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= Claude-Louis Navier
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Claude-Louis Navier (1785-1836) was a French engineer and physicist renowned for his contributions to fluid mechanics and solid mechanics. He is best known for formulating the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe the motion of viscous fluid substances, and for his work on elasticity theory. Navier's work laid the foundation for many areas of engineering and applied mathematics.