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  1. Pierre-Simon Laplace - Wikipedia

    Pierre-Simon Laplace ... 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 been …

  2. Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace - Britannica

    Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace, French mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who was best known for his investigations into the stability of the solar system.

  3. Pierre-Simon Laplace - New World Encyclopedia

    Together with Thomas Young, Laplace is credited with describing the pressure across a curved surface, as set out in the Young-Laplace equation. In theoretical physics the theory of capillary …

  4. Laplace, Pierre-Simon Marquis de - Encyclopedia of Mathematics

    Oct 28, 2023 · Laplace held the view that man, in contrast to the "demon", was capable of achieving only partial knowledge about the causes and laws which regulate the processes of …

  5. Laplace Transform: Basics - MIT OpenCourseWare

    We introduce the Laplace transform. This is an important session which covers both the conceptual and beginning computational aspects of the topic. Fortunately, we have lots of …

  6. Pierre-Simon Laplace - History of Math and Technology

    Laplace’s influence extended far beyond his own time. His work in celestial mechanics and probability theory paved the way for many future developments in mathematics and physics.

  7. Differential Equations - Laplace Transforms

    Apr 5, 2019 · Laplace Transforms – In this section we introduce the way we usually compute Laplace transforms that avoids needing to use the definition. We discuss the table of Laplace …

  8. Laplace Transform -- from Wolfram MathWorld

    Dec 22, 2025 · The Laplace transform is an integral transform perhaps second only to the Fourier transform in its utility in solving physical problems. The Laplace transform is particularly useful …

  9. The Laplace Transform - Interactive Mathematics

    Laplace was a French mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who applied the Newtonian theory of gravitation to the solar system (an important problem of his day).

  10. Pierre-Simon Laplace - Biography, Facts and Pictures

    Pierre-Simon Laplace was a prominent French mathematical physicist and astronomer of the 19th century, who made crucial contributions in the arena of planetary motion by applying Sir Isaac …