Langevin may refer to:
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Langevin (surname) Langevin is a French surname. The name comes from ''l'Angevin'' ("someone from County of Anjou, Anjou"). The name is most commonly found in Canada, France, Mauritius and the United States.
Notable people
* Adélard Langevin (1855–1915), Canadian ...
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5290 Langevin
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...
, an asteroid
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Langevin (crater) on the Moon
See also
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Institut Laue–Langevin
The Institut Laue–Langevin (ILL) is an internationally financed scientific facility, situated on the Polygone Scientifique in Grenoble, France. It is one of the world centres for research using neutrons. Founded in 1967 and honouring the phy ...
, scientific facility in Grenoble, France
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Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council
The Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council (french: Bureau du Premier ministre et du Conseil privé) building, formerly known as the Langevin Block (french: Édifice Langevin, ), is an office building facing Parliament Hill in Ottawa, On ...
, a government office building in Ottawa, Canada formerly called Langevin Block
* Physics and mathematics (named for
Paul Langevin
Paul Langevin (; ; 23 January 1872 – 19 December 1946) was a French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation. He was one of the founders of the ''Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes'', an ant ...
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Langevin's function (and its relation to Brillouin's)
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Langevin dynamics
In physics, Langevin dynamics is an approach to the mathematical modeling of the dynamics of molecular systems. It was originally developed by French physicist Paul Langevin. The approach is characterized by the use of simplified models while acco ...
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Langevin equation
In physics, a Langevin equation (named after Paul Langevin) is a stochastic differential equation describing how a system evolves when subjected to a combination of deterministic and fluctuating ("random") forces. The dependent variables in a Lange ...
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