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Siméon Denis Poisson Baron Siméon Denis Poisson FRS FRSE (; 21 June 1781 – 25 April 1840) was a French mathematician and physicist who worked on statistics, complex analysis, partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, analytical mechanics, electr ...
, French mathematician


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Poissons Poissons () is a commune in the Haute-Marne department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a ...
, a commune of Haute-Marne, France *
Poisson, Saône-et-Loire Poisson () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), ...
, a commune of Saône-et-Loire, France


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Poisson (surname) Poisson is a French surname meaning "fish". Notable people with the surname include: * Abel-François Poisson, marquis de Marigny (1727–1781), French nobleman who served as the director general of the King's Buildings *Albert Poisson (1868–1893 ...
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Poisson (crater) Poisson is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern highlands of the Moon's near side. It was named after French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson. It lies to the east of the crater Aliacensis and northwest of Gemma Frisius. To ...
, a lunar crater named after Siméon Denis Poisson *The French word for
fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...


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Adolphe-Poisson Bay The Adolphe-Poisson Bay is a freshwater body located south of the southwestern part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This lake ex ...
, a body of water located to the southwest of Gouin Reservoir, in La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec *
Poisson distribution In probability theory and statistics, the Poisson distribution is a discrete probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space if these events occur with a known ...
, a discrete probability distribution named after Siméon Denis Poisson *
Poisson's equation Poisson's equation is an elliptic partial differential equation of broad utility in theoretical physics. For example, the solution to Poisson's equation is the potential field caused by a given electric charge or mass density distribution; with t ...
, a partial differential equation named after Siméon Denis Poisson *
List of things named after Siméon Denis Poisson 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 eq ...
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Poison (disambiguation) Poison is a substance that causes injury, illness, or death. Poison or The Poison may also refer to: Fictional characters * Poison (comics), a Marvel Comics heroine with toxic, poisonous abilities * Doctor Poison, two DC Comics villains * Poiso ...
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