asymmetry

Examples of asymmetry in the following topics:

• Animal Characterization Based on Body Symmetry

  • Animals can be classified by three types of body plan symmetry: radial symmetry, bilateral symmetry, and asymmetry.
  • Only a few animal groups display radial symmetry, while asymmetry is a unique feature of phyla Porifera (sponges).

• Rococo in French Decoration

  • Rococo salons are known for their elaborate detail, serpentine design work, asymmetry and predisposition to lighter, pastel, or gold-based color palettes.
  • Rococo salons are characterized by their elaborate detail, intricate patterns, serpentine design work, asymmetry, as well as a predisposition to lighter, pastel, and gold-based color palettes .
  • Rococo salons often employed the use of asymmetry in design, which was termed ‘contraste.'

• Compositional Balance

  • The opposite of symmetry is asymmetry.
  • Asymmetry is defined as the absence of, or a violation of, the principles of symmetry.
  • Examples of asymmetry appear commonly in architecture.
  • Although pre-modern architectural styles tended to place an emphasis on symmetry (except where extreme site conditions or historical developments lead away from this classical ideal), modern and postmodern architects frequently used asymmetry as a design element.

• Role of Financial Markets in Providing Feedback to Management

  • In economics and contract theory, information asymmetry deals with the study of decisions in transactions where one party has more or better information than the other, creating an imbalance of power.
  • Financial economists have applied information asymmetry in studies of differentially informed financial market participants (insiders, stock analysts, investors, among others).

• Signaling

  • An information asymmetry exists if firm managers know more about the firm and its future prospects than the investors.

• Matter and Antimatter

  • At this time, the apparent asymmetry of matter and antimatter in the visible universe is one of the greatest unsolved problems in physics.

• Average and Marginal Cost

  • Economic factors that impact the marginal cost include information asymmetries, positive and negative externalities, transaction costs, and price discrimination.

• Uterine Prolapse

  • These include insufficient muscle tone and asymmetries caused by trauma to the pelvis, age, pregnancy, family history, and hormonal status.

• Pecking Order

  • Goyal and Frank show, among other things, that Pecking Order theory fails where it should hold, namely for small firms where information asymmetry is presumably an important problem.

• Investor Preferences

  • There are a number of factors, such as psychology, taxes, and information asymmetries tied into this puzzle, which further complicate the matter.