Gabriel Lamé
French mathematician (1795–1870) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gabriel Lamé (22 July 1795 – 1 May 1870) was a French mathematician who contributed to the theory of partial differential equations by the use of curvilinear coordinates, and the mathematical theory of elasticity (for which linear elasticity and finite strain theory elaborate the mathematical abstractions).
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Gabriel Lamé | |
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Born | (1795-07-22)22 July 1795 Tours, France |
Died | 1 May 1870(1870-05-01) (aged 74) Paris, France |
Known for | Euclidean algorithm Lamé coefficients Lamé curve Lamé function Lamé parameters Lamé's special quartic |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
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