| 1. | In mathematics, Laplace's method, named after Pierre-Simon Laplace, is a technique used to approximate integrals of the form ∫ a b e M f ( x ) d x {\displaystyle \int _{a}^{b}\!e^{Mf(x)}\,dx} where ƒ(x) is some twice-differentiable function, M is a large number, and the endpoints a and b could possibly be infinite. En mathématiques, la méthode de Laplace, due à Pierre-Simon de Laplace, est une méthode pour l'évaluation numérique d'intégrales de la forme : ∫ a b e M f ( x ) d x |