Seven Concepts Attributed to Siméon-Denis Poisson

• Published in: Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
• Date: 2022
• Main Author: Kosmann-Schwarzbach, Yvette
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2022
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/211812
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Seven Concepts Attributed to Siméon-Denis Poisson. Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach. SIGMA 18 (2022), 092, 13 pages

Siméon-Denis Poisson was 25 years old when he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the École Polytechnique in 1806. Elected to the Paris Académie des Sciences six years later, he soon became one of its most influential members. The origin and later developments of the many concepts in mathemati...