1. Laplace PierreSimon Laplace. Born 23 Pierre-Simon Laplace s father, Pierre Laplace,was comfortably well off in the cider trade. Laplace s mother http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Laplace.html

Pierre-Simon Laplace Born: 23 March 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France Died: 5 March 1827 in Paris, France Click the picture above to see ten larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Pierre-Simon Laplace There is little record of intellectual distinction in the family beyond what was to be expected of the cultivated provincial bourgeoisie and the minor gentry. Laplace attended a Benedictine priory school in Beaumont-en-Auge, as a day pupil, between the ages of 7 and 16. His father expected him to make a career in the Church and indeed either the Church or the army were the usual destinations of pupils at the priory school. At the age of 16 Laplace entered Caen University. As he was still intending to enter the Church, he enrolled to study theology. However, during his two years at the University of Caen, Laplace discovered his mathematical talents and his love of the subject. Credit for this must go largely to two teachers of mathematics at Caen, C Gadbled and P Le Canu of whom little is known except that they realised Laplace's great mathematical potential. Once he knew that mathematics was to be his subject, Laplace left Caen without taking his degree, and went to Paris. He took with him a letter of introduction to

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Pierre-Simon Laplace From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pierre-Simon Laplace Pierre-Simon Laplace March 23 March 5 ) was a French mathematician , the discoverer of the Laplace transform and Laplace's equation . He was a believer in causal determinism One well-known formula associated with Laplace is the Rule of Succession . Suppose that some trial has only two possible outcomes, labelled "success" and "failure". Under the assumption that little or nothing is known a priori about the relative plausibilities of the outcomes, Laplace derived a formula for the probability that the next trial will be a success. where s is the number of previously observed successes and n is the total number of observed trials. It is still used as an estimator for the probability of an event if we know the event space, but only have a small number of samples. The Rule of Succession has been subject to much criticism, partly due to the example which Laplace chose to illustrate it. He calculated that the probability that the sun will rise tomorrow, given that it has never failed to in the past, was where d is the number of times the sun has risen in the past. This result has been derided as absurd, and some authors have concluded that all applications of the Rule of Succession are absurd by extension. However, Laplace was fully aware of the absurdity of the result; immediately following the example, he wrote, "But this number [i.e., the probability that the sun will rise tomorrow] is far greater for him who, seeing in the totality of phenomena the principle regulating the days and seasons, realizes that nothing at the present moment can arrest the course of it."

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Pierre-Simon Laplace From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Pierre Laplace Pierre-Simon Laplace Pierre-Simon Laplace March 23 March 5 ) was a French mathematician , the discoverer of the Laplace transform and Laplace's equation . He was a believer in causal determinism One well-known formula associated with Laplace is the Rule of Succession . Suppose that some trial has only two possible outcomes, labelled "success" and "failure". Under the assumption that little or nothing is known a priori about the relative plausibilities of the outcomes, Laplace derived a formula for the probability that the next trial will be a success. where s is the number of previously observed successes and n is the total number of observed trials. It is still used as an estimator for the probability of an event if we know the event space, but only have a small number of samples. The Rule of Succession has been subject to much criticism, partly due to the example which Laplace chose to illustrate it. He calculated that the probability that the sun will rise tomorrow, given that it has never failed to in the past, was where d is the number of times the sun has risen in the past. This result has been derided as absurd, and some authors have concluded that all applications of the Rule of Succession are absurd by extension. However, Laplace was fully aware of the absurdity of the result; immediately following the example, he wrote, "But this number [i.e., the probability that the sun will rise tomorrow] is far greater for him who, seeing in the totality of phenomena the principle regulating the days and seasons, realizes that nothing at the present moment can arrest the course of it."

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Not logged in Log in Help Pierre-Simon Laplace This is NOT the Wikipedia - The content is from the Wikipedia Pierre-Simon Laplace March 23 March 5 ) was a French mathematician , the discoverer of the Laplace transform and Laplace's equation . He was a believer in causal determinism One well-known formula associated with Laplace is the Rule of Succession. Suppose that some trial has only two possible outcomes, labelled "success" and "failure". Under the assumption that little or nothing is known a priori about the relative plausibilities of the outcomes, Laplace derived a formula for the probability that the next trial will be a success. where s is the number of previously observed successes and n is the total number of observed trials. It is still used as an estimator for the probability of an event if we know the event space, but only have a small number of samples. The Rule of Succession has been subject to much criticism, partly due to the example which Laplace chose to illustrate it. He calculated that the probability that the sun will rise tomorrow, given that it has never failed to in the past, was where d is the number of times the sun has risen in the past. This result has been derided as absurd, and some authors have concluded that all applications of the Rule of Succession are absurd by extension. However, Laplace was fully aware of the absurdity of the result; immediately following the example, he wrote, "But this number [i.e., the probability that the sun will rise tomorrow] is far greater for him who, seeing in the totality of phenomena the principle regulating the days and seasons, realizes that nothing at the present moment can arrest the course of it."

