Pierre-Simon Laplace
The life of François Pierre-Simon Laplace - Unified Probability and Cosmos.
Source:
- https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Laplace/
Famous Equations
1. Laplace Equation
Describes potentials in physics.
$$ \nabla^2 \varphi = 0 $$2. Laplace Transform
Transforms differential equations into algebraic ones.
$$ F(s) = \int_0^\infty f(t) e^{-st} dt $$Sources: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Laplace/
