Laplace
Probability theory pioneer
Laplace refers to Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827), a French mathematician and astronomer whose work on celestial mechanics and probability theory left lasting marks on science.
His name attaches to numerous mathematical concepts: the Laplace transform converts functions between domains, the Laplacian operator appears throughout physics, and Laplace's equation describes potential fields.
The Laplace transform simplifies differential equations.
Mathematical equality assertion
- operatorOne who works machinery
- transformChange completely in form
- differentialRelative difference between things
- calculusMathematical analysis system
analysis · determinant · eigenvalue · theorem · proof · integral · harmonic · potential
Allocation across recipients
- transformChange completely in form
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- likelihoodChance something will occur
odds · stochastic · variance · expectation · uncertainty · Bayesian · posterior · prior
Professional in abstract quantities
- astronomerCelestial bodies researcher
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- NapoleonFrench emperor, military genius
academician · scholar · marquis · treatise · influence · contribution · polymath · physicist
Cause-effect connection
- predictabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- inevitabilityQuality of being unavoidable
- clockwork universeReality as divine machinery
demon · omniscience · foreknowledge · mechanistic · Newtonian · fate · predetermined · necessity
Star and orbiting bodies
- planetary motionMovement of worlds around stars
- perturbationState of being unsettled
- orbitalRevolving around another
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
black hole · Saturn · Jupiter · mass · gravitational · eclipse · comet · moon
equation
Mathematical equality assertion
- operatorOne who works machinery
- transformChange completely in form
- differentialRelative difference between things
calculus · analysis · determinant · eigenvalue · theorem · proof · integral · harmonic · potential · boundary
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- transformChange completely in form
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
likelihood · odds · stochastic · variance · expectation · uncertainty · Bayesian · posterior · prior · generating function
mathematician
Professional in abstract quantities
- astronomerCelestial bodies researcher
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
Napoleon · academician · scholar · marquis · treatise · influence · contribution · polymath · physicist · pioneer
causality
Cause-effect connection
- predictabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- inevitabilityQuality of being unavoidable
clockwork universe · demon · omniscience · foreknowledge · mechanistic · Newtonian · fate · predetermined · necessity · intelligence
solar system
Star and orbiting bodies
- planetary motionMovement of worlds around stars
- perturbationState of being unsettled
- orbitalRevolving around another
cosmology · black hole · Saturn · Jupiter · mass · gravitational · eclipse · comet · moon · stability
LaplaceHeisenberg
German quantum theorist
Niels Bohr · indeterminism · uncertainty · quantum mechanics · Copenhagen interpretation
LaplaceNewton
Famous scientific surname
Isaac Newton · intelligent design · Leibniz · creationism · deism