7. Laplace PierreSimon Laplace. March 28 1749 - March 5 1827 Born Beaumont-en-Auge,France. Died Paris, France. Welcome page The World Great http://www.sci.hkbu.edu.hk/scilab/math/laplace.html

Pierre-Simon Laplace March 28 1749 - March 5 1827 Born Beaumont-en-Auge, France. Died Paris, France. Welcome page The World Great Mathematicians Laplace proved the stability of the solar system. In analysis Laplace introduced the potential function and Laplace coefficients. He also put the theory of mathematical probability on a sound footing. Laplace attended a Benedictine priory school in Beaumont between the ages of 7 and 16. At the age of 16 he entered Caen University intending to study theology. Laplace wrote his first mathematics paper while at Caen. because he brought the spirit of the infinitely small into the government Laplace became Count of the Empire in 1806 and he was named a marquis in 1817 after the restoration of the Bourbons. In his later years he lived in Arcueil, where he helped to found the Societe d'Arcueil and encouraged the research of young scientists. Laplace presented his famous nebular hypothesis in "Exposition du systeme du monde" (1796), which viewed the solar system as originating from the contracting and cooling of a large, flattened, and slowly rotating cloud of incandescent gas. Laplace discovered the invariability of planetary mean motions. In 1786 he proved that the eccentricities and inclinations of planetary orbits to each other always remain small, constant, and self-correcting. These results appear in his greatest work, "Traité du Mécanique Céleste" published in 5 volumes over 26 years (1799-1825).

8. Pierre-Simon Laplace PierreSimon Laplace. Pierre-Simon Laplace (March 23 1749 - March 51827) was a French mathematician, the discoverer of the Laplace http://www.fact-index.com/p/pi/pierre_simon_laplace_1.html

Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Pierre-Simon Laplace Pierre-Simon Laplace March 23 March 5 ) was a French mathematician , the discoverer of the Laplace transform and Laplace's equation . He was a believer in causal determinism One curious formula for the probability that the sun would rise was given by Laplace. He claimed that this probability was , where d is the number of days that the sun has risen in the past. Laplace claimed that this formula, known as (Laplace) Rule of Succession, applied in all cases where we knew nothing, or where what we did know was swamped by what we didn't. It is still used as an estimator for the probability of an event if we know the event space, but only have a small number of samples. Laplace strongly believed in causal determinism, which is expressed in the following citation: "We may regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its past and the cause of its future. An intellect which at any given moment knew all of the forces that animate nature and the mutual positions of the beings that compose it, if this intellect were vast enough to submit the data to analysis, could condense into a single formula the movement of the greatest bodies of the universe and that of the lightest atom; for such an intellect nothing could be uncertain and the future just like the past would be present before its eyes." This intellect is often referred to as Laplace's demon . The discoveries of modern physics , especially quantum physics (see uncertainty principle ) proved that the existence of such an intellect is not possible even in principle.

9. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pierre-Simon Laplace Mathematician and astronomer. (17491827) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08796a.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... L > Pierre-Simon Laplace A B C D ... Z Pierre-Simon Laplace Mathematical and physical astronomer, b. in Beaumont-en-Auge, near Caen, department of Calvados, France, in March (dates given 28, 25, 23, 22), 1749; d. in Paris, 5 March, 1827. The son of a small farmer, he became connected with the military school of his town, first as pupil, then as teacher. At the age of eighteen he went to Paris, and, after convincing d'Alembert of his talents by a letter on the principles of mechanics, obtained a professorship at the military school of the capital. Later he became examiner of the royal artillery (1784) and professor at the Ecole Normale. During the political changes in France he sought favour with Revolution , consul, emperor, and king. In 1799 he accepted from the consul the post of minister of the interior, but, after six weeks, was removed for administrative incapacity. He was a member and even chancellor (1803) of the Senate, and great officer of the Legion of Honour and of the new Order of Reunion. After the downfall of Napoleon Boston (1829-39) in four volumes.

