This is a list of scientific equations named after people (eponymous equations).
Equation | Field | Person(s) named after |
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Adams–Williamson equation | Seismology | L. H. Adams and E. D. Williamson |
Allen–Cahn equation | Phase separation | S. Allen and John W. Cahn |
Archard equation | Materials science | John F. Archard |
Arrhenius equation | Chemical kinetics | Svante Arrhenius |
Aryabhata equation | Number theory | Aryabhata |
Ashkin–Teller model | Statistical mechanics | Edward Teller Julius Ashkin |
Avrami equation | Phase transformation | Melvin Avrami |
Bellman equation | Control theory | Richard Bellman |
Beltrami equation | Differential geometry | Eugenio Beltrami |
Benedict–Webb–Rubin equation | Fluid dynamics | M. Benedict, G. B. Webb, and L. C. Rubin |
Benjamin–Bona–Mahony equation Benjamin–Ono equation |
Fluid dynamics, Wave mechanics Waves in fluids |
T. B. Benjamin, J. L. Bona, and J. J. Mahony T. B. Benjamin and H. Ono |
Bernoulli's equation | Fluid dynamics | Daniel Bernoulli |
Bernoulli differential equation | Calculus | Jacob Bernoulli |
Bessel differential equation | Special functions | Friedrich Bessel |
Birch–Murnaghan equation of state | Continuum mechanics | Francis Birch and Francis D. Murnaghan |
Birkhoff–Rott equation | Fluid dynamics | Garrett Birkhoff |
Black's equation | Electronics | James R. Black |
Black–Scholes equation | Mathematical finance | Fischer Black and Myron Scholes |
Blaney–Criddle equation | Agronomy | Blaney and Criddle |
Boltzmann equation | Thermodynamics | Ludwig Boltzmann |
Bôcher's equation | Calculus | Maxime Bôcher |
Borda–Carnot equation | Fluid dynamics | Jean-Charles de Borda and Lazare Carnot |
Boussinesq equations | Wave mechanics | Joseph Boussinesq |
Breit equation | Quantum mechanics | Gregory Breit |
Bridgman's equation Bridgman's thermodynamic equations |
Dimensional analysis Thermodynamics |
Percy Williams Bridgman Percy Williams Bridgman |
Broer–Kaup–Kupershmidt equation | Wave mechanics | Lambertus Broer, D. J. Kaup, and B. A. Kupershmidt |
Buckley–Leverett equation | Two-phase flow in porous media | S. E. Buckley and M. C. Leverett |
Burgers' equation | Fluid dynamics | Johannes Martinus Burgers |
Cahn–Hilliard equation | Phase separation | John W. Cahn and John E. Hilliard |
Callan–Symanzik equation | Quantum field theory | Curtis Callan and Kurt Symanzik |
Callendar–Van Dusen equation | Thermodynamics | Hugh Longbourne Callendar and M. S. Van Dusen |
Camassa–Holm equation | Fluid dynamics | Roberto Camassa and Darryl Holm |
Carothers equation | Polymer chemistry | Wallace Carothers |
Cauchy's equation Cauchy momentum equation Cauchy's functional equation Cauchy's integral formula Cauchy–Euler equation Cauchy–Riemann equations |
Optics Fluid Dynamics Functional theory Complex Analysis Calculus Complex Analysis |
Augustin Louis Cauchy Augustin Louis Cauchy Augustin Louis Cauchy Augustin Louis Cauchy Augustin Louis Cauchy and Leonhard Euler Augustin Louis Cauchy and Bernhard Riemann |
Cesàro equation | Differential geometry | Ernesto Cesàro |
Chaplygin's equation | Transonic flow | Sergey Chaplygin |
Chapman–Kolmogorov equation Chapman–Enskog equation |
Probability theory Kinetic theory |
Sydney Chapman and Andrey Kolmogorov Sydney Chapman and David Enskog |
Chebyshev equation | Calculus | Pafnuty Chebyshev |
Churchill–Bernstein equation | Heat Transfer | S. W. Churchill and M. Bernstein |
Clairaut's equation | Calculus | Alexis Clairaut |
Clausius–Clapeyron equation | Calculus | Rudolf Clausius and Émile Clapeyron |
Clausius–Mossotti equation | Physics | Rudolf Clausius and Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti |
Colebrook equation Colebrook–White equation |
Fluid dynamics Fluid dynamics |
C. F. Colebrook C. F. Colebrook and F. M. White |
