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Bertrand, Missouri
Bertrand is a city in Mississippi County, Missouri, Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. The population was 718 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
History
Bertrand was platted in 1859. The community has the name of one Mr. Ber ...
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Bertrand, Nebraska
Bertrand is a village in Phelps County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 750 at the 2010 census.
History
Bertrand was established in 1884 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for a railroad official. 1925 edition ...
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Bertrand, New Brunswick
Bertrand is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023.
History
On 1 January 2023, Bertrand amalgamated with three villages and all or part of ...
, Canada
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Bertrand Township, Michigan
Bertrand Township is a civil township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 2,657.
Bertrand Township was established in 1836, and named for Joseph Bertrand, a pioneer citizen.
Comm ...
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Bertrand, Michigan
Bertrand was a village in the southern part of the township at on the St. Joseph River approximately south of Niles. Joseph Bertrand, a French Canadian, had a trading post here by 1812. He had married the daughter of a Potawatomi chief and thro ...
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Bertrand, Virginia, US
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Bertrand Creek Bertrand Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Bertrand Creek is 9.8 miles long and drains into the Nooksack River 3 miles south of Lynden. This cross-border stream is ...
, state of Washington
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Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (, literally ''Saint-Bertrand of Comminges''; Gascon: ''Sent Bertran de Comenge'') is a commune (municipality) and former episcopal see in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is a member of the ...
, France
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Bertrand (1981–94 electoral district)
Bertrand may refer to:
Places
* Bertrand, Missouri, US
* Bertrand, Nebraska, US
* Bertrand, New Brunswick, Canada
* Bertrand Township, Michigan, US
* Bertrand, Michigan
* Bertrand, Virginia, US
* Bertrand Creek, state of Washington
* Saint-Bert ...
, in Quebec
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Bertrand (electoral district)
Bertrand is a provincial electoral district in the Lanaudière and Laurentides regions of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is not to be confused with the former, entirely different Bertrand electoral dist ...
, a provincial electoral district in Quebec
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Bertrand (name) Bertrand is a given name and surname. In German, the name derives from ''berht'' ("bright") and ''hramn'' ("raven") or ''rand'' ("rim of shield").
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 56.3% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bertrand'' were res ...
* Bertrand (programming language)
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''Bertrand'' (steamboat), an 1865 steamboat that sank in the Missouri River
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Bertrand Baudelaire
The children's novel series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' and its film and television adaptations features a large cast of characters created by Daniel Handler under the pen name of Lemony Snicket. The original series follows the turbulent ...
, a fictional character in ''A Series of Unfortunate Events''
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Bertrand competition Bertrand competition is a model of competition used in economics, named after Joseph Louis François Bertrand (1822–1900). It describes interactions among firms (sellers) that set prices and their customers (buyers) that choose quantities at the p ...
, an economic model where firms compete on price
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Bertrand's theorem
In classical mechanics, Bertrand's theorem states that among central-force potentials with bound orbits, there are only two types of central-force (radial) scalar potentials with the property that all bound orbits are also closed orbits.
The f ...
, a theorem in classical mechanics
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Bertrand's postulate
In number theory, Bertrand's postulate is a theorem stating that for any integer n > 3, there always exists at least one prime number p with
:n < p < 2n - 2.
A less restrictive formulation is: for every , there is always ...
, a theorem about the distribution of prime numbers
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Bertrand, Count of Toulouse
Bertrand of Toulouse (or Bertrand of Tripoli) (died 1112) was count of Toulouse, and was the first count of Tripoli to rule in Tripoli itself.
Bertrand was the eldest son of Raymond IV of Toulouse, and had ruled Toulouse since Raymond left on the ...
(died 1112)
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''Bertrand'' (film), a 1964 Australian television film
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Bertrand Gille (disambiguation) Bertrand Gille may refer to:
*Bertrand Gille (historian)
Bertrand Gille (March 29, 1920, Paris – November 30, 1980) was a French archivist and historian of technology.
Although best known for his work on technology, Gille also wrote on div ...
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Bertram (disambiguation)
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