• The uniqueness theorem for Poisson's equation states that, for a large class of boundary conditions, the equation may have many solutions, but the gradient...
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    Poisson's equation is an elliptic partial differential equation of broad utility in theoretical physics. For example, the solution to Poisson's equation...
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  • differential equations. Thompson uniqueness theorem in finite group theory. Uniqueness theorem for Poisson's equation. Electromagnetism uniqueness theorem for the...
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    charges Uniqueness theorem for Poisson's equation List of examples of Stigler's law The other three of Maxwell's equations are: Gauss's law for magnetism...
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    \Delta f=h} This is called Poisson's equation, a generalization of Laplace's equation. Laplace's equation and Poisson's equation are the simplest examples...
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    choice varies from PDE to PDE. To understand it for any given equation, existence and uniqueness theorems are usually important organizational principles...
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  • Potential theory (category Partial differential equations)
    Poisson's equation—or in the vacuum, Laplace's equation. There is considerable overlap between potential theory and the theory of Poisson's equation to...
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    that the boundary conditions are satisfied, then by the uniqueness theorem for Poisson's equation, we must have found the solution. The continuity conditions...
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  • {\displaystyle a(u,v)=\mathbf {v} ^{T}\mathbf {A} \mathbf {u} .} To solve Poisson's equation − ∇ 2 u = f , {\displaystyle -\nabla ^{2}u=f,} on a domain Ω ⊂ R d...
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    innovations. Many of these items named after Euler include their own unique function, equation, formula, identity, number (single or sequence), or other mathematical...
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  • Campbell's theorem (probability) Compound Poisson process Continuous-time Markov process Little's lemma Lotka's integral equation Palm–Khintchine theorem Poisson...
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    velocity together with an elliptic Poisson's equation for the pressure. On the other hand, the compressible Euler equations form a quasilinear hyperbolic system...
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    Maxwell's equations, or Maxwell–Heaviside equations, are a set of coupled partial differential equations that, together with the Lorentz force law, form...
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    of Poisson's work, and the result was not well known during his time. Over the following years others used the distribution without citing Poisson, including...
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  • Coulomb's law Divergence theorem Flux Gaussian surface Schwarz reflection principle Uniqueness theorem for Poisson's equation Image antenna Surface equivalence...
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  • in the configuration space be fixed. The existence and uniqueness theorems guarantee that, for every v 0 , {\displaystyle \mathbf {v} _{0},} the initial...
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  • Milgram theorem by Peter Lax and Arthur Milgram. In the modern, functional-analytic approach to the study of partial differential equations, one does...
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    the heat equation is a parabolic partial differential equation. The theory of the heat equation was first developed by Joseph Fourier in 1822 for the purpose...
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    mathematical model for the number of incoming phone calls in a finite time interval. Erlang was not at the time aware of Poisson's earlier work and assumed...
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  • Helmholtz theorem (also known as the fundamental theorem of vector calculus). The first equation is a pressureless governing equation for the velocity...
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  • Tzitzeica equation Rabinovich–Fabrikant equations General Legendre equation Heat equation Laplace's equation in potential theory Poisson's equation in potential...
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    the rules for evaluating a Poisson bracket without resorting to differential equations, see Lie algebra; a Poisson bracket is the name for the Lie bracket...
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  • In statistics, the Gauss–Markov theorem (or simply Gauss theorem for some authors) states that the ordinary least squares (OLS) estimator has the lowest...
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  • part of Noether's theorem, we find the implicit variation in the Lagrangian due to variation of fields. If the equation of motion for ψ , ψ ¯ {\displaystyle...
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    Finite element method (category Numerical differential equations)
    approach in several ways. E.g., first-order FEM is identical to FDM for Poisson's equation if the problem is discretized by a regular rectangular mesh with...
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    voltages. By Gauss's law, the potential can also be found to satisfy Poisson's equation: ∇ ⋅ E = ∇ ⋅ ( − ∇ V E ) = − ∇ 2 V E = ρ / ε 0 {\displaystyle \mathbf...
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    formula for the Newtonian potential (the fundamental solution of Poisson's equation). This is essentially a form of the inversion formula for the Radon...
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    Green's function (category Differential equations)
    Using this expression, it is possible to solve Laplace's equation ∇2φ(x) = 0 or Poisson's equation ∇2φ(x) = −ρ(x), subject to either Neumann or Dirichlet...
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    The wave equation is a second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves or standing wave fields such as mechanical waves...
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  • eigenvalue of Laplace's equation on general domains towards the end of the 19th century, while Poincaré studied Poisson's equation a few years later. At...
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