List of things named after Siméon Denis Poisson

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

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^[1] in Pithiviers

References

1. Collège Denis Poisson