Re: [Bug-gnubg] Annealing rate

[Jim Segrave]

On Wed 13 Aug 2003 (10:24 +0200), Achim Mueller wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> for the translation: can someone exlain, what "annealing rate" means? A
> german translation to "anneal" goes from "gl?hen" (means "being very hot
> and shiny") to "h?rten" (means "getting stronger" like iron switching to
> steal).

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1624/

Look at the short description of the Boltzman machine, which gives a
quick overview of annealing in this context. 

I believe it's taken from the glass and steel industry where heating a
material to a high temperature and allowing it to cool very slowly
allows the individual crystals to find near optimal physical
postitions which minimise stresses, giving a result which is less
brittle and more flexible, because it is free of internal stresses.

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