Lagrange's method

noun

Mathematics.

1. a procedure for finding maximum and minimum values of a function of several variables when the variables are restricted by additional conditions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lagrange's method¹

Named after J. L. Lagrange

Example Sentences

The computation of their perturbations and ephemerides by Euler’s and Lagrange’s method of variable elements became so laborious that Encke devised a special process for these, which can be applied to many other disturbed orbits.

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