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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 on statistics, complex analysis, partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, analytical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, elasticity, and fluid ...
Siméon-Denis Poisson (born June 21, 1781, Pithiviers, France—died April 25, 1840, Sceaux) was a French mathematician known for his work on definite integrals, electromagnetic theory, and probability.
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Jun 21, 2011 · Biography. Siméon-Denis Poisson's parents were not from the nobility and, although it was becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between the nobility and the bourgeoisie in France in the years prior to the Revolution, nevertheless the French class system still had a major influence on his early years.
Siméon Denis Poisson (21 juin 1781 à Pithiviers - 25 avril 1840 à Sceaux) est un mathématicien, géomètre et physicien français. Sa contribution la plus essentielle concerne l’électricité et le magnétisme qu’il contribua à fonder mais il eut également une influence en astronomie, notamment sur l’attraction des planètes.
Mar 6, 2024 · Siméon-Denis POISSON. b. 21 June 1781, d. 25 April 1840 Summary Poisson, the apostle of Laplacian science, was the master of French mathematics from 1815 to 1840. His contribution to probability theory is not confined to the distribution which bears his name or to the expression "Law of Large Numbers", but bears on various areas ranging from ...
May 29, 2018 · POISSON, SIMéON-DENIS. (b. Pithiviers, Loiret, France 21 June 1781; d. Paris, France, 25 April 1840) mathematical physics. Poisson was an example of those scientists whose intellectual activity was intimately linked to a great number of educational or administrative duties and to the authority derived from them.
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Siméon-Denis Poisson was educated as a child by his family and then at secondary school. He went on to study at École Polytechnique. While there, he was mentored and supported by Pierre Simon de Laplace (1749-1827) who helped him get a job as a professor at École Polytechnique.