List of things named after Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

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The German mathematician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859) is the eponym of many things.

Mathematics

Theorems named Dirichlet's theorem:

Dirichlet's approximation theorem (diophantine approximation)

Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions (number theory, specifically prime numbers)

Dirichlet's unit theorem (algebraic number theory and rings)

Dirichlet beta function

Dirichlet boundary condition (differential equations)

Dirichlet characters (number theory, specifically zeta and L-functions. 1831)

Dirichlet conditions (Fourier series)

Dirichlet convolution (number theory and arithmetic functions)

Dirichlet density (number theory)

Dirichlet distribution (probability theory)

Dirichlet-multinomial distribution

Generalized Dirichlet distribution (probability theory)

Grouped Dirichlet distribution

Inverted Dirichlet distribution

Dirichlet divisor problem (currently unsolved) (Number theory)

Dirichlet eigenvalue

Dirichlet eta function (number theory)

Dirichlet form

Dirichlet function (topology)

Dirichlet integral

Dirichlet kernel (functional analysis, Fourier series)

Dirichlet L-function

Dirichlet principle

Dirichlet problem (partial differential equations)

Dirichlet process

Hierarchical Dirichlet process

Imprecise Dirichlet process

Dirichlet ring (number theory)

Dirichlet series (analytic number theory)

Dirichlet space

Dirichlet stability criterion (dynamical systems)

Dirichlet tessellation, Dirichlet cell, Dirichlet polygon also called a Voronoi diagram (geometry)

Dirichlet's test (analysis)

Dirichlet's energy

Pigeonhole principle/Dirichlet's box (or drawer) principle (combinatorics)

Latent Dirichlet allocation

Class number formula

Non-mathematical

11665 Dirichlet

Dirichlet (crater)

Dirichlet–Jackson Basin

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