d'alembert operator
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Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A differential operator which may be expressed as ∂_μ∂^μ=∑_(μ=0)³∂/∂x^μ∂/∂x_μ; it is the four-dimensional (Minkowski space) equivalent of the three-dimensional Laplace operator.
Etymology
Named after Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783), a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist.