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Robertson uncertainty relation
The Robertson uncertainty relation, also called the Heisenberg–Robertson inequality, is a quantum mechanics theorem bounding the variances of any two observables, derived by H. P. Robertson in 1929.
Robertson–Schrödinger uncertainty relation
The Robertson–Schrödinger uncertainty relation is a quantum mechanics theorem that lower-bounds the product of two observables' standard deviations using their commutator and covariance, the tightest variance-based uncertainty relation.
Robertson–Seymour theorem
The Robertson–Seymour theorem, also called the graph minor theorem or Wagner's conjecture, states that finite graphs are well-quasi-ordered by the minor relation; Robertson and Seymour proved it from 1983 to 2004.
Robertsonian translocation
Robertsonian translocation, or centric fusion: fusion of the long arms of two acrocentric chromosomes (13, 14, 15, 21, 22) into one chromosome, found in about 1 in 800 people, usually balanced and phenotypically normal but affecting fertility and trisomy risk.
Robertsonpet
Robertsonpet, Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka: town founded 1901, named for Sir Donald Robertson; commercial headquarters of KGF, city municipal council since 1983, 58.12 sq km, mines closed 2001.
Robeson Channel
Robeson Channel (Détroit de Robeson) is a 57-mile Arctic waterway between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, the northernmost and narrowest part of Nares Strait and a major sea-ice export gate.
Robeson County
Robeson County is a county in southeastern North Carolina, formed in 1787 and named for Colonel Thomas Robeson, with its seat at Lumberton and the largest county by land area in the state.
Robi Axiata
Robi Axiata is a Bangladeshi mobile network operator, the country's second largest, formed by the 2016 merger of Robi and Airtel Bangladesh and listed on the stock exchanges since December 2020.
Robie House
The Robie House, formally the Frederick C. Robie House, is a Frank Lloyd Wright house museum in Chicago's Hyde Park, widely regarded as the fullest expression of his Prairie style.
Robigalia Catena
Robigalia Catena is a 79.21 km pit crater chain of merged pits near Vesta's equator, IAU-approved in 2012, named for the Roman festival of Robigus, and studied as a tectonic feature.
Robigo Fluctus
Robigo Fluctus is a 233 km wide lava flow terrain (fluctus) on Venus at 42.2°S, 207.3°E in northwest Imdr Regio, named for the Roman agriculture goddess Robigo and IAU-approved May 5, 2023.
Robin (character)
Robin is Batman's DC Comics sidekick, debuting April 1940 in Detective Comics #38 (Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson). The mantle passed through Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne, each later adopting identities like Nightwing and Red Hood.
Robin (Honkai: Star Rail)
Robin (Honkai: Star Rail) is a 5-star Physical Harmony support character, a Halovian singer from Penacony, debuting in Version 2.2 (May 2024). Her 160-energy Ultimate grants a teamwide 100% action advance and Concerto state, excelling in follow-up attack teams.
Robin A. Moser
Robin A. Moser is a Swiss computer scientist who gave the first efficient constructive proof of the Lovász Local Lemma, sharing the 2020 Gödel Prize with Gábor Tardos.
Robin A. Weiss
Robin A. Weiss, also known as Robin Weiss, was a British virologist and Emeritus Professor of Viral Oncology at University College London, known for discovering endogenous retroviruses and identifying CD4 as the HIV receptor.
Robin and Marian
Robin and Marian (1976) is a Richard Lester adventure romance, written by James Goldman, starring Sean Connery as an aging Robin Hood and Audrey Hepburn as a Marian now a mother superior, released by Columbia.
Robin and the Hoods
Robin and the Hoods is a 2024 Sky Original British family fantasy film directed by Phil Hawkins, starring Darcey Ewart, Naomie Harris, and Gwendoline Christie, about children saving their wooded play area from a developer.
Robin Antin
Robin Antin (born 1961) is an American choreographer who created the Pussycat Dolls, founded in 1995 as a Viper Room burlesque revue and turned into a pop group via Interscope; she also formed Girlicious, Paradiso Girls, and G.R.L., owns Playground LA, and settled a 2021 lawsuit with Nicole Scherzinger.
Robin Askwith
Robin Askwith (born 1950, Southport) is an English actor famous as Timothy Lea in the 1970s Confessions of a... sex comedies; later TV work includes The Madame Blanc Mysteries, Strike and Inside No. 9, plus live one-man shows.
Robin Atkin Downes
Robin Atkin Downes (born 1976) is an English actor and prolific voice actor, MFA from Temple University, known as The Master on The Strain and for voicing the Medic in Team Fortress 2, Kazuhira Miller in Metal Gear, and Travis Touchdown in No More Heroes.
Robin B. Nicholson
Sir Robin Buchanan Nicholson was a British metallurgist who pioneered transmission electron microscopy of precipitation in aluminum alloys and later served as Chief Scientific Adviser to Margaret Thatcher.
Robin Backhaus
Robin James Backhaus (born 1955), American swimmer, 1972 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 m butterfly and 1973 world champion in the 200 fly and 4x200 free relay; distinct from the German swimmer Robin Backhaus (born 1989).
Robin Bartleman
Robin Bartleman is an American politician and Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives from District 103, where she has served six years and sponsored laws including Miya's Law.
Robin Bhatt
Robin Bhatt (रोबिन भट्ट), born 1946, Indian Hindi-cinema screenwriter, son of Nanabhai Bhatt and half-brother of Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt; writing debut Aashiqui (1990), Filmfare-winning screenplay for Baazigar (1993), around 66 films, Screenwriters' Association president.
Robin Buckley
Robin Buckley is a fictional character from Netflix's Stranger Things, played by Maya Hawke; introduced in season 3 at Scoops Ahoy, the show's first openly gay character, later a Smith College student in the finale.
Robin Bussard
Robin Bussard (born 2002) is a Swiss ski mountaineer from Albeuve who won gold in the mixed relay at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and his first World Cup sprint in 2024.
Robin Byrd
Robin Byrd (Robin Cohen) is a former adult film star and host of The Robin Byrd Show, the New York public access program on Channel J from 1977 to 1998, known for her black crochet bikini, Time Warner free-speech lawsuit, and the 2026 HBO documentary Bang My Box.
Robin C. Allshire
Robin C. Allshire is a molecular biologist and Professor of Chromosome Biology at the University of Edinburgh who studies how centromeres and heterochromatin are established and inherited.
Robin Carhart‐Harris
Robin Carhart-Harris is a British psychopharmacologist who studies psychedelic drugs and psilocybin therapy for depression, and has led psychedelic research centers at Imperial College London and UCSF.
Robin Cavendish
Robin Cavendish (1930-1994), British polio survivor and disability advocate, respirator-dependent from 1958, co-developed the first wheelchair-mounted ventilator with Teddy Hall, founded Netley Waterside House, received an MBE, and is the subject of the 2017 film Breathe.