Look up poisson in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Poisson may refer to: Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician Eric Poisson, Canadian physicist...

In probability theory and statistics, the Poisson distribution is a discrete probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number...

In materials science and solid mechanics, Poisson's ratio ν (nu) is a measure of the Poisson effect, the deformation (expansion or contraction) of a material...

independently of one another. The Poisson point process is also called a Poisson random measure, Poisson random point field and Poisson point field. When the process...

Poisson's equation is an elliptic partial differential equation of broad utility in theoretical physics. For example, the solution to Poisson's equation...

statistics, Poisson regression is a generalized linear model form of regression analysis used to model count data and contingency tables. Poisson regression...

In mathematics and classical mechanics, the Poisson bracket is an important binary operation in Hamiltonian mechanics, playing a central role in Hamilton's...

alternative to the Poisson, which approaches the Poisson for large r, but which has larger variance than the Poisson for small r. Poisson ⁡ ( λ ) = lim r...

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...

In mathematics, a Poisson superalgebra is a Z2-graded generalization of a Poisson algebra. Specifically, a Poisson superalgebra is an (associative) superalgebra...