Maupertuis (other)

	Maupertuis (other) Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759) was a French mathematician and philosopher. Maupertuis may also refer to: Maupertuis Bay, a bay on Kangaroo Island in South Australia Maupertuis (crater), a lunar crater (named after Pierre Louis Maupertuis) Maupertuis' principle, a formulation of the principle of least action Maupertuis, Manche, a commune in Manche, France Maupertus-sur-Mer, a commune in Manche, France Nouaillé-Maupertuis, near the site of the 1356 Battle of Poitiers and occasionally lending its name to that battle Maleperduis, Malperduys or Maupertuis, the fictional lair of Reynard the Fox See also ''Malpertuis ''Malpertuis'' (1943) is a gothic horror novel by the Belgian author Jean Ray (1887–1964). Premise Malpertuis is a crumbling, ancient house where a dying warlock has trapped the aging gods of Olympus inside the "skins" of ordinary Flemish ... '', a horror novel by the Belgian author Jean Ray {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pierre Louis Maupertuis Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (; ; 1698 – 27 July 1759) was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the Director of the Académie des Sciences, and the first President of the Prussian Academy of Science, at the invitation of Frederick the Great. Maupertuis made an expedition to Lapland (region), Lapland to determine the shape of the Earth. He is often credited with having invented the principle of least action; a version is known as Maupertuis's principle – an integral equation that determines the path followed by a physical system. His work in natural history is interesting in relation to modern science, since he touched on aspects of heredity and the struggle for life. Biography Maupertuis was born at Saint-Malo, France, to a moderately wealthy family of merchant-French corsairs, corsairs. His father, Renė, had been involved in a number of enterprises that were central to the monarchy so that he thrived socially and politically. The son w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maupertuis Bay Maupertuis Bay (french: Baie Maupertuis) is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south-west coastline of Kangaroo Island. It faces to the south-west and extends for a distance of about from an unnamed headland in the north-west to Cape du Couedic in the south-east. Its coastline is located within the locality of Flinders Chase. Rivers draining into the bay includes the Rocky River which rises from within a catchment located in both the Flinders Chase National Park and the Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area. ''Maupertuis Bay'' was named after mathematician and philosopher Pierre Louis Maupertuis by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin. On 24 April 1899, the Scottish barque ''Loch Sloy'' was wrecked off the coast from Maupertuis Bay resulting in the deaths of all but three of its 32 crew and passengers. Since 2012, the waters of the bay have been located within a "habitat protection zone" with the Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park __ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Maupertuis (crater) Maupertuis is the remnant of a lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Moon's near side. It lies in the stretch of rugged terrain north of Sinus Iridum, a bay in the northwestern corner of Mare Imbrium. To the north lies the crater La Condamine, and Mare Frigoris. This is a crater that has been nearly obliterated by a history of impacts, leaving only a disintegrated remnant of the original rim. The surviving outer rim is not especially circular, having been reshaped into a somewhat pentagonal outline. There are deep gouges from cratering along the northeastern rim. The interior floor is not in much better shape, being rough and irregular. To the northeast of this crater is a system of rilles designated Rimae Maupertuis. These are considered to have formed through geological activity. Good eyesight and a large telescope are required to observe these rilles. The crater was named for the French mathematician and astronomer Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–175 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maupertuis' Principle In classical mechanics, Maupertuis's principle (named after Pierre Louis Maupertuis) states that the path followed by a physical system is the one of least length (with a suitable interpretation of ''path'' and ''length''). It is a special case of the more generally stated principle of least action. Using the calculus of variations, it results in an integral equation formulation of the equations of motion for the system. Mathematical formulation Maupertuis's principle states that the true path of a system described by N generalized coordinates \mathbf = \left( q_, q_, \ldots, q_ \right) between two specified states \mathbf_ and \mathbf_ is a stationary point (i.e., an extremum (minimum or maximum) or a saddle point) of the abbreviated action functional \mathcal_ mathbf(t)\ \stackrel\ \int \mathbf \cdot d\mathbf where \mathbf = \left( p_, p_, \ldots, p_ \right) are the conjugate momenta of the generalized coordinates, defined by the equation p_ \ \stackrel\ \frac where L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maupertuis, Manche Maupertuis () is a commune in the Manche department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in Normandy in north-western France See also Communes of the Manche department References Communes of Manche {{Manche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maupertus-sur-Mer Maupertus-sur-Mer (, literally ''Maupertus on Sea'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Manche Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in north-western France. See also * Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport * Communes of the Manche department References Communes of Manche, Maupertussurmer Populated coastal places in France {{Manche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nouaillé-Maupertuis Nouaillé-Maupertuis () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Population See also Communes of the Vienne department The following is a list of the 266 communes of the Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Vienne {{Vienne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Battle Of Poitiers The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19September 1356 between a French army commanded by King JohnII and an Anglo- Gascon force under Edward, the Black Prince, during the Hundred Years' War. It took place in western France, south of Poitiers, when approximately 14,000 to 16,000 French attacked a strong defensive position held by 6,000 Anglo-Gascons. Nineteen years after the start of the war the Black Prince, the eldest son and heir of the English King, set out on a major campaign in south-west France. His army marched from Bergerac to the River Loire, which they were unable to cross. John gathered a large and unusually mobile army and pursued the Anglo-Gascons, whom he brought to battle. The Anglo-Gascons established a strong defensive position near Poitiers and after unsuccessful negotiations were attacked. The first French assault included two units of heavily armoured cavalry, a strong force of crossbowmen and many infantry and dismounted men-at-arms. They were dri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Maleperduis Maleperduis (; ; ; ; ), also spelled Malperdy, is Reynard the Fox's principal hideaway in the medieval tales of this figure of legend. The first extant versions of Reynard's literary cycle date from the second half of the 12th century. The name of the castle is most likely an old misspelling of the French word "Millepertuis", meaning "St. John's Wort", which was considered a sacred plant during the days the Reynard cycle was first written. Labyrinthine Maleperduys is full of holes, crooked and long, with multiple exits, which Reynard can open and shut to elude his enemies. Full of secret chambers and passageways, in William Caxton's ''The Historie of Reynart the Foxe'' (1485) the castle of Maleperduys is described as the "best and the fastest burgh that eynardhad. There lay he in when he had need, and was in any dread or fear." (Chapter VII, ''How Bruin the Bear was sped of Reynard the Fox''). Over time, the word came to mean a place of refuge. It is also the title of a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]