Pierre Poisson

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Mathematician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:École_Polytechnique
gptkbp:awards Legion of Honour
gptkbp:birthDate 1781-01-21
gptkbp:contribution Algebra
Combinatorics
Fluid mechanics
Geometry
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical logic
Mathematical modeling
Number theory
Optics
Set theory
Topology
Graph theory
Mathematical physics
Numerical analysis
Celestial mechanics
Differential equations
Functional analysis
Statistical inference
Complex analysis
Real analysis
Electrostatics
Theory of errors
Wave theory
Random processes
Mathematical_statistics
gptkbp:deathDate 1840-04-16
gptkbp:field Mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pierre Poisson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Henri_Poincaré
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Joseph-Louis_Lagrange
gptkbp:knownFor Poisson process
Poisson distribution
Poisson's_equation
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Émile_Borel
gptkb:Henri_Léon_Lebesgue
gptkb:Charles_Hermite
gptkbp:occupation Mathematician
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Pithiviers
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:researchField Statistical mechanics
Probability theory