• In astronomy and orbital mechanics, the Laplace sphere concerns a specfic kind of Three-body problem with orbits. The prototype idea is to study the Sun-Earth-Moon...
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    other models of gravitational influence, such as the Laplace sphere or being called the Roche sphere, the latter causing confusion with the Roche limit...
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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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  • In differential geometry, the Laplace–Beltrami operator is a generalization of the Laplace operator to functions defined on submanifolds in Euclidean space...
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  • small spheres or balls centered at p deviates from f (p). The Laplace operator is named after the French mathematician Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749–1827)...
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    propagated from the surface of the Laplace sphere to an arbitrary perilune point. The Laplace sphere and the gravitational sphere of influence concepts used in...
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    functions on the sphere which are harmonic with respect to the Laplace-Beltrami operator for the standard round metric on the sphere: the only harmonic...
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  • base models to calculate the sphere of influence is the Hill sphere and the Laplace sphere, but updated and particularly more dynamic ones have been described...
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  • In physics, the Young–Laplace equation (/ləˈplɑːs/) is an algebraic equation that describes the capillary pressure difference sustained across the interface...
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    In mathematics, an n-sphere or hypersphere is an ⁠ n {\displaystyle n} ⁠-dimensional generalization of the ⁠ 1 {\displaystyle 1} ⁠-dimensional circle and...
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    process, not an isothermal process). This error was later rectified by Laplace. During the 17th century there were several attempts to measure the speed...
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    In geometry, a sphere packing is an arrangement of non-overlapping spheres within a containing space. The spheres considered are usually all of identical...
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  • In classical mechanics, the Laplace–Runge–Lenz (LRL) vector is a vector used chiefly to describe the shape and orientation of the orbit of one astronomical...
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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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    of tides, developed by Pierre-Simon Laplace in 1775, describes the ocean's real reaction to tidal forces. Laplace's theory of ocean tides takes into account...
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  • Hough functions are the eigenfunctions of Laplace's tidal equations which govern fluid motion on a rotating sphere. As such, they are relevant in geophysics...
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  • -separable for the 3-variable Laplace equation. Multiplicative inverse (for 1-dimensional version) Moon, P. and Spencer, D. E. 6-sphere Coordinates. Fig. 4.07...
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    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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  • exit-time from each sphere drawn, which is an independent variable τ 0 {\displaystyle \tau _{0}} with Laplace transform (for a sphere of radius R {\displaystyle...
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  • and/or eigenfunctions) of the Laplace–Beltrami operator to compare and analyze geometric shapes. Since the spectrum of the Laplace–Beltrami operator is invariant...
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    surface of a sphere. Given a sphere of unit radius, place its center at the origin of the complex plane, oriented so that the equator on the sphere coincides...
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    screened and the electric potential decreases in magnitude by 1/e. A Debye sphere is a volume whose radius is the Debye length. Debye length is an important...
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  • axes The local Laplace plane for satellites orbiting with intermediate-to-large semi-major axes The plane tangent to celestial sphere for extrasolar objects...
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  • vector calculus identities, these equations can be shown to result in Laplace's equations for the pressure and each of the components of the vorticity...
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    Manifold (section Sphere)
    Two-dimensional manifolds are also called surfaces. Examples include the plane, the sphere, and the torus, and also the Klein bottle and real projective plane. The...
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  • sphere will be determined only by the distribution of charge outside the sphere and will be independent of the charge distribution inside the sphere....
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  • the following: the first eigenvalue of the Laplace–Beltrami operator on the unit-radius n-dimensional sphere is n, and the corresponding eigenfunctions...
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  • distribution The wrapped Cauchy distribution The wrapped Laplace distribution The wrapped asymmetric Laplace distribution The Dirac comb of period 2π, although...
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  • loops on the unit sphere that rotates at the speed of the orbital precession (so that the orbit normal and the normal to the Laplace plane are fixed points...
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  • a continuous mass distribution ρ(r), then ρ can be recovered using the Laplace operator, Δ: ρ ( x ) = 1 4 π G Δ V ( x ) . {\displaystyle \rho (\mathbf...
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