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César-Mansuète Despretz

Despretz was succeeded by Gabriel Lamé (1795-1870) who would hold the position from 1832 to 1844.

Curvilinear coordinates

In the case that they are orthogonal at all points where the derivatives are well-defined, we define the Lamé coefficients (after Gabriel Lamé) by

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The name curvilinear coordinates, coined by the French mathematician Lamé, derives from the fact that the coordinate surfaces of the curvilinear systems are curved.

Literature of phase boundaries

The mathematical literature of phase boundaries has evolved since 1831 when Gabriel Lamé and Benoît Clapeyron 1 studied the freezing of the ground.

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G. Lamé, B. P. Clapeyron, Memoire sur la solidification par refroiddissement d'un globe solide, Ann.

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