| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:differential_operator 
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                                | gptkbp:actsOn | vector fields scalar fields
 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Laplace_operator 
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                                | gptkbp:application | gptkb:heat_equation gptkb:wave_equation
 gptkb:Laplace's_equation
 gptkb:Poisson's_equation
 
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                                | gptkbp:coordinates | gptkb:cylindrical_coordinates gptkb:spherical_coordinates
 Cartesian coordinates
 
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                                | gptkbp:defines | sum of second partial derivatives 
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                                | gptkbp:discreteVersion | gptkb:discrete_Laplacian gptkb:graph_Laplacian
 
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                                | gptkbp:eigenfunctions | harmonic functions 
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                                | gptkbp:field | gptkb:mathematics physics
 
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                                | gptkbp:generalizes | gptkb:Laplace–Beltrami_operator 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | gptkb:Pierre-Simon_Laplace 
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                                | gptkbp:notation | div grad Δ
 ∇²
 
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                                | gptkbp:property | gptkb:self-adjoint_operator gptkb:linear_operator
 elliptic operator
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:divergence curl
 gradient
 
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                                | gptkbp:spectrumOfActivity | eigenvalues 
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                                | gptkbp:symbol | ∇² 
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                                | gptkbp:usedIn | gptkb:spectral_graph_theory gptkb:partial_differential_equations
 gptkb:machine_learning
 gptkb:probability_theory
 gptkb:signal_processing
 gptkb:Riemannian_geometry
 Brownian motion
 computer vision
 differential geometry
 fluid dynamics
 quantum mechanics
 stochastic processes
 image processing
 vector calculus
 network analysis
 potential theory
 electrostatics
 random walks
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Laplace_operator gptkb:Bochner–Weitzenböck_formula
 gptkb:Bochner_formula
 gptkb:Bochner_identity
 gptkb:Poisson's_equation
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Laplacian 
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