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4 unusual facts about Lazare Carnot


Dirac delta function

Namely, such a null sequence becomes an infinitesimal in Cauchy's and Lazare Carnot's terminology.

Entropy

The analysis which led to the concept of entropy began with the work of French mathematician Lazare Carnot who in his 1803 paper Fundamental Principles of Equilibrium and Movement proposed that in any machine the accelerations and shocks of the moving parts represent losses of moment of activity.

History of entropy

In 1803, mathematician Lazare Carnot published a work entitled Fundamental Principles of Equilibrium and Movement.

Jacques Cheminade

His program also made references to ideas the ideas of Lazare Carnot, a "Republican scientist", Jean Jaurès, the only Socialist "with broad ideas" and the only one who "knew Leibniz and the pre-Socratic philosophers", as well as Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who also "understood the epistemological foundations of France".


Battle of the Vosges

Following initial setbacks for the Revolutionaries, the war changed in France's favour with the appointment of Lazare Carnot to the post of War Minister (or as the position was formally known - Head of the Committee of Public Safety War Section).


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