Competitive Lotka–Volterra equations | Population dynamics | Alfred J. Lotka and Vito Volterra |
Conformal Killing equation | Topology, Differential geometry | Wilhelm Killing |
Darcy–Weisbach equation | Fluid dynamics | Henry Darcy and Julius Weisbach |
Davey–Stewartson equation | Fluid dynamics | A. Davey and K. Stewartson |
Debye–Hückel equation | Electrochemistry | Peter Debye and Erich Hückel |
Degasperis–Procesi equation | Mathematical physics | Antonio Degasperis and M. Procesi |
Dehn–Sommerville equations | Geometry | Max Dehn and Duncan Sommerville |
Diophantine equation | Mathematics | Diophantus of Alexandria |
Dirac equation Dirac equation in APS |
Quantum mechanics Quantum field theory |
Paul Dirac Paul Dirac |
Doppler equations | Wave mechanics | Christian Doppler |
Drake equation | Cosmology | Frank Drake |
Duffing equation | Differential equations | Duffing |
Dym equation | Wave mechanics | Harry Dym |
Einstein field equations | General relativity | Albert Einstein |
Ernst equation | PDE | Frederick J. Ernst |
Euler equations (fluid dynamics) Euler's equations (rigid body dynamics) Euler–Bernoulli beam equation Euler–Lagrange equation Euler–Darboux equation Euler–Poisson–Darboux equation Euler–Tricomi equation |
Fluid dynamics Rigid body dynamics Solid mechanics Calculus of variations Calculus Calculus Calculus |
Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler and Daniel Bernoulli Leonhard Euler and Joseph Louis Lagrange Leonhard Euler and Jean Darboux Euler, Poisson, and Jean Darboux Leonhard Euler and Francesco Tricomi |
Exner equation | Geology, Sedimentology | Felix Maria Exner |
Eyring–Polanyi equation | Chemical kinetics | Henry Eyring and Michael Polanyi |
Faddeev equations | Quantum mechanics | Ludvig Faddeev |
Falkner–Skan equation | Boundary layer flow | V. M. Falkner and S. W. Skan |
Falkowich–Kármán equation | Transonic flow | Falkowich and Theodore von Kármán |
Fenske equation | Distillation | Merrell Fenske |
Fisher equation | Financial mathematics | Irving Fisher |
Fisher's equation | Mathematics | Ronald Fisher |
Fokker–Planck equation | Probability theory | Adriaan Fokker and Max Planck |
Föppl–von Kármán equations | Elasticity | August Föppl and Theodore von Kármán |
Fowler–Nordheim equation | Condensed matter physics | Ralph H. Fowler and Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim |
Fredholm integral equation | Integral equations | Erik Fredholm |
Fresnel equations | Wave optics | Augustin-Jean Fresnel |
Friedmann equations | Cosmology | Alexander Friedman |
Gauss–Codazzi equations Gauss–Codazzi equations (relativity) |
Riemannian geometry General relativity |
Carl Friedrich Gauss and Delfino Codazzi Carl Friedrich Gauss and Delfino Codazzi |
Gibbs–Duhem equation Gibbs–Helmholtz equation |
Thermodynamics Thermodynamics |
Josiah Willard Gibbs and Pierre Duhem Josiah Willard Gibbs and Hermann von Helmholtz |
Ginzburg–Landau equation | Superconductivity | Lev Landau and Vitaly Ginzburg |
Goldman–Hodgkin–Katz flux equation Goldman–Hodgkin–Katz voltage equation |
Electrochemistry Electrochemistry |
David E. Goldman, Alan Hodgkin, and Bernard Katz David E. Goldman, Alan Hodgkin, and Bernard Katz |
Grad–Shafranov equation | Magnetohydrodynamics, Plasma physics | H. Grad and Vitaly D. Shafranov |
Green–Kubo relations | Statistical mechanics | M. S. Green and Ryogo Kubo |
Gross–Pitaevskii equation | Condensed matter physics | E. P. Gross and Lev P. Pitaevskii |
Haaland equation | Fluid dynamics | S. E. Haaland |
Hadamard–Rybczynski equation | Bubble dynamics | Jacques Hadamard and Witold Rybczyński |
Hamilton–Jacobi equation Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation |
Hamiltonian mechanics Optimal control |
William Hamilton and Carl Gustav Jacobi William Hamilton, Carl Gustav Jacobi, and Richard Bellman |
