = b2 This system of equations is equivalent to the matrix equation: M x = b where 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.8 5000 10‚ 000 b1 b2 M= 5500 ‚x = and b = . For computing the result after 2 years‚ we just use the same matrix M ‚ however we use b 9500 in place of x. Thus the distribution after 2 years is M b = M 2 x. In fact‚ after n years‚ the distribution is given by M n x. The forgoing
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The most obvious similarity between the movie The Matrix‚ the cave analogy of Plato‚ and Descartes’ Meditation‚ is that all of these works doubt the reality of the world around us and call into question the validity of our sense perceptions. “Let us suppose‚” says Descartes‚ “that we are dreaming‚ and that all these particulars – namely‚ the opening of the eyes‚ the motion of the head‚ the forth-putting of the hands – are merely illusions” (Descartes‚ 1641‚ Meditations on First Philosophy). Likewise
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Compare and Contrast The Matrix with the readings from Plato and Descartes. What are some similarities and differences? An Essay Submitted to Jason Elvis BY Williestine Harriel Liberty University online September 24‚ 2012 Compare and Contrast The Matrix with the readings from Plato and Descartes. What are some similarities and differences? After reading The Matrix‚ and reading from Plato and Descartes‚ I find that there are some similarities and differences
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Dakota and I chose the Matrix of Liberty as our topic because we wanted to do something new and uncommon. So far everyone we have talked to about it (including our history teacher) didn’t even know of the historical monument‚ so we both decided to use that as our topic. To start out our research we both went on the internet for information and read articles on our topic. Once we both had a significant amount of facts and information we compared notes and shared what we found. Once we were confident
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Executive Summary – Avon Products Avon Products is one of the major players in the cosmetics and toiletries industry with a sale of about 10 billion US dollars in 2007 (Exhibits 1‚ 2 & 3). It has been globally competitive by creating global brands and nurturing its powerful sales channel of Single-level Marketing (Direct Selling). Globally‚ Avon competes with large cosmetics majors like P&G‚ Revlon and Shiseido to sell its products. At the same time‚ it also competes with other major direct sellers
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What is it? The Pugh Matrix was developed by Stuart Pugh who was a professor and head of the design division at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. It is also called a variety of names including Pugh method‚ Pugh analysis‚ decision matrix method‚ decision matrix‚ decision grid‚ selection grid‚ selection matrix‚ problem matrix‚ problem selection matrix‚ problem selection grid‚ solution matrix‚ criteria rating form‚ criteria-based matrix‚ opportunity analysis. As a decision making model‚ it
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Philosophy & the Matrix In order to complete this assignment I had to watch The Matrix for the first time. I do not know why I’ve never seen this movie‚ but I was blown away. Easily one of the most intriguing and questioning movies I’ve seen in a while. In fact it was the first movie I watched a second time over since Shrek came out. The Matrix was a raging success when it debuted in 1999 for its ability to capture the audience in terms of grabbing their minds to focus on ideas and concepts about
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Avon‚ the oldest cosmetics company in the United States and the world’s largest direct seller‚ received a much needed boost with Chief Executive Officer (CEO)‚ Andrea Jung‚ at the helm (Creed and Laichas). Andrea became the company’s first female CEO in 1994‚ marking the beginning of a brand turnaround (“Avon Products‚ Inc.”). From its humble beginning to becoming the cosmetic giant that it is now‚ Avon has had a number of trials and bounce backs. It’s most recent success‚ the Hello Tomorrow global
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