Lagrange
noun
Joseph Louis Comte, 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer.
Lagrangian
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a word derived from
Lagrange.
Example Sentences
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“Preliminary results showed it was in a trojan orbit around our Lagrangian point L4,” Dunn told Space.com.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2022
Examples include Einstein's equation of general relativity, Dirac's equation for the electron and the Lagrangian at the heart of the standard model of particle physics.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2012
The variables made use of in the Lagrangian equations must be such as to enable the positions of the parts of the system which determine the motion to be expressed for any instant of time.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
