ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Pierre-Simon de Laplace
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French mathematician and astronomer whose work greatly influenced the development of the mathematics governing astronomy.
Pioneered the field of mathematical physics.
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Nationality
French
History
- Born: 23 March 1749
- Died: 5 March 1827
Theorems
- Laplace's Equation
- Laplace Transform
- Laplacian differential operator
- Laplace's Expansion Theorem
- Laplace-Runge-Lenz Vector (with Carl Runge and Wilhelm Lenz)
Books and Papers
- 1784: Théorie du movement et de la figure elliptique des planètes
- 1796: Exposition du système du monde
- 1799 – 1825: Méchanique céleste (5 volumes)
- 1814: Essai philosophique sur les probabilités
His complete works have been published as:
- Œuvres complètes de Laplace, 14 volumes (published 1878 – 1912). However, this does not include his 1784: Théorie du movement et de la figure elliptique des planètes.
Also see
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Pierre-Simon de Laplace": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics (1937): Chapter $\text{XI}$
- George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems (1992): Chapter $\text{A}.23$
