The Laplace number (La), also known as the Suratman number (Su), is a dimensionless number used in the characterization of free surface fluid dynamics...
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Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (/ləˈplɑːs/; French: [pjɛʁ simɔ̃ laplas]; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French polymath, a scholar whose work has...
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history of science, Laplace's demon was a notable published articulation of causal determinism on a scientific basis by Pierre-Simon Laplace in 1814. According...
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whose Ohnesorge number are in the range 0.1 < Oh < 1.0 are jettable (1<Z<10 where Z is the reciprocal of the Ohnesorge number). Laplace number - There is an...
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In mathematics, the Laplace transform, named after Pierre-Simon Laplace (/ləˈplɑːs/), is an integral transform that converts a function of a real variable...
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The Laplace pressure is the pressure difference between the inside and the outside of a curved surface that forms the boundary between two fluid regions...
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and is known as Lerch's theorem. The Laplace transform and the inverse Laplace transform together have a number of properties that make them useful for...
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The Laplace–Stieltjes transform, named for Pierre-Simon Laplace and Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, is an integral transform similar to the Laplace transform...
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Speed of sound (redirect from Newton–Laplace equation)
an isothermal process). This error was later rectified by Pierre-Simon Laplace. During the 17th century there were several attempts to measure the speed...
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mathematics and physics, Laplace's equation is a second-order partial differential equation named after Pierre-Simon Laplace, who first studied its properties...
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The following is a list of Laplace transforms for many common functions of a single variable. The Laplace transform is an integral transform that takes...
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Laplace's demon Laplace equation for irrotational flow Laplace force Laplace number Laplace plane Laplace's invariable plane Laplace pressure Laplace-Runge-Lenz...
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(having a finite number of edges and vertices), the discrete Laplace operator is more commonly called the Laplacian matrix. The discrete Laplace operator occurs...
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In physics, the Young–Laplace equation (/ləˈplɑːs/) is an equation that describes the capillary pressure difference sustained across the interface between...
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In mathematics, Laplace's method, named after Pierre-Simon Laplace, is a technique used to approximate integrals of the form ∫ a b e M f ( x ) d x , {\displaystyle...
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Spherical harmonics (redirect from Laplace series)
harmonics originate from solving Laplace's equation in the spherical domains. Functions that are solutions to Laplace's equation are called harmonics. Despite...
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of probability, multivariate Laplace distributions are extensions of the Laplace distribution and the asymmetric Laplace distribution to multiple variables...
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In classical mechanics, the Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector (LRL vector) is a vector used chiefly to describe the shape and orientation of the orbit of one...
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diagonals give common symbols for the quantities, and the given dimensionless number is the ratio of the left column quantity over top row quantity; e.g. Re...
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In probability theory, the de Moivre–Laplace theorem, which is a special case of the central limit theorem, states that the normal distribution may be...
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Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace (7 November 1793 – 24 January 1875) was a French navigator famous for his circumnavigation of the globe on board La Favorite...
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negative number that can be represented by decimal fraction (e.g. 0.5, or 1.32). Introduced by Dwork et al., this mechanism adds noise drawn from a Laplace distribution:...
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transformed from the time domain to the complex frequency domain using the Laplace transform. The system's zeros and poles are then analyzed in the complex...
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Rule of succession (redirect from Laplace's rule of succession)
succession is a formula introduced in the 18th century by Pierre-Simon Laplace in the course of treating the sunrise problem. The formula is still used...
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Z-transform (category Laplace transforms)
representation. It can be considered a discrete-time equivalent of the Laplace transform (the s-domain or s-plane). This similarity is explored in the...
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Orbital resonance (redirect from Laplace resonance)
System has preoccupied many mathematicians, starting with Pierre-Simon Laplace. The stable orbits that arise in a two-body approximation ignore the influence...
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Laplace's approximation provides an analytical expression for a posterior probability distribution by fitting a Gaussian distribution with a mean equal...
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Capillary length (redirect from Laplace length)
of menisci, and is found when body forces (gravity) and surface forces (Laplace pressure) are in equilibrium. The pressure of a static fluid does not depend...
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Additive smoothing (redirect from Laplace smoothing)
In statistics, additive smoothing, also called Laplace smoothing or Lidstone smoothing, is a technique used to smooth count data, eliminating issues caused...
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the Green's function (or fundamental solution) for the Laplacian (or Laplace operator) in three variables is used to describe the response of a particular...
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