Poisson (disambiguation)
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Poisson (meaning fish in French) may refer to:
- Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician, geometer and physicist, after whom a number of mathematical concepts and physical phenomena are named, including:
- Poisson distribution, a discrete probability distribution
- Poisson process, a stochastic process
- Poisson's equation
- Screened Poisson equation
- Poisson kernel
- Poisson regression
- Poisson summation formula
- Poisson's spot
- Poisson's ratio
- Poisson (crater)
- Poissons, a commune in the Haute-Marne département, in France
- Poisson, Saône-et-Loire, a commune of the Saône-et-Loire département, in France
- Abel-François Poisson, marquis de Marigny (1727-1781)
- Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, madame de Pompadour (1721-1764)