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  2. Jean Le Rond d’Alembert | French Mathematician, Philosopher ...

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    Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, (born November 17, 1717, Paris, France—died October 29, 1783, Paris), French mathematician, philosopher, and writer, who achieved fame as a mathematician and scientist before acquiring a considerable reputation as a contributor to and editor of the famous Encyclopédie.

  3. Jean Le Rond d’ Alembert summary - Encyclopedia Britannica

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    Jean Le Rond d’ Alembert, (born, Nov. 17, 1717, Paris, France—died Oct. 29, 1783, Paris), French mathematician, scientist, philosopher, and writer. In 1743 he published a treatise on dynamics containing “d’Alembert’s principle,” relating to Isaac Newton ’s laws of motion.

  4. Cosmopolitanism - Atlantic History - Oxford Bibliographies

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    By Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, 297. Paris: Briasson, 1754. The entry defines cosmopolite as a man who is at home anywhere and whose ultimate allegiance is to humankind.

  5. Jean Le Rond D Alembert | Encyclopedia.com

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    ALEMBERT, JEAN LE ROND D' (1717 – 1783), French mathematician, scientist, philosopher, and writer. Born 17 November 1717, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was the illegitimate son of the famous Claudine Alexandrine Gu é rin, marquise de Tencin, and an artillery officer, Louis-Camus

  6. Fourier series - Wikipedia

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    The Fourier series is named in honor of Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768–1830), who made important contributions to the study of trigonometric series, after preliminary investigations by Leonhard Euler, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, and Daniel Bernoulli.

  7. Wave equation - Wikipedia

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    This was derived by Jean le Rond d'Alembert. [4] Another way to arrive at this result is to factor the wave equation using two first-order differential operators:

  8. ALEMBERT JEAN LE ROND D' - Encyclopædia Universalis

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    ALEMBERT JEAN LE ROND D' : Le savant et l'encyclopédiste, L'un des mathématiciens et physiciens les plus importants du xviii e siècle, d'Alembert fut aussi un philosophe marquant des Lumières . Dans les sciences aussi bien qu'en philosophie , il incorpora la tradition du rationalisme...

  9. MATHEMATICA TUTORIAL, Part 2.6: Wave Equations - Brown University

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    Wave equations usually describe wave propagations in different media. Historically, the problem of a vibrating string such as that of a musical instrument was first studied by the French mathematician, mechanical physicist, philosopher, and music theorist Jean le Rond d'Alembert.

  10. Dr Christina Clarke - Researchers - ANU

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    The Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, published by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert between 1751 and 1766 provides a tantalising snapshot of metalworking technology and knowledge in eighteenth-century Europe.

  11. Notre-Dame de Paris - Wikipedia

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    Jean le Bouteiller, Ravy's nephew, succeeded him in 1344 and was himself replaced on his death in 1363 by his deputy, Raymond du Temple. Philip the Fair opened the first Estates General in the cathedral in 1302. An important innovation in the 13th century was the introduction of the flying buttress. Before the buttresses, all of the weight of ...