Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier
1785 - 1836
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Claude-Louis Navier was a French mathematician best known for the Navier-Stokes equations describing the behaviour of a incompressible fluid.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Claude-Louis Navier (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Paris street names | Rue Navier (17th Arrondissement) |
| Commemorated on the Eiffel Tower | |
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- AMS (Navier's bridge) [registration required]
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