Poisson's equation is an elliptic partial differential equation of broad utility in theoretical physics. For example, the solution to Poisson's equation...

The Poisson–Boltzmann equation describes the distribution of the electric potential in solution in the direction normal to a charged surface. This distribution...

In mathematics, the discrete Poisson equation is the finite difference analog of the Poisson equation. In it, the discrete Laplace operator takes the place...

zero, the equation reduces to Poisson's equation. Therefore, when λ is very small, the solution approaches that of the unscreened Poisson equation, which...

runs over the whole space. Poisson's equation was first published in the Bulletin de la société philomatique (1813). Poisson's two most important memoirs...

\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...

.} Then the differential form of Gauss's law for gravity becomes Poisson's equation: ∇ 2 ϕ = 4 π G ρ . {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}\phi =4\pi G\rho .} This...

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...

{\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...

time. The canonical examples of elliptic PDEs are Laplace's Equation and Poisson's Equation. Elliptic PDEs are also important in pure mathematics, where...

Schrödinger–Newton equation, sometimes referred to as the Newton–Schrödinger or Schrödinger–Poisson equation, is a nonlinear modification of the Schrödinger equation with...

manifold M {\displaystyle M} . In Newton's theory of gravitation, Poisson's equation reads Δ U = 4 π G ρ {\displaystyle \Delta U=4\pi G\rho \,} where U...

In astrophysics, the Lane–Emden equation is a dimensionless form of Poisson's equation for the gravitational potential of a Newtonian self-gravitating...

equation which governs the curvature obtained by the band edges in the space charge region, i.e. the band bending phenomenon, is Poisson’s equation,...

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...

step is to specify the electrostatic potential for ion j by means of Poisson's equation ∇ 2 ψ j ( r ) = − 1 ε 0 ε r ρ j ( r ) {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}\psi...

velocity together with an elliptic Poisson's equation for the pressure. On the other hand, the compressible Euler equations form a quasilinear hyperbolic system...

}}}\cdot {\frac {\partial f_{\alpha }}{\partial \mathbf {v} }}=0,} and Poisson's equation for self-consistent electric field: ∇ 2 ϕ + ρ ε = 0. {\displaystyle...

respectively. The charge density and electric potential are related by Poisson's equation, which gives − ∇ 2 [ Δ ϕ ( r ) ] = 1 ε 0 [ Q δ ( r ) − e Δ ρ ( r )...

function arises in systems that can be described by Poisson's equation, a partial differential equation (PDE) of the form ∇ 2 u ( x ) = f ( x ) {\displaystyle...

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differential equations describing physical phenomena. Poisson's equation describes electric and gravitational potentials; the diffusion equation describes...

field that is a solution to Poisson's equation, and has a zero path integral. See gradient theorem. The integral equation is true for any path ∂Σ through...

solving equations of motion that describe the state of a plasma. It is generally coupled with Maxwell's equations for electromagnetic fields or Poisson's equation...

Schamel method the Vlasov equations for the species involved are first solved and only in the second step Poisson's equation to ensure self-consistency...

\dots ,y^{(n)}(x))dx,} then y {\displaystyle y} must satisfy the Euler–Poisson equation, ∂ f ∂ y − d d x ( ∂ f ∂ y ′ ) + ⋯ + ( − 1 ) n d n d x n [ ∂ f ∂ y...

Quebec Poisson distribution, a discrete probability distribution named after Siméon Denis Poisson Poisson's equation, a partial differential equation named...

\end{aligned}}} This equation can be solved together with Poisson's equation numerically. An example of results of solving the drift diffusion equation is shown on...

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to a (smoothened) mass density, ρ {\displaystyle \rho } , via the Poisson's equation in the integral form Φ ( r ) = − ∫ G ρ ( R ) d 3 R ‖ r − R ‖ {\displaystyle...