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In mathematics, the Laplace operator or Laplacian is a differential operator given by the divergence of the gradient of a scalar function on Euclidean space. It is usually denoted by the symbols ∇ ⋅ ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla \cdot \nabla } , ∇ 2 {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}} (where ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } is the nabla operator), or Δ {\displaystyle…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Laplace operator | is a | second-order differential operator in the n-dimensional Euclidean space | 0.90 | text |
| Laplace operator | is a | finite-difference analog of the continuous Laplacian | 0.90 | text |
| a chemical concentration | instance of | if u is the density at equilibrium of some quantity | 0.80 | text |
| then the net flux of u through the boundary | instance of | if u is the density at equilibrium of some quantity | 0.80 | text |
| spheres | instance of | on homogeneous spaces | 0.80 | text |
| the Laplace | instance of | on homogeneous spaces | 0.80 | text |
| Dirichlet or Neumann conditions | instance of | is a bounded domain and one imposes boundary conditions | 0.80 | text |
| then the corresponding realization of the Laplacian is a self-adjoint operator with compact resolvent | instance of | is a bounded domain and one imposes boundary conditions | 0.80 | text |
| Laplace operator | related to Definition | The Laplace | 0.60 | section |
| Laplace operator | related to Definition | Euclidean | 0.60 | section |
| Laplace operator | related to Definition | Thus | 0.60 | section |
| Laplace operator | related to Definition | Laplacian | 0.60 | section |
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