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  1. Pierre-Simon Laplace - Wikipedia

    Laplace formulated Laplace's equation, and pioneered the Laplace transform which appears in many branches of mathematical physics, a field that he took a leading role in forming.

  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 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 …

  5. Laplace - HyperPhysics

    Pierre-Simon Laplace (23 March 1749 - 5 March 1827) was a French scholar whose work was important to the development of engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, astronomy, and …

  6. Laplace Transform -- from Wolfram MathWorld

    Dec 3, 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 …

  7. 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 …

  8. 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 …

  9. Laplace's demon - Wikipedia

    This intellect is often referred to as Laplace's demon (and sometimes Laplace's Superman, after Hans Reichenbach). Laplace himself did not use the word "demon", which was a later …

  10. 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 …