Background: Laplace and the History of the Laplace Operator
History of Laplace
Born in 1749, Pierre-Simon Laplace was born into a middle class family in a time when mathematics and science was broadening its horizon to a greater understanding of physics, chemistry, astronomy, and the ways in which the world works.
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