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Pierre-Simon Laplace 23 mars 1749 - 5 mars 1827 Sa vie Laplace aujourd'hui Physique Chimie Astronomie ... Enseignement Qui est-il ? Auge Ecole Polytechnique et de l' Ecole Normale Politiquement opportuniste, il saura s'attirer aussi bien les faveurs de que par la suite celles de Louis XVIII qui le fit pair et marquis. Pour en savoir plus sur la biographie de Laplace, vous pouvez consulter l'excellente archive d'histoire des maths de MacTutor ou celui de l' . Les non anglophones pourront consulter cette Vous pouvez aussi acheter ce (le site vous offre un joli portrait en couleurs). Les travaux de Laplace aujourd'hui Imagerie : Laplacien autres exemples Laplacien discret casser des codes secrets cette page Avionique : cet article des archives de la nasa. Boeing Recensement, sondages : Finance : Les calculs de finances utilisent aujourd'hui la transformation de Laplace : en voici un exemple La Transformation de Laplace a permis la mise au point d'un Astronomie : Si Laplace avait pressenti l'existence de trous noirs, ils sont aujourd'hui intensivement.

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Pierre-Simon Laplace Born: 23 March 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France Died: 5 March 1827 in Paris, France Click the picture above to see ten larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Pierre-Simon Laplace There is little record of intellectual distinction in the family beyond what was to be expected of the cultivated provincial bourgeoisie and the minor gentry. Laplace attended a Benedictine priory school in Beaumont-en-Auge, as a day pupil, between the ages of 7 and 16. His father expected him to make a career in the Church and indeed either the Church or the army were the usual destinations of pupils at the priory school. At the age of 16 Laplace entered Caen University. As he was still intending to enter the Church, he enrolled to study theology. However, during his two years at the University of Caen, Laplace discovered his mathematical talents and his love of the subject. Credit for this must go largely to two teachers of mathematics at Caen, C Gadbled and P Le Canu of whom little is known except that they realised Laplace's great mathematical potential. Once he knew that mathematics was to be his subject, Laplace left Caen without taking his degree, and went to Paris. He took with him a letter of introduction to

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Branch of Science Mathematicians Branch of Science Physicists ... French Laplace, Pierre (1749-1827) French physicist and mathematician who put the final capstone on mathematical astronomy by summarizing and extending the work of his predecessors in his five volume (1799-1825). This work was important because it translated the geometrical study of mechanics used by Newton to one based on calculus known as physical mechanics. In Laplace proved the dynamical stability of the solar system (with tidal friction ignored) on short time scales. On long time scales, however, this assertion was proven false in the early 1990s. Laplace solved the libration of the Moon In this work, he frequently omitted derivations, leaving only results with the remark "il est aisé à voia" (it is easy to see). It is said that he himself could not always fill in the derivations later without days of work. For a revealing quote, see the remark made by Laplace's translator Bowditch . After reading Napoleon is said to have questioned Laplace on his neglect to mention God. In stark contrast to

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Laplace, Pierre-Simon (17491827) Mathematician and astronomer, Laplace was born in Normandy, France. He attended the University of Caen and then at age 19 moved to Paris to teach at the École militaire. From 1795 to 1799, he taught at the École polytechnique Laplace initially made an impact by solving a complex problem of mutual gravitation that had eluded both Euler and Lagrange Laplace was among the most influential scientists of his time and was called the Newton of France for his study of and contributions to the understanding of the stability of the solar system. Laplace generalized the laws of mechanics for their application to the motion and properties of the heavenly bodies. He is also famous for his great treatises entitled M canique c leste (17991825) and Th orie analytique des probabilit s They were advanced in large part by the mathematical techniques that Laplace developed early in his life; most notably among those techniques are generating functions, differential operators, and definite integrals Major publications: M canique c leste, Th

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Pierre-Simon Laplace French mathematician and physicist who survived the Ancien Regime , the Revolutionary Era, and the Restoration. His major contributions to science belong to two fields: the "celestial mechanics" (explanation and reconstruction of astronomical movements by means of Newtonian mechanics) and the probability theory. It seems that the combination of these two are already established at the beginning of his career (around 1774), as well as the idea of famous "Laplace's demon". He frequently says that he was led to new results in the former by considerations of probability. Whether or not we take this remark seriously, he was certainly one of the leading figures in the formation of probabilistic method in science. However, it must pointed out that many of the extra assumptions for the applications of "inverse method of probability" (essentially the same as Bayes's theorem) were often brought in through the "principle of indifference". For instance, his "rule of succession" (for obtaining the probability of new events on the basis of past observations) clearly smuggles in principles of enumerative induction of one form or another by the application of the principle of idifference. All the same, he is one of the few giants in the history of probability and statistics.

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Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Pierre Simon de Laplace Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Pierre-Simon Laplace March 23 March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). There are 283 days remaining. Events 752 - Stephen II becomes Pope. 1708 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth. 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech - "give me liberty or give me death" in Williamsburg, Virginia. 1806 - After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home. Click the link for more information. Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s - Years: 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 - Events While in debtor's prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) . Released from prison, the book was published in London, England. Immediately, the Church of England asked the British Secretary of State to " Click the link for more information.

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