Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

d'alembert's formula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: d'alem-bert's -for-mu-la
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

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

Questions

What does d'alembert's formula mean?: 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.
Where does d'alembert's formula come from?: Named after the French physicist and mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert, who derived it in 1747.

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