Siméon Denis Poisson
Baron Siméon Denis Poisson was a French mathematician and physicist who worked on statistics, complex analysis, partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, analytical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, elasticity, and fluid mechanics. Moreover, he predicted the Arago spot in his attempt to disprove the wave theory of Augustin-Jean Fresnel.
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- Born in
- Pithiviers
- Educated at
- École polytechnique
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences🏆 Copley Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Pierre-Simon Laplace🎓 Joseph-Louis Lagrange
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet📖 Joseph Liouville📖 Michel Chasles📖 Mikhail Ostrogradsky
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1781
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Birth1840
Died
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