Alexis Claude Clairaut (French: [alɛksi klod klɛʁo]; 13 May 1713 – 17 May 1765) was a French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist. He was a prominent...
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Clairaut may refer to: Alexis Claude Clairaut, French mathematician Clairaut's equation Clairaut's theorem Clairaut (crater), a crater on the Moon This...
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gravitational field and centrifugal force. It was published in 1743 by Alexis Claude Clairaut in a treatise which synthesized physical and geodetic evidence that...
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It is named after the French mathematician Alexis Clairaut, who introduced it in 1734. To solve Clairaut's equation, one differentiates with respect to...
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a quantitative treatment of capillary action. See, for example, Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713–1765) Theorie de la Figure de la Terre tirée des Principes...
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centuries, the study of the three-body problem by Leonhard Euler, Alexis Claude Clairaut, and Jean le Rond d'Alembert led to more accurate predictions about...
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mathematics by Jean-Baptiste Clairaut, and became a friend of Jean-Baptiste's son, Alexis-Claude Clairaut, (Alexis Clairaut), who was a brilliant young...
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different locations on Earth. In 1743 Alexis Claude Clairaut created the first hydrostatic model of the Earth, Clairaut's theorem, which allowed the ellipticity...
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of gravitation, notably Leonhard Euler, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Alexis-Claude Clairaut, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Pierre-Simon de...
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huge controversy among French scientists. Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Alexis Claude Clairaut, and Pierre Charles Le Monnier traveled to Lapland, where they were...
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table.: p.46 Computing became more organized when the Frenchman Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713–1765) divided the computation to determine the time of the...
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Lacaille, French astronomer (baptized December 28; died 1762) May 3 – Alexis Claude Clairaut, French mathematician (died 1765) May 25 – John Stuart, Lord Mount...
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function "any expression made up of a variable and some constants." Alexis Claude Clairaut (in approximately 1734) and Leonhard Euler introduced the familiar...
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published in 1743, Alexis Claude Clairaut synthesized the relationships existing between gravity and the shape of the Earth. Clairaut exposed there his...
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Bernoulli's prodigy students, Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis and Alexis Claude Clairaut. Frederick the Great of Prussia, who re-founded the Academy of Sciences...
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Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, with the scientists included being Alexis Claude Clairaut, Charles Le Monnier and Charles Etienne Louis Camus. The Swedish...
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Brière Lepaute was one of a team of human computers who worked with Alexis-Claude Clairaut and Joseph-Jérôme Le Français de Lalande to predict the date of...
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are right angles, then the fourth angle is also a right angle. (Alexis-Claude Clairaut, 1741; Johann Heinrich Lambert, 1766) There exists a quadrilateral...
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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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particularly that with military applications. He began to study under Alexis-Claude Clairaut. During the War of the Austrian Succession he was injured and he...
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Pierre Charles Le Monnier (redirect from Charles Claude Le Monnier)
was chosen in the same year to accompany Pierre Louis Maupertuis and Alexis Clairaut on their geodetical expedition for measuring a meridian arc of approximately...
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Chwolson–Einstein ring – Orest Khvolson (and Albert Einstein) Clairaut's relation, theorem – Alexis Claude Clairaut Claisen condensation, rearrangement – Rainer Ludwig...
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Cichus (1257–1327) WGPSN Clairaut 47°50′S 13°52′E / 47.84°S 13.86°E / -47.84; 13.86 (Clairaut) 76.89 1935 Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713–1765) WGPSN Clark...
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contingent to the Greek armada. IAU · 9590 9592 Clairaut 1991 GK4 Alexis Clairaut (Alexis-Claude Clairaut) (1713–1765), French mathematician who tackled...
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to name a few, the mathematician and astronomer and physicist Alexis Claude Clairaut and Jean-Antoine Nollet. Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey (1986). Women in...
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Jennifer Alice Clack 2009-05-15 3 November 1947 – 26 March 2020 Alexis Claude Clairaut 1737-10-27 7 May 1713 – 17 May 1765 Arthur Roy Clapham 1959-03-19...
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Charnoz Jean Chazy Olivier Chesneau Henri Chrétien Jean-Pierre Christin Alexis Clairaut Jérôme Eugène Coggia Françoise Combes Janine Connes Eugène Cosserat...
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Mairan, Henri François d'Aguesseau, Alexis Clairaut. Front row, right to left: Montesquieu, Sophie d'Houdetot, Claude Joseph Vernet, Bernard Le Bouyer de...
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since the 18th century. For example, in 1747, the French mathematician Alexis Clairaut wrote that "Newton was said in his own life to have created a revolution"...
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processing and imaging; Maurice Ewing Medal (SEG) Alexis Clairaut (French, 1713–1765) – proved Clairaut's theorem and calculated the ellipticity of the Earth...
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