List of scientific

equations named
after people

This is a list of scientific equations named

after people (eponymous equations).[1]
 Equation Field Person(s) named after

Adams–Williamson
Seismology L. H. Adams and E. D. Williamson
equation

Allen–Cahn equation[2][3] 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

Batchelor–Chandrasekhar George Batchelor and

Turbulence
equation Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Bateman equation Radioactivity Harry Bateman

Bellman equation Control theory Richard Bellman

Beltrami equation Differential geometry Eugenio Beltrami

Benedict–Webb–Rubin M. Benedict, G. B. Webb, and L. C.

Fluid dynamics
equation Rubin

Benjamin–Bona–Mahony Fluid dynamics, Wave T. B. Benjamin, J. L. Bona, and J. J.

equation mechanics Mahony
Benjamin–Ono equation Waves in fluids T. B. Benjamin and H. Ono

Bernoulli's equation Fluid dynamics Daniel Bernoulli

Bernoulli differential
Calculus Jacob Bernoulli
equation

Bessel differential equation Special functions Friedrich Bessel

Birch–Murnaghan equation Francis Birch and Francis D.

Continuum mechanics
of state Murnaghan

Birkhoff–Rott equation[4][5] 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

Jean-Charles de Borda and Lazare

Borda–Carnot equation Fluid dynamics
Carnot

Boussinesq equations Wave mechanics Joseph Boussinesq

Breit equation Quantum mechanics Gregory Breit

Bridgman's equation[6]
Dimensional analysis Percy Williams Bridgman
Bridgman's thermodynamic
Thermodynamics Percy Williams Bridgman
equations

Broer–Kaup–Kupershmidt Lambertus Broer, D. J. Kaup, and B.

Wave mechanics
equation[7] A. Kupershmidt

Two-phase flow in porous

Buckley–Leverett equation S. E. Buckley and M. C. Leverett
media

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 Hugh Longbourne Callendar and

Thermodynamics
equation M. S. Van Dusen

Camassa–Holm equation Fluid dynamics Roberto Camassa and Darryl Holm

Carothers equation Polymer chemistry Wallace Carothers

Cauchy's equation Optics Augustin Louis Cauchy

Cauchy momentum Fluid Dynamics Augustin Louis Cauchy
equation Functional theory Augustin Louis Cauchy
Cauchy's functional equation Complex Analysis Augustin Louis Cauchy
Cauchy's integral formula Calculus Augustin Louis Cauchy and
Complex Analysis Leonhard Euler
Cauchy–Euler equation Augustin Louis Cauchy and
Cauchy–Riemann equations Bernhard Riemann

Cesàro equation Differential geometry Ernesto Cesàro

Chandrasekhar–Page Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and

General relativity
equation Page

Chaplygin's equation Transonic flow Sergey Chaplygin

Chapman–Kolmogorov Sydney Chapman and Andrey

equation Probability theory Kolmogorov
Chapman–Enskog Kinetic theory Sydney Chapman and David
equation[8] Enskog

Chebyshev equation Calculus Pafnuty Chebyshev

Chrystal's equation Differential equations George Chrystal

Churchill–Bernstein
Heat Transfer S. W. Churchill and M. Bernstein
equation

Clairaut's equation Calculus Alexis Clairaut

Clarke's equation Combustion John Frederick Clarke

Clausius–Clapeyron Rudolf Clausius and Émile

Calculus
equation Clapeyron

Rudolf Clausius and Ottaviano-

Clausius–Mossotti equation Physics
Fabrizio Mossotti

Colebrook equation Fluid dynamics C. F. Colebrook

Colebrook–White equation Fluid dynamics C. F. Colebrook and F. M. White

Competitive Lotka–Volterra
Population dynamics Alfred J. Lotka and Vito Volterra
equations

Topology, Differential
Conformal Killing equation Wilhelm Killing
geometry

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
Mathematical physics Antonio Degasperis and M. Procesi
equation

Dehn–Sommerville Max Dehn and Duncan

Geometry
equations Sommerville

Diophantine equation Mathematics Diophantus of Alexandria

Dirac equation Quantum mechanics Paul Dirac

Dirac equation in APS Quantum field theory 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

Leonhard Euler
dynamics)
Leonhard Euler
Euler's equations (rigid body Fluid dynamics
Leonhard Euler and Daniel
dynamics) Rigid body dynamics
Bernoulli
Euler–Bernoulli beam Solid mechanics
Leonhard Euler and Joseph Louis
equation Calculus of variations
Lagrange
Euler–Lagrange equation Calculus
Leonhard Euler and Jean Darboux
Euler–Darboux equation[9] Calculus
Euler, Poisson, and Jean Darboux
Euler–Poisson–Darboux Calculus
Leonhard Euler and Francesco
equation
Tricomi
Euler–Tricomi equation

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 and Theodore von

Falkowich–Kármán equation Transonic flow
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 August Föppl and Theodore von

Elasticity
equations Kármán

Ralph H. Fowler and Lothar

Fowler–Nordheim equation Condensed matter physics
Wolfgang Nordheim

Fredholm integral equation Integral equations Erik Fredholm

Fresnel equations Wave optics Augustin-Jean Fresnel

Friedmann equations Cosmology Alexander Friedman

Carl Friedrich Gauss and Delfino

Gauss–Codazzi equations
Riemannian geometry Codazzi
Gauss–Codazzi equations
General relativity Carl Friedrich Gauss and Delfino
(relativity)
Codazzi

Josiah Willard Gibbs and Pierre

Gibbs–Duhem equation Thermodynamics Duhem
Gibbs–Helmholtz equation Thermodynamics Josiah Willard Gibbs and Hermann
von Helmholtz

Ginzburg–Landau equation Superconductivity Lev Landau and Vitaly Ginzburg

Goldman–Hodgkin–Katz David E. Goldman, Alan Hodgkin,

flux equation Electrochemistry and Bernard Katz
Goldman–Hodgkin–Katz Electrochemistry David E. Goldman, Alan Hodgkin,
voltage equation and Bernard Katz

Grad–Shafranov equation Magnetohydrodynamics, H. Grad and Vitaly D. Shafranov

 Plasma physics

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 Jacques Hadamard and Witold

Bubble dynamics
equation Rybczyński

William Hamilton and Carl Gustav

Hamilton–Jacobi equation
Hamiltonian mechanics Jacobi
Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman
Optimal control William Hamilton, Carl Gustav
equation
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

Electromagnetic radiation,
Helmholtz equation Hermann von Helmholtz
Seismology, Acoustics

Henderson–Hasselbalch Lawrence Joseph Henderson and

Chemistry
equation Karl Albert Hasselbalch

Heun's equation Calculus Karl L