A legendre
[luh-zhahn-der, -zhahnd; french luh-zhahn-druh] /ləˈʒɑn dər, -ˈʒɑnd; french ləˈʒɑ̃ drə/
noun
adrien marie
[a-dree-an ma-ree] /a driˈɛ̃ maˈri/ (show ipa), 1752–1833, french mathematician.
legendre
/french ləʒɑ̃drə/
noun
adrien marie (adriɛ̃ mari). 1752–1833, french mathematician, noted for his work on the theory of numbers, the theory of elliptical functions, and the method of least squares
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