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Laplace's equation
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second order partial differential equation
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It is catalogued under topics including Elliptic partial differential equations, Fourier analysis and Harmonic functions.
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- Subclass of
- Poisson's equation
- Named after
- Pierre-Simon Laplace
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Encyclopedic overview
In mathematics and physics, Laplace's equation is a second-order partial differential equation named after Pierre-Simon Laplace, who first studied its properties in 1786. This is often written as
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