Fred Vargas, de son vrai nom Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, née le 7 juin 1957 à Paris, est une écrivaine et archéozoologue française. Elle est connue pour ses romans policiers mettant en scène, pour la plupart, le commissaire Adamsberg. Ses livres ont eu beaucoup de succès et ont été adaptés au cinéma. == Biographie == === Années de formation === Fred Vargas est la fille de l'écrivain Philippe Audoin et d'une ingénieure chimiste. Son frère est l'historien Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau et sa sœur jumelle la peintre Jo Vargas. Elle a fait ses études secondaires au lycée Molière à Paris et est titulaire d'un...

In knot theory, the cinquefoil knot, also known as Solomon's seal knot or the pentafoil knot, is one of two knots with crossing number five, the other being the three-twist knot. It is listed as the 51 knot in the Alexander-Briggs notation, and can also be described as the (5,2)-torus knot. The cinquefoil is the closed version of the double overhand knot. The cinquefoil is a prime knot. Its writhe is 5, and it is invertible but not amphichiral. Its Alexander polynomial is , its Conway polynomial is , and its Jones polynomial is Surprisingly, these are the same as the Alexander, Conway, and Jones...

Longevity claims are unsubstantiated cases of asserted human longevity. Those asserting lifespans of 110 years or more are referred to as supercentenarians. Many have either no official verification or are backed only by partial evidence. Cases where longevity has been fully verified, according to modern standards of longevity research, are reflected in an established list of supercentenarians based on the work of such international institutions as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) and/or the Guinness World Records. This article lists claims of 115 years or more. == Scientific status == Prior...