Laplace

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Proper noun

Laplace

1. ((mathematics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician 1749-1827, used attributively in the names of various mathematical concepts named after him (see "Derived terms" below)

Derived terms

• de Moivre-Laplace theorem
• Laplace-Beltrami operator
• Laplace distribution
• Laplace limit
• Laplace-Mehler integral
• Laplace operator
• Laplace plane
• Laplace's equation
• Laplace series
• Laplace's integral
• Laplace-Stieltjes transform
• Laplace transform
• Laplacian