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Pierre-Simon Laplace

The life of François Pierre-Simon Laplace - Unified Probability and Cosmos.

Source:

- https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Laplace/

Laplace Equation

Describes potentials in physics.

\[ \nabla^2 \varphi = 0 \]

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/

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