• In classical differential geometry, Clairaut's relation, named after Alexis Claude de Clairaut, is a formula that characterizes the great circle paths...
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    In mathematics, the differential geometry of surfaces deals with the differential geometry of smooth surfaces with various additional structures, most...
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    credited with Clairaut's equation and Clairaut's relation. Clairaut was born in Paris, France, to Jean-Baptiste and Catherine Petit Clairaut. The couple...
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    Differential geometry is a mathematical discipline that studies the geometry of smooth shapes and smooth spaces, otherwise known as smooth manifolds. It...
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  • Clairaut's formula may refer to: Clairaut's equation (mathematical analysis) Clairaut's relation (differential geometry) Clairaut's theorem (calculus)...
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    of quantities, which is how they enter differential equations. Specific mathematical fields include geometry and analytical mechanics. Scientific fields...
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  • given by Schwarz's theorem, also called Clairaut's theorem or Young's theorem. In the context of partial differential equations, it is called the Schwarz...
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  • list presents differential equations that have received specific names, area by area. Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur (AKNS) system Clairaut's equation Hypergeometric...
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  • Foundations of geometry is the study of geometries as axiomatic systems. There are several sets of axioms which give rise to Euclidean geometry or to non-Euclidean...
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  • Differential equations are prominent in many scientific areas. Nonlinear ones are of particular interest for their commonality in describing real-world...
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    phenomena. Hamiltonian mechanics has a close relationship with geometry (notably, symplectic geometry and Poisson structures) and serves as a link between classical...
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    particle system in 3 dimensions, there are 3N second order ordinary differential equations in the positions of the particles to solve for. Instead of...
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    Geodesics on an ellipsoid (category Differential geometry)
    latitude, β, using R = a cos ⁡ β , {\displaystyle R=a\cos \beta ,} and Clairaut's relation then becomes sin ⁡ α 1 cos ⁡ β 1 = sin ⁡ α 2 cos ⁡ β 2 . {\displaystyle...
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    Geodesic (category Differential geometry)
    displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Clairaut's relation – Formula in classical differential geometryPages displaying short descriptions of redirect...
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    geodesics on a surface of revolution. Other geodesics are governed by Clairaut's relation. A surface of revolution with a hole in, where the axis of revolution...
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  • or a star system—a mathematical model is developed in the form of a differential equation. The model can be solved numerically or analytically to determine...
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  • Hamilton–Jacobi equation (category Partial differential equations)
    important variational problem in Riemannian geometry. However as a computational tool, the partial differential equations are notoriously complicated to...
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    closer than fifty paces to the reservoir. Vanity of vanities! Vanity of geometry! However, the disappointment was almost surely unwarranted from a technical...
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  • procedure for the action principle of a gauge theory using the differential geometry of the gauge bundle on which the field theory lives. One then quantizes...
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    justified in concluding that they are not accelerating. Acceleration (differential geometry) Four-vector: making the connection between space and time explicit...
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  • Katsumi Nomizu (2001). Geometry of Differential Forms. American Mathematical Society Bookstore. p. 12. ISBN 0-8218-1045-6. geometry axiom coordinate system...
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  • development of analysis by Weierstrass and others, the reformulation of geometry in terms of analysis, and the invention of set theory by Cantor, eventually...
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  • Laplace's five-volume Traité de mécanique céleste (1798–1825) forsook geometry and developed mechanics purely through algebraic expressions, while resolving...
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    Rigid body (section Geometry)
    (combinations of translations and rotations). Angular velocity Axes conventions Differential rotation Rigid body dynamics Infinitesimal rotations Euler's equations...
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    dynamics of a system is known, the equations are the solutions for the differential equations describing the motion of the dynamics. There are two main descriptions...
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    Poisson bracket (category Symplectic geometry)
    Karasëv, Mikhail V.; Maslov, Victor P. (1993). Nonlinear Poisson brackets, Geometry and Quantization. Translations of Mathematical Monographs. Vol. 119. Translated...
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    section). A conservative force can be expressed in the language of differential geometry as a closed form. As Euclidean space is contractible, its de Rham...
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    made by W. K. Clifford and Albert Einstein. The development used differential geometry to describe a curved universe with gravity; the study is called...
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    to move. Kinematics, as a field of study, is often referred to as the "geometry of motion" and is occasionally seen as a branch of mathematics. Dynamics...
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    stream, current or flood". Aquaculture – Farming of aquatic organisms Clairaut's theorem – Theorem about gravityPages displaying short descriptions of...
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