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   Why was Poisson a good mathematician?

   • His reputation was guaranteed by the esteem that he was held in by foreign mathematicians who seemed more able than his own colleagues to recognise the importance of his ideas. Poisson himself was completely dedicated to mathematics. Arago reported that Poisson frequently said:-

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   What did Siméon-Denis do in 1837?

   • In 1837, in an important paper on probability, he introduced the distribution that is named after him and formulated the law of large numbers. From: Poisson, Siméon-Denis in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics » Subjects: Science and technology — Mathematics and Computer Science

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   How old was Siméon-Denis when the French Revolution started?

   • Siméon-Denis was eight years old when the Parisian insurrection of 14 July 1789 heralded the start of the French Revolution. As might be expected of someone who had suffered discrimination at the hands of the nobility, Poisson senior was enthusiastic about the political turn of events.

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   When did Napoleon become Professor of mechanics?

   • Singled out by his teachers, he was appointed as Associate Professor in 1802, and Professor in 1806 to replace Fourier who had been named Prefect. In 1809, he was the first Professor of Mechanics in the new Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris, which Napoleon had just created.

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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 ...

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   Jun 21, 2011 · Siméon Denis Poisson. Quick Info. Born. 21 June 1781. Pithiviers, France. Died. 25 April 1840. Sceaux (near Paris), France. Summary. Siméon-Denis Poisson worked on definite integrals and Fourier series. This was the foundation of later work in this area by Dirichlet and Riemann. View four larger pictures. Biography.

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   Jun 17, 2024 · 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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   (1781–1840) French mathematician who was a pupil and friend of Laplace and Lagrange. He extended their work in celestial mechanics and made outstanding contributions in the fields of electricity and magnetism.

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   Mar 6, 2024 · 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 pure mathematics to the mathematics of artillery.

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   Siméon Denis Poisson. 1781-1840. French mathematician important for advances in the Fourier series and for his work on definite integral theory. Poisson began by studying medicine, changing to mathematics in 1798. A year later, he wrote his first paper, which was on finite integrals.

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   Physicist. Nationality: French. born in: France. 1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French.