differential equations. Laplace's equation is also a special case of the Helmholtz equation. The general theory of solutions to Laplace's equation is known...
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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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Speed of sound (redirect from Newton–Laplace equation)
For fluids in general, the speed of sound c is given by the Newton–Laplace equation: c = K s ρ , {\displaystyle c={\sqrt {\frac {K_{s}}{\rho }}},} where...
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of probability was developed mainly by Laplace. Laplace formulated Laplace's equation, and pioneered the Laplace transform which appears in many branches...
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(force) field. It is a generalization of Laplace's equation, which is also frequently seen in physics. The equation is named after French mathematician and...
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Grattan-Guinness, I (1997), "Laplace's integral solutions to partial differential equations", in Gillispie, C. C. (ed.), Pierre Simon Laplace 1749–1827: A Life in...
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side of this equation is the Laplace operator, and the entire equation Δu = 0 is known as Laplace's equation. Solutions of the Laplace equation, i.e. functions...
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Spherical harmonics (redirect from Laplace series)
harmonics originate from solving Laplace's equation in the spherical domains. Functions that are solutions to Laplace's equation are called harmonics. Despite...
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Laplacian vector field (section Laplace's equation)
field v satisfies Laplace's equation. However, the converse is not true; not every vector field that satisfies Laplace's equation is a Laplacian vector...
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wave equation Burgers' equation Continuity equation Heat equation Helmholtz equation Klein–Gordon equation Jacobi equation Lagrange equation Laplace's equation...
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states that every weak solution of Laplace's equation is a smooth solution. This contrasts with the wave equation, for example, which has weak solutions...
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Laplace's law or The law of Laplace may refer to several concepts, Biot–Savart law, in electromagnetics, it describes the magnetic field set up by a steady...
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Log-polar coordinates (section Laplace's equation)
method of separation of variables for partial differential equations for Laplace's equation in polar form. This means that you write u ( r , θ ) = R (...
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Bäcklund transform (section The sine-Gordon equation)
above properties mean, more precisely, that Laplace's equation for u {\displaystyle u} and Laplace's equation for v {\displaystyle v} are the integrability...
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subset of R n , {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n},} that satisfies Laplace's equation, that is, ∂ 2 f ∂ x 1 2 + ∂ 2 f ∂ x 2 2 + ⋯ + ∂ 2 f ∂ x n 2 = 0 {\displaystyle...
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the Helmholtz equation is the eigenvalue problem for the Laplace operator. It corresponds to the elliptic partial differential equation: ∇ 2 f = − k 2...
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Atmospheric tide (section Laplace's tidal equation)
tides is described by the horizontal structure equation which is also called Laplace's tidal equation: L Θ n + ε n Θ n = 0 {\displaystyle {L}{\Theta }_{n}+\varepsilon...
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Legendre polynomials (redirect from Legendre's differential equation)
Legendre's differential equation arises naturally whenever one solves Laplace's equation (and related partial differential equations) by separation of variables...
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Electrostatics (section Poisson and Laplace equations)
relationship is a form of Poisson's equation. In the absence of unpaired electric charge, the equation becomes Laplace's equation: ∇ 2 ϕ = 0 , {\displaystyle...
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equation Heat equation Laplace's equation Laplace operator Harmonic function Spherical harmonic Poisson integral formula Klein–Gordon equation Korteweg–de...
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Bessel function (redirect from Bessel differential equation)
Helmholtz equation in spherical coordinates. Bessel's equation arises when finding separable solutions to Laplace's equation and the Helmholtz equation in cylindrical...
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Associated Legendre polynomials (redirect from General Legendre equation)
differential equation is frequently encountered in physics and other technical fields. In particular, it occurs when solving Laplace's equation (and related...
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PDEs. For example, a time-independent solution of the heat equation solves Laplace's equation. That is, if parabolic and hyperbolic PDEs are associated...
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applications, such as when solving Laplace's equation in polar coordinates. The second order Cauchy–Euler equation is x 2 d 2 y d x 2 + a x d y d x +...
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continuity equation ∇ ⋅ v → = 0 {\displaystyle \nabla \cdot {\vec {v}}=0} , the scalar potential can be substituted back in to find Laplace's Equation for irrotational...
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function. One of the most well-known of these, the Laplace expansion for the three-variable Laplace equation, is given in terms of the generating function...
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Conformal map (section Maxwell's equations)
sloshing in tanks. If a function is harmonic (that is, it satisfies Laplace's equation ∇ 2 f = 0 {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}f=0} ) over a plane domain (which...
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Potential theory (category Partial differential equations)
Poisson's equation—or in the vacuum, Laplace's equation. There is considerable overlap between potential theory and the theory of Poisson's equation to the...
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differential equations (such as the equation defining a catenary), cubic equations, and Laplace's equation in Cartesian coordinates. Laplace's equations are important...
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Gauss's law (category Maxwell's equations)
known potentials, the potential away from them is obtained by solving Laplace's equation, either analytically or numerically. The electric field is then calculated...
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