List of things named after Lord Rayleigh

Lord Rayleigh was a physicist and mathematician who is the source of the following terms:

Science and Mathematics

• Rayl, rayl or Rayleigh
• Rayleigh–Faber–Krahn inequality
• Rayleigh–Jeans law
  • Rayleigh–Jeans law catastrophe, see Ultraviolet catastrophe
• Rayleigh–Ritz method; related: Rayleigh's method
• Rayleigh–Schrödinger perturbation theory
• Rayleigh's method of dimensional analysis
• Rayleigh's method, see also Rayleigh method
• Rayleigh criterion
• Rayleigh differential equation ^[1]
• Rayleigh distance
• Rayleigh distribution
• Rayleigh fading
• Rayleigh law on low-field magnetization
• Rayleigh length
• Rayleigh method, see also Rayleigh's method
  • Either: the Rayleigh method (numerical analysis); or the similar Rayleigh–Ritz method
  • See also: Rayleigh's method of dimensional analysis
• Rayleigh quotient
• Rayleigh scattering
• Rayleigh wave equation^[2]
• Rayleigh waves

Fluid mechanics

• Plateau–Rayleigh instability
• Rayleigh–Bénard convection
• Rayleigh–Plesset equation
• Rayleigh–Taylor instability
• Rayleigh flow
• Rayleigh number

Astronomical objects

• 22740 Rayleigh
• Rayleigh 75°36′S 240°54′W / 75.6°S 240.9°W, a Martian crater
• Rayleigh (lunar crater)

Others

• Rayleigh Medal, awarded by the Institute of Acoustics
• Rayleigh Medal and Prize, awarded by the Institute of Physics

See also

• Rayleigh (disambiguation)

References

1. Weisstein, Eric W. "Rayleigh Differential Equation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RayleighDifferentialEquation.html
2. Weisstein, Eric W. "Rayleigh Wave Equation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RayleighWaveEquation.html