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    List of things named after Johann Lambert

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    This article is a list of things named in the memory of the 18th century Swiss scientist Johann Heinrich Lambert:

    Optics

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    • Beer–Lambert law
      • Beer–Lambert–Bouguer law, see above
    • lambert (unit)[1]
      • Foot-lambert
    • Lambert's cosine law
    • Lambertian reflectance

    Mathematics

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    1. ^ a b c d Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 32. ISBN 978-3642297182.
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