Siméon Denis Poisson
Siméon Poisson
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a French mathematician and physicist who worked on statistics, complex analysis, analytical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, elasticity, and fluid mechanics
Born
21 June 1781 Pithiviers, France (present-day Loiret )
Died
25 April 1840 (aged 58) Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known for
Poisson process Poisson equation Poisson kernel Poisson distribution Poisson bracket Poisson algebra Poisson regression Poisson summation formula Poisson's spot Poisson's ratio Poisson zeros Conway–Maxwell–Poisson
Fields
Mathematics and physics
Alma mater
École Polytechnique
Institutions
École Polytechnique Bureau des Longitudes Faculté des sciences de Paris École de Saint-Cyr
Academic advisors
Joseph-Louis Lagrange Pierre-Simon Laplace
adultbasic
France
Doctoral students
Michel Chasles Joseph Liouville
era
1800+
Other notable students
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet