List of things named after Siméon Denis Poisson

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

Physics

Hamiltonian mechanics
  • Poisson bracket
Electrostatics
Optics
  • Poisson's spot
Elasticity
  • Poisson's ratio

Mathematics

Probability theory

Mathematical analysis

Fourier analysis
Wavelet theory

Computer science

Other

  • Advanced Poisson-Boltzmann Solver
  • Poisson (crater) on the Moon
  • Collège Denis Poisson[1] in Pithiviers

References

  1. ^ Collège Denis Poisson