Hammett equation | Organic Chemistry | Louis Plack Hammett |
Hankinson's equation | Wood science | Hankinson |
Hartree equation | Atomic physics | Douglas Hartree |
Hartree–Fock equation | Quantum Chemistry | Douglas Hartree and Vladimir Fock |
Hasegawa–Mima equation | Plasma physics | Akira Hasegawa and Kunioki Mima |
Hazen–Williams equation | Hydraulics, Irrigation | Hazen and Williams |
Helmholtz equation | Electromagnetic radiation, Seismology, Acoustics | Hermann von Helmholtz |
Henderson–Hasselbalch equation | Chemistry | Lawrence Joseph Henderson and Karl Albert Hasselbalch |
Heun's equation | Calculus | Karl L. W. M. Heun |
Hill equation (biochemistry) | Biochemistry | Archibald Vivian Hill |
Hill differential equation | Orbital Mechanics | George William Hill |
Hugoniot equation | Compressible flows | Pierre Henri Hugoniot |
Hunter–Saxton equation Hunter–Zheng equation |
Liquid crystals PDE |
John K. Hunter and Ralph Saxton John K. Hunter and Yuxi Zheng |
Ishimori equation | PDE | Y. Ishimori |
John's equation | Calculus | Fritz John |
Johnson–Holmquist equation of state | Ceramic science | Johnson Holmquist |
Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation Kadomtsev–Petviashvili–Burgers equation |
Wave mechanics Wave mechanics |
B. B. Kadomtsev and V. I. Petviashvili B. B. Kadomtsev, V. I. Petviashvili, and J. M. Burgers |
Kapustinskii equation | Crystallography | Anatoli Kapustinskii |
Kármán–Howarth equation | Turbulent flow | Theodore von Kármán and L. Howarth |
Karplus equation | Nuclear magnetic resonance | Martin Karplus |
Kaup–Kupershmidt equation | Wave mechanics | D. J. Kaup and B. A. Kupershmidt |
Kepler's equation | Astronomy | Johannes Kepler |
Klein–Gordon equation | Quantum field theory | Oskar Klein and Walter Gordon |
Kohn–Sham equations | Mathematics | Walter Kohn and Lu Jeu Sham |
Kolmogorov backward equation | Probability distribution | Andrey Kolmogorov |
Kolmogorov–Feller equation | Probabilistic models | Andrey Kolmogorov and William Feller |
Korteweg–de Vries equation | Wave mechanics, Solitons | Diederik Korteweg and Gustav de Vries |
Kozeny–Carman equation | Fluid dynamics, Unit operations | Josef Kozeny and Philip C. Carman |
Krichever–Novikov equation | Lie algebra | I. M. Krichever and Sergei Novikov |
Laguerre's equation | Differential equation | Edmond Laguerre |
Lamm equation | Sedimentation theory | O. Lamm |
Landau–Lifshitz equation | Aeroacoustics | Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz |
Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation | Magnetization | Lev Landau, Evgeny Lifshitz, and T. L. Gilbert |
Lane–Emden equation | Astrophysics | Jonathan Homer Lane and Robert Emden |
Langevin equation | Statistical physics | Paul Langevin |
Laplace's equation Laplace's tidal equations |
Electromagnetism, Fluid dynamics Fluid dynamics |
Pierre-Simon Laplace Pierre-Simon Laplace |
Legendre's equation | Spherical harmonics | Adrien-Marie Legendre |
Leonard–Merritt formula | Astrophysics | Peter Leonard and David Merritt |
Levy–Mises equations | Solid mechanics | Paul Lévy and Richard von Mises |
Liénard equation | Dynamical systems | Alfred-Marie Liénard |
Lighthill equation | Aeroacoustics | James Lighthill |
Lindblad equation | Quantum mechanics | G. Lindblad |
Lin–Tsien equation | PDE | Lin and Tsien |
Lindley equation | Queueing theory | Dennis Lindley |
Liouville equations | Differential geometry | Joseph Liouville |
Lommel differential equation | Calculus | Eugen von Lommel |
Lorentz equation | Electromagnetism | Hendrik Lorentz |
Lorentz–Lorenz equation | Optics | Hendrik Lorentz and Ludvig Lorenz |
Lotka–Volterra equation | Biological systems | Alfred J. Lotka and Vito Volterra |
Lyapunov equation | Control theory | Aleksandr Lyapunov |
Madelung equations | Quantum mechanics | Erwin Madelung |
