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Alexis Claude Clairaut (/klɛərˈroʊ/; French: [alɛksi klod klɛʁo]; 13 May 1713 – 17 May 1765) was a
French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist....
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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...
- In
mathematical analysis,
Clairaut's equation (or the
Clairaut equation) is a
differential equation of the form y ( x ) = x d y d x + f ( d y d x ) {\displaystyle...
- for the
symmetry to hold are
given by Schwarz's theorem, also
called Clairaut's theorem or Young's theorem. In the
context of
partial differential equations...
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Clairaut's theorem characterizes the
surface gravity on a
viscous rotating ellipsoid in
hydrostatic equilibrium under the
action of its
gravitational field...
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Clairaut is a
lunar impact crater that is
located in the
rugged southern highlands of the Moon's near side. It lies
directly to the
south of the crater...
- 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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Clairaut's formula may
refer to:
Clairaut's equation (mathematical analysis)
Clairaut's relation (differential geometry)
Clairaut's theorem (calculus)...
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Alexis Clairaut announced to the
Royal Academy of
Sciences in
Paris his
prediction of the date at
which Halley's
comet would return:
Clairaut (January...
- the
motion of the Moon
around Earth. Jean le Rond d'Alembert and
Alexis Clairaut, who
developed a
longstanding rivalry, both
attempted to
analyze the problem...
