Mathematician:Siméon-Denis Poisson

Mathematician
French mathematician and physicist best known for his work in probability theory and differential equations.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 21 June 1781 in Pithiviers, France
 * Died: 25 April 1840 in Sceaux (near Paris), France

Theorems and Definitions

 * Poisson Bracket
 * Poisson's Differential Equation
 * Poisson Distribution
 * Poission Kernel
 * Poisson Process


 * Euler-Poisson-Darboux Equation (with and )


 * Poisson Integral
 * Poisson Summation Formula

Publications

 * 1808: Sur les inégalités des moyens mouvements des planètes
 * 1809: Sur le mouvement de rotation de la terre
 * 1809: Sur la variation des constantes arbitraires dans les questions de mécanique
 * 1811: Traité de mécanique (2 volumes)
 * 1812: (9 March): Sur la distribution de l'électricité à la surface des corps conducteurs
 * 1837: Recherches sur la probabilité des jugements en matière criminelle et matière civile

Also published

 * 1808: An edition of 's 1743 work: Théorie de la figure de la terre

Also known as
Some sources do not hyphenate: Siméon Denis Poisson.

The word Poisson is French for fish.