List of things named after Siméon Denis Poisson explained

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

Physics

• Poisson’s Equations (thermodynamics)
• Poisson’s Equation (rotational motion)
• Schrödinger–Poisson equation
• Vlasov–Poisson equation

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

• Dirichlet–Poisson problem
• Poisson algebra
  • Poisson superalgebra
• Poisson boundary
• Poisson bracket, see Hamiltonian mechanics header
• Poisson games
• Poisson manifold
• Poisson ring
  • Poisson supermanifold
• Poisson–Charlier polynomials
• Poisson-Hopf algebra
• Poisson–Mellin–Newton cycle
• Poisson–Lie group

Probability theory

• Boolean-Poisson model
• Poisson bootstrap
• Poisson distribution
  • Compound Poisson distribution
  • Conditional Poisson distribution
  • Conway–Maxwell–Poisson distribution
  • Displaced Poisson distribution
  • Geometric Poisson distribution
  • Poisson binomial distribution
  • Poisson clumping
  • Super-Poissonian distribution
• Poisson process
  • Compound Poisson process
  • Mixed Poisson process
• Poisson sampling
• Poisson scatter theorem
• Poisson random measure
  • Poisson-type random measure
• Poisson regression
  • Fixed-effect Poisson model
• 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
• Poisson–Jensen formula

Fourier analysis

• Poisson summation formula (Poisson resummation)

Wavelet theory

• Poisson wavelet

Computer science

• Poisson disk
• Poisson image editing

Other

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

Notes and References

1. http://clg-poisson-pithiviers.tice.ac-orleans-tours.fr/php5/ Collège Denis Poisson