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Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert (/ˌdæləmˈbɛər/;[1] French: [ʒɑ̃ batist lə ʁɔ̃ dalɑ̃bɛːʁ]; 16 November 1717 – 29 October 1783) wis a French mathematician, mechanician, pheesicist, philosopher, an muisic theorist. Till 1759 he wis an aa co-eeditor wi Denis Diderot o the Encyclopédie. D'Alembert's formula for obtainin solutions tae the wave equation is named efter him.[2]
Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert | |
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![]() Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert, pastel bi Maurice Quentin de La Tour | |
Born | 16 November 1717 Paris |
Dee'd | 29 October 1783 65) Paris | (aged
Naitionality | French |
Alma mater | Varsity o Paris |
Kent for | D'Alembert criterion D'Alembert force D'Alembert's form o the principle o virtual wirk D'Alembert's formula D'Alembert equation D'Alembert operator D'Alembert's paradox D'Alembert's principle D'Alembert seestem D'Alembert–Euler condeetion Tree o Diderot an d'Alembert Cauchy–Riemann equations Fluid mechanics Encyclopédie Three-body problem |
Awairds | Fellae o the Ryal Society Follae o the Institut de France |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics Mechanics Pheesics Filosofie |
Notable students | Pierre-Simon Laplace |