• Look up poisson in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Poisson may refer to: Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician Eric Poisson, Canadian physicist...
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    In probability theory and statistics, the Poisson distribution is a discrete probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number...
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    independently of one another. The Poisson point process is also called a Poisson random measure, Poisson random point field or Poisson point field. When the process...
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    materials science and solid mechanics, Poisson's ratio ν{\displaystyle \nu } (nu) is a measure of the Poisson effect, the deformation (expansion or contraction)...
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    Poisson's equation is an elliptic partial differential equation of broad utility in theoretical physics. For example, the solution to Poisson's equation...
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  • statistics, Poisson regression is a generalized linear model form of regression analysis used to model count data and contingency tables. Poisson regression...
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    alternative to the Poisson, which approaches the Poisson for large r, but which has larger variance than the Poisson for small r. Poisson⁡(λ)=limr→∞NB⁡(r...
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  • In mathematics, and specifically in potential theory, the Poisson kernel is an integral kernel, used for solving the two-dimensional Laplace equation...
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    Baron Siméon Denis Poisson FRS FRSE (French: [si.me.ɔ̃ də.ni pwa.sɔ̃]; 21 June 1781 – 25 April 1840) was a French mathematician and physicist who worked...
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    In mathematics and classical mechanics, the Poisson bracket is an important binary operation in Hamiltonian mechanics, playing a central role in Hamilton's...
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