Majorana equation | Quantum field theory | Ettore Majorana |
Manakov equation | Wave mechanics, Fiber optics | S. V. Manakov |
Marchenko equation | Scattering theory | Vladimir Marchenko |
Mark–Houwink equation | Polymer chemistry | Herman Francis Mark and Houwink |
Mason equation | Atmospheric thermodynamics | Basil John Mason |
Mason–Weaver equation | Sedimentation theory | Max Mason and Warren Weaver |
Mathieu equation | Periodic phenemena, Parametric resonance | Émile Léonard Mathieu |
Mathisson–Papapetrou–Dixon equations | General relativity, Gravitational waves | Mathisson, A. Papapetrou, and G. W. Dixon |
Maurer–Cartan equation | Lie groups, Differential geometry | Ludwig Maurer and Élie Joseph Cartan |
Maxwell's equations Maxwell Relations |
Electrodynamics Thermodynamics |
James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell |
Mayo–Lewis equation | Polymer chemistry | Frank R. Mayo and Frederick M. Lewis |
Michaelis–Menten equation | Chemical kinetics | Leonor Michaelis and Maud Menten |
Monge–Ampère equation | Calculus | Gaspard Monge and André-Marie Ampère |
Morison equation | Fluid dynamics | J. R. Morison |
Nahm equations | Differential equations | Werner Nahm |
Navier–Stokes equations | Fluid dynamics | Claude-Louis Navier and George Gabriel Stokes |
Nernst equation | Electrochemistry | Walther Nernst |
Neugebauer equations | Printing systems | Hans E. J. Neugebauer |
Newton–Euler equations | Classical mechanics | Isaac Newton and Leonhard Euler |
Nonlinear Schrödinger equation | Theoretical physics | Erwin Schrödinger |
Ornstein–Zernike equation | Statistical mechanics | Leonard Ornstein and Frits Zernike |
Painlevé equations | Differential equations | Paul Painlevé |
Orr–Sommerfeld equation | Fluid dynamics, Stability analysis | William McFadden Orr and Arnold Sommerfeld |
Osipkov–Merritt model | Astrophysics | Leonid Osipkov and David Merritt |
Papapetrou–Dixon equations | General relativity, Gravitational waves | A. Papapetrou and G. W. Dixon| |
Pauli equation | Quantum mechanics | Wolfgang Pauli |
Pell's equation | Number theory | John Pell |
Penman equation Penman–Monteith equation |
Agronomy Agronomy |
Howard Penman Howard Penman and J. L. Monteith |
Picard–Fuchs equation | Calculus | Charles Émile Picard and Lazarus Fuchs |
Poisson's equation Poisson–de Rham equation |
Calculus Astrophysics |
Siméon Denis Poisson Siméon Denis Poisson and Georges de Rham |
Pople—Nesbet equations | Quantum Chemistry | John Pople and R. K. Nesbet |
Prandtl–Glauert equation | Compressible flows | Ludwig Prandtl and Hermann Glauert |
Price equation | Evolutionary dynamics, Evolutionary biology | George R. Price |
Prony equation | Hydraulics | Gaspard de Prony |
Rabinovich–Fabrikant equations | Chaotic systems | M. I. Rabinovich and A. L. Fabrikant |
Ramanujan–Nagell equation | Number theory | Srinivasa Ramanujan and Trygve Nagell |
Rankine–Hugoniot equation | Compressible flows | William Rankine and Pierre Henri Hugoniot |
Rarita–Schwinger equation | Quantum electrodynamics | William Rarita and Julian Schwinger |
Raychaudhuri equation | General relativity | Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri |
Rayleigh's equation Rayleigh–Pitot equation Rayleigh–Plesset equation |
Stability of inviscid flows Gasdynamics Bubble oscillation |
Lord Rayleigh Lord Rayleigh and Henri Pitot Lord Rayleigh and Milton S. Plesset |
Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations | Turbulent flows | Osborne Reynolds, Claude-Louis Navier, and George Stokes |
Relativistic Euler equations | Astrophysics, Fluid dynamics | Leonhard Euler |
Riccati equation | Calculus | Jacopo Riccati |
Richards equation | Hydrology | Lorenzo Richards |
Riemann theta function Riemann zeta function Riemann's differential equation |
Special functions Number theory Differential equation |
