Alexis Claude Clairaut (French pronunciation: [alɛksi klod klɛʁo]; 13 May 1713 – 17 May 1765) was a French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist...

It is named after the French mathematician Alexis Clairaut, who introduced it in 1734. To solve Clairaut's equation, one differentiates with respect to...

Clairaut may refer to: Alexis Claude Clairaut, French mathematician Clairaut's equation Clairaut's theorem Clairaut (crater), a crater on the Moon This...

mathematical analysis, Schwarz's theorem (or Clairaut's theorem on equality of mixed partials) named after Alexis Clairaut and Hermann Schwarz, states that for...

works in the history of science. The French mathematical physicist Alexis Clairaut assessed it in 1747: "The famous book of Mathematical Principles of...

gravitational field and centrifugal force. It was published in 1743 by Alexis Claude Clairaut in a treatise which synthesized physical and geodetic evidence that...

on the motion of the Moon around Earth. Jean le Rond d'Alembert and Alexis Clairaut, who developed a longstanding rivalry, both attempted to analyze the...

14, Alexis Clairaut announced to the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris his prediction of the date at which Halley's comet would return: Clairaut (January...

Lepaute, was a French astronomer and human computer. Lepaute along with Alexis Clairaut and Jérôme Lalande calculated the date of the return of Halley's Comet...

considered one of the masterpieces in the history of science". (in French) Alexis Clairaut, "Du systeme du monde, dans les principes de la gravitation universelle"...