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  1. Adrien-Marie Legendre - Wikipedia

    Adrien-Marie Legendre (/ ləˈʒɑːndər, - ˈʒɑːnd /; [3] French: [adʁiɛ̃ maʁi ləʒɑ̃dʁ]; 18 September 1752 – 9 January 1833) was a French mathematician who made numerous contributions to …

  2. Adrien-Marie Legendre | French Mathematician & Astronomer

    Adrien-Marie Legendre (born September 18, 1752, Paris, France—died January 10, 1833, Paris) was a French mathematician whose distinguished work on elliptic integrals provided basic …

  3. Legendre, Adrien-Marie - Encyclopedia of Mathematics

    Nov 23, 2023 · In 1805, Legendre published the first description of the method of least squares as an algebraic fitting procedure. It was subsequently justified on statistical grounds by Gauss …

  4. Legendre, Adrien-Marie (1752-1833) -- from Eric Weisstein's …

    French mathematician who was a disciple of Euler and Lagrange. He published a classic work on geometry, Élements de géométrie. He also made significant contributions in differential …

  5. 4.5: Legendre Polynomials - Mathematics LibreTexts

    May 24, 2024 · Legendre Polynomials are one of a set of classical orthogonal polynomials. These polynomials satisfy a second-order linear differential equation. This differential equation occurs …

  6. Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752 - 1833) - Biography - MacTutor …

    Adrien-Marie Legendre's major work on elliptic integrals provided basic analytical tools for mathematical physics. He gave a simple proof that π is irrational as well as the first proof that …

  7. Legendre Polynomials - HyperPhysics

    From the Legendre polynomials can be generated another important class of functions for physical problems, the associated Legendre functions. The equation takes its name from …

  8. Legendre Polynomials - Definition, Table, Properties, & Derivative

    Dec 6, 2024 · Legendre polynomials are named after the French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752–1833). These are widely used for expanding functions over the interval [-1, 1] …

  9. Legendre Polynomial -- from Wolfram MathWorld

    The Legendre polynomials, sometimes called Legendre functions of the first kind, Legendre coefficients, or zonal harmonics (Whittaker and Watson 1990, p. 302), are solutions to the …

  10. Legendre, Adrien-Marie | Larson Calculus – Calculus 10e

    In addition to these accomplishments, Legendre was an important contributor to the development of number theory, elliptic functions, integrals, and geodesy. Despite these achievements, …