3 The Laplace Transform
What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense.
Pierre Simon Laplace
Historical Profile
Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827) was a French astronomer and mathematician whose work was important to the development of mathematical astronomy and statistics. He also put the theory of mathematical probability on a sound footing. He first discovered Laplace's equation and Laplace transform, to be discussed in this chapter. To Laplace, the universe is nothing but a giant problem in calculus.
Laplace was born at Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France, on March 23, 1749, and died at Paris on ...
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