Bernhard Riemann Bernhard Riemann Bernhard Riemann |
Rodrigues equation | Chromatography | Alirio E. Rodrigues |
Roothaan equations or Roothaan–Hall equations | Quantum chemistry | Clemens Roothaan and George Hall |
Sackur–Tetrode equation | Statistical thermodynamics | Hugo Martin Tetrode and Otto Sackur |
Sagan equation | Cosmology | Carl Sagan |
Saha–Langmuir equation | Quantum mechanics, Statistical mechanics | Megh Nad Saha and Irving Langmuir |
Sakuma–Hattori equation | Thermal radiation | Fumihiro Sakuma and Susumu Hattori |
Sawada–Kotera equation | Wave mechanics | K. Sawada and T. Kotera |
Scheil–Gulliver equation | Metallurgy | G. H. Gulliver and E. Scheil |
Schrödinger equation Schrödinger–Newton equations |
Quantum mechanics Quantum mechanics |
Erwin Schrödinger Erwin Schrödinger and Isaac Newton |
Schwinger–Dyson equation | Quantum field theory | Julian Schwinger and Freeman Dyson |
Screened Poisson equation | Plasma physics | Siméon Denis Poisson |
Seiberg–Witten equation | PDE | Nathan Seiberg and Edward Witten |
Sellmeier equation | Optics | W. Sellmeier |
sine–Gordon equation | Solitons | Walter Gordon |
Slutsky equation | Consumer theory | Eugen Slutsky |
Souders–Brown equation | Separation processes | M. Souders and G. G. Brown |
Starling equation | Fluid dynamics | Ernest Starling |
Stokes–Einstein equation | Diffusion of particles | George Gabriel Stokes and Albert Einstein |
Strominger's equations | Heterotic string theory | Andrew Strominger |
Sturm–Liouville equation | Differential equation | Jacques Charles François Sturm and Joseph Liouville |
Swamee–Jain equation | Fluid dynamics | P. K. Swamee and A. K. Jain |
Swift–Hohenberg equation | Pattern formation | J. B. Swift and P. C. Hohenberg |
Sylvester equation Sylvester's formula |
Control theory Matrix theory |
James Sylvester James Sylvester |
Taft equation | Physical organic Chemistry | Robert W. Taft |
Tanaka equation | Stochastic theory | Hiroshi Tanaka |
Torricelli's equation | Mechanics | Evangelista Torricelli |
Tricomi equation | Partial differential equations | Francesco Tricomi |
Tsiolkovsky rocket equation | Astrodynamics | Konstantin Tsiolkovsky |
Van Deemter's equation | Chromatography | J. J. Van Deemter |
Van der Pol equation | Dynamical systems | Balthasar van der Pol |
Van der Waals equation | Thermodynamics | Johannes Diderik van der Waals |
Van 't Hoff equation | Chemical thermodynamics | Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff |
Verhulst equation | Population dynamics | Pierre François Verhulst |
Vlasov equation Vlasov–Poisson equation |
Plasma physics Plasma physics |
Anatoly Vlasov Anatoly Vlasov and Siméon Denis Poisson |
Volterra integral equation | Integral equations | Vito Volterra |
Wald's equation | Probability theory | Abraham Wald |
Washburn's equation | Flow in porous media | Edward W. Washburn |
Weber's equation | Differential equation | Heinrich Friedrich Weber |
Welch–Satterthwaite equation | Statistics, Uncertainty analysis | B. L. Welch and F. E. Satterthwaite |
Wheeler–deWitt equation | Quantum gravity | John Archibald Wheeler and Bryce DeWitt |
Whewell equation | Geometry | William Whewell |
Whitham equation | Wave mechanics, Solitons | Gerald Whitham |
Wiener equation | Brownian motion | Norbert Wiener |
Yang–Baxter equation Yang–Mills–Higgs equations |
Statistical mechanics Gauge theory, Quantum field theory |
Chen Ning Yang and Rodney J. Baxter Chen Ning Yang, Robert Mills, and Peter Higgs |
Young–Dupré equation Young–Laplace equation |
Interfacial dynamics Fluid dynamics |
Thomas Young and Lewis Dupré Thomas Young and Pierre-Simon Laplace |
Zakai equation | Stochastic differential equations | M. Zakai |
Zakharov–Schulman system of equation | Acoustic waves | Vladimir E. Zakharov and E. I. Schulman |
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