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d'Alembert's formula

d'Alembert's formula proper noun: the general solution to the one-dimensional wave equation u_tt-c^(2u_)xx=0,,u(x,0)=g(x),,u_t(x,0)=h(x), for -∞0.

Proper noun

d'Alembert's formula

  1. The general solution to the one-dimensional wave equation u_tt-c^(2u_)xx=0,,u(x,0)=g(x),,u_t(x,0)=h(x), for -∞0.

Origin of d'Alembert's formula

Named after the French physicist and mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert, who derived it in 1747.

Questions about d'Alembert's formula

What does d'Alembert's formula mean?
D'Alembert's formula means the general solution to the one-dimensional wave equation u_tt-c^(2u_)xx=0,,u(x,0)=g(x),,u_t(x,0)=h(x), for -∞0.
What part of speech is d'Alembert's formula?
D'Alembert's formula is a proper noun.

Words near d'Alembert's formula in the dictionary

  1. D'Agata
  2. D'Alembert
  3. d'Alembert operator
  4. d'Alembert operators
  5. d'Alembert's equation
  6. d'Alembert's formula
  7. D'Alembert's paradox
  8. d'Alembert's principle
  9. d'Alembertian
  10. d'Alembertians
  11. D'Alfonso

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