Painlevé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Jean Painlevé
Jean Painlevé (20 November 1902 – 2 July 1989) was a French photographer and filmmaker who specialized in underwater fauna. He was the son of mathematician and twice prime minister of France Paul Painlevé.
Upbringing
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(1902–1989), French film director, actor, translator, animator, son of Paul
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Paul Painlevé
Paul Painlevé (; 5 December 1863 – 29 October 1933) was a French mathematician and statesman. He served twice as Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister of the French Third Republic, Third Republic: 12 September – 13 November 1917 and 17 A ...
(1863–1933), French mathematician and politician, twice Prime Minister of France
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Painlevé conjecture
In physics, the Painlevé conjecture is a theorem about singularities among the solutions to the ''n''-body problem: there are noncollision singularities for ''n'' ≥ 4.
The theorem was proven for ''n'' ≥ 5 in 1988 b ...
, a conjecture about singularities in the n-body problem by Paul Painlevé
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Painlevé paradox
In rigid-body dynamics, the Painlevé paradox (also called frictional paroxysms by Jean Jacques Moreau) is the paradox that results from inconsistencies between the contact and Coulomb models of friction. It is named for former French prime mini ...
, a paradox in rigid-body dynamics by Paul Painlevé
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Painlevé transcendents In mathematics, Painlevé transcendents are solutions to certain nonlinear second-order ordinary differential equations in the complex plane with the Painlevé property (the only movable singularities are poles), but which are not generally solvable ...
, ordinary differential equation solutions discovered by Paul Painlevé
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French aircraft carrier Painlevé, a planned ship named in honor of Paul Painlevé
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