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Legendre, LeGendre or Le Gendre is a French surname. It may refer to: *

Adrien-Marie Legendre Adrien-Marie Legendre (; ; 18 September 1752 – 9 January 1833) was a French people, French mathematician who made numerous contributions to mathematics. Well-known and important concepts such as the Legendre polynomials and Legendre transforma ...

(1752–1833), French mathematician **

Associated Legendre polynomials In mathematics, the associated Legendre polynomials are the canonical solutions of the general Legendre equation \left(1 - x^2\right) \frac P_\ell^m(x) - 2 x \frac P_\ell^m(x) + \left \ell (\ell + 1) - \frac \rightP_\ell^m(x) = 0, or equivalently ...

Legendre's equation In mathematics, Legendre's equation is a Diophantine equation of the form: ax^2+by^2+cz^2=0. The equation is named for Adrien-Marie Legendre who proved it in 1785 that it is solvable in integers ''x'', ''y'', ''z'', not all zero, if and only if ...

Legendre polynomials In mathematics, Legendre polynomials, named after Adrien-Marie Legendre (1782), are a system of complete and orthogonal polynomials with a wide number of mathematical properties and numerous applications. They can be defined in many ways, and t ...

Legendre symbol In number theory, the Legendre symbol is a multiplicative function with values 1, −1, 0 that is a quadratic character modulo of an odd prime number ''p'': its value at a (nonzero) quadratic residue mod ''p'' is 1 and at a non-quadratic re ...

Legendre transformation In mathematics, the Legendre transformation (or Legendre transform), first introduced by Adrien-Marie Legendre in 1787 when studying the minimal surface problem, is an involutive transformation on real-valued functions that are convex on a rea ...

Legendre (crater) Legendre is a lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth ...

, a lunar impact crater located near the eastern limb of the Moon **

26950 Legendre __NOTOC__ Year 695 ( DCXCV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 695 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe f ...

, a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 11, 1997 * Anne Legendre Armstrong (1927–2008), United States diplomat and politician * Charles Le Gendre (1830–1899), French-born American general and diplomat * Elías Legendre (born 2008), Ecuadorian footballer *

François Legendre François Legendre (1763 – February 4, 1853) was a surveyor, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. His name sometimes appears as François d'Assise; his surname also appears as Le Gendre. He was born at Sainte-Croix-de-Lotbinièr ...

(1763–1853), surveyor, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada *

Géraldine Legendre Géraldine Legendre (born 1953) is a French-American cognitive scientist and linguist known for her work on French grammar, on mathematical models for the development of syntax in natural languages including harmonic grammar and Optimality Theo ...

(born 1953), French-American cognitive scientist and linguist *

Gertrude Sanford Legendre Gertrude Sanford Legendre (March 29, 1902 – March 8, 2000) was an American socialite who served with the Office of Strategic Services, the American spy agency, during World War II. She was also an explorer, big-game hunter, environmentalist, ...

(1902–2000), American socialite who served as a spy during World War II *

Jacques Legendre (disambiguation) Jacques Legendre may refer to: * Jacques Legendre (Canadian politician), Canadian former Ottawa politician * Jacques Legendre (French politician) (born 1941), French politician and member of the Senate of France {{hndis, Legendre, Jacques ...

, several people *

Kevin Le Gendre Kevin Le Gendre is a British journalist, broadcaster and author whose work focuses on Black music. He is deputy editor of '' Echoes'' magazine, has written for a wide range of publications, including '' Jazzwise'', '' MusicWeek'', '' Vibrations'' ...

, British journalist and broadcaster *

Louis Legendre Louis Legendre (; 22 May 1752 – 13 December 1797) was a French politician of the Revolution period. Early activities Born at Versailles, he was keeping a butcher's shop in Saint Germain, Paris, by 1789. He was an ardent supporter of the ide ...

(1752–1797), French politician of the Revolution period *

Louis Legendre (oceanographer) Louis Legendre (; born 16 February 1945) is a Canadian-trained oceanographer whose later career took him to France. Education Legendre degreed in liberal arts (B.A.) and sciences (B.Sc., Zoology) at the University of Montreal in 1964 and 19 ...

, Canadian oceanographer *

Pierre Legendre (historian) Pierre Legendre (15 June 1930 – 3 March 2023) was a French historian of law and psychoanalyst. Legendre held a position of research director at the École Pratique des Hautes Études. His work is primarily devoted to the history of juristic i ...

(born 1930), French historian of law and psychoanalyst *

Pierre Legendre (ecologist) Pierre Legendre (born 5 October 1946), is a professor of ecology at Université de Montréal. He is the founder of Numerical Ecology, which is a quantitative subdiscipline of community ecology, with his brother the oceanographer Louis Legendr ...

, Canadian numerical ecologist *

Richard Legendre Richard Legendre (born January 19, 1953, in Montmagny, Quebec) is a former professional tennis player and politician in Quebec, Canada. Tennis Legendre was born in Montmagny, Quebec. He once represented Canada at the Davis Cup and had a care ...

(born 1953), former professional tennis player and a Quebec politician * Robert LeGendre (1898–1931), American athlete {{disamb, surname Surnames of French origin