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DeutschList of things named after Johann Lambert
This article is a list of things named in the memory of the 18th century Swiss scientist Johann Heinrich Lambert:
Optics
[edit]- Beer–Lambert law
- Beer–Lambert–Bouguer law, see above
- lambert (unit)[1]
- Lambert's cosine law
- Lambertian reflectance
Mathematics
[edit]- Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection
- Lambert conformal conic projection
- Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection
- Lambert mean
- Lambert quadrilateral
- Lambert series
- Lambert summation
- Lambert W function
- Lambert's problem
- Lambert's theorem on the parabola
- Lambert's trinomial equation
- Lambertian function (inverse of the Gudermannian function)
Other
[edit]- 187 Lamberta,[1] asteroid
- Lambert (lunar crater).[1] In the MARE IMBRIUM, Diameter: 30.1209 km
- Lambert (Martian crater).[1] In the Sinus Sabaeus quadrangle of Mars, located at 20.2°S latitude and 334.7°W longitude. It is 92.0 km in diameter
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 32. ISBN 978-3642297182.