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George Biddell Airy Sir George Biddell Airy (; 27 July 18012 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1826 to 1828 and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements inc ...

, a nineteenth-century English mathematician and astronomer.

Mathematics and related physics concepts

Airy beam An Airy beam, is a propagation invariant wave whose main intensity lobe propagates along a curved parabolic trajectory while being resilient to perturbations (self-healing). Physical description A cross section of an ideal Airy beam would reveal ...

* Airy condition *

Airy disc In optics, the Airy disk (or Airy disc) and Airy pattern are descriptions of the best- focused spot of light that a perfect lens with a circular aperture can make, limited by the diffraction of light. The Airy disk is of importance in physics, ...

* Airy distribution * Airy differential equation **

Airy function In the physical sciences, the Airy function (or Airy function of the first kind) is a special function named after the British astronomer George Biddell Airy (1801–1892). The function Ai(''x'') and the related function Bi(''x''), are Linear in ...

s Ai(''x'') and Bi(''x'') *

Airy points Airy points (after George Biddell Airy) are used for precision measurement (metrology) to support a length standard in such a way as to minimise bending or drop of a horizontally supported beam. Choice of support points A kinematic support fo ...

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Airy stress function In linear elasticity, the equations describing the deformation of an elastic body subject only to surface forces (or body forces that could be expressed as potentials) on the boundary are (using index notation) the equilibrium equation: :\sigma_=0\ ...

s * Airy transform *

Airy wave theory In fluid dynamics, Airy wave theory (often referred to as linear wave theory) gives a linear system, linearised description of the wave propagation, propagation of gravity waves on the surface of a homogeneous fluid layer. The theory assumes that t ...

. * Airy zeta function

Astronomy and geosciences

* Airy–Heiskanen model, see "Airy hypothesis". *

Airy Airy may refer to: * Sir George Biddell Airy (1801–1892), British Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881, for whom the following features, phenomena, and theories are named: ** Airy (lunar crater) ** Airy (Martian crater) ** Airy-0, a smaller crater ...

, a crater on Mars. **

Airy-0 Airy-0 is a crater inside the larger Airy Crater on Mars, whose location historically defined the Martian prime meridian. It is about 0.5 km (0.3 mile) across and lies within the dark region Sinus Meridiani, one of the early albedo fe ...

, another smaller crater, whose location within Airy, defines the

prime meridian A prime meridian is an arbitrarily chosen meridian (geography), meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. On a spheroid, a prime meridian and its anti-meridian (the 180th meridian ...

of that planet. *

Airy (lunar crater) LRO WAC mosaic Oblique view from Apollo 14 Vicinity of Airy, as viewed from the Bayfordbury Observatory Airy is a lunar impact crater located in the southern highlands. It is named in honour of British astronomer George Biddell Airy ...

named in his honour. * Airy ellipsoid * Airy hypothesis *

Airy Mean Time Though no standard exists, numerous calendars and other timekeeping approaches have been proposed for the planet Mars. The most commonly seen in the scientific literature denotes the time of year as the number of degrees on its orbit from the ...

* Airy projection * Airy Transit CircleThe Airy Transit Circle
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