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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 (/ˈpwɑːsɒn/;
French pronunciation: [pwasɔ̃]) is a
discrete probability distribution that...
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statistics and
related fields, a
Poisson point process (also
known as:
Poisson random measure,
Poisson random point field and
Poisson point field) is a type of...
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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...
- In
materials science and
solid mechanics,
Poisson's ratio (symbol: ν (nu)) is a
measure of the
Poisson effect, the
deformation (expansion or contraction)...
- In
mathematics and
classical mechanics, the
Poisson bracket is an
important binary operation in
Hamiltonian mechanics,
playing a
central role in Hamilton's...
- 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 ) = lim r...
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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...
- a
field in mathematics, a
Poisson manifold is a
smooth manifold endowed with a
Poisson structure. The
notion of
Poisson manifold generalises that of...
