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List of things named after Siméon Denis Poisson

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These are things named after Siméon Denis Poisson (1781 – 1840), a French mathematician.

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Physics

  • Poisson’s Equations (thermodynamics)
  • Poisson’s Equation (rotational motion)
  • Hamiltonian mechanics
  • Poisson bracket
  • Electrostatics
  • Poisson equation
  • Euler–Poisson–Darboux equation
  • Poisson–Boltzmann equation
  • Screened Poisson equation
  • Optics
  • Poisson's spot
  • Elasticity
  • Poisson's ratio
  • Mathematics

  • Poisson algebra
  • Poisson manifold
  • Poisson bracket, see Hamiltonian mechanics header
  • Poisson–Lie group
  • Probability theory
  • Poisson distribution
  • Poisson binomial distribution
  • Poisson clumping
  • Conway–Maxwell–Poisson distribution
  • Poisson process
  • Poisson sampling
  • Poisson regression
  • Poisson limit theorem
  • Poisson zeros
  • Mathematical analysis

  • Poisson's (differential) equation, Poisson (differential) equation; see Electrostatics header
  • Poisson solver, numerical software designed to solve Poisson's differential equation
  • Poisson differential operator
  • Dirichlet–Poisson problem
  • Discrete Poisson equation
  • Poisson kernel
  • Poisson integral formula
  • Fourier analysis
  • Poisson summation formula (Poisson resummation)
  • Wavelet theory
  • Poisson wavelet
  • Other

  • Poisson (crater) on the Moon
  • Collège Denis Poisson in Pithiviers
  • References

    List of things named after Siméon Denis Poisson Wikipedia


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