Lagrange

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Lagrange may refer to:

Contents 1 Places (spelled as "Lagrange", "LaGrange", or "La Grange") 2 Other uses 3 See also

• Château Lagrange, the wine from Bordeaux, France
• Joseph Louis Lagrange, (1736–1813) mathematician and mathematical physicist
• Léo Lagrange, (1900–1940) french ministre
• Georges Lagrange, (1928–2004) esperanto writer

In Mathematics and Physics several results and concepts named after Joseph Lagrange are:

• The Lagrange multiplier mathematical technique
• Lagrange's theorem (group theory) or Lagrange's lemma is an important result in Group theory
• Lagrange's theorem (number theory) is about prime numbers
• A Lagrange point in physics and astronomy
• Lagrange polynomial
• Lagrange probability distribution
• Lagrangian mechanics

[edit] Places (spelled as "Lagrange", "LaGrange", or "La Grange")

Note: The precise spelling of these placenames is variable -- the same place may be spelled differently in different sources.

In the United States:

• LaGrange, Arkansas
• La Grange, California
• LaGrange, Georgia
• La Grange, Illinois, village in Cook County
• LaGrange, Indiana
• La Grange, Kentucky
• Lagrange, Maine
• La Grange, Missouri
• LaGrange, New York
• La Grange, North Carolina
• LaGrange, Ohio
• La Grange, Tennessee
• La Grange, Texas
• Lagrange, Virginia
• La Grange, Monroe County, Wisconsin
• La Grange, Walworth County, Wisconsin
• La Grange, Wyoming
• Lagrange County, Indiana
• Lagrange Township, Bond County, Illinois
• LaGrange Township, Michigan
• LaGrange Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Communes in France:

• La Grange, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs département in France
• Lagrange, in the Hautes-Pyrénées département
• Lagrange, in the Landes département
• Lagrange, in the Territoire de Belfort département

In Australia:

• La Grange Bay, Western Australia

In Haiti

• La Grange, Haiti

[edit] Other uses

Events

• the La Grange expedition

Music

• La Grange (song), released on the 1973 ZZ Top album Tres Hombres

[edit] See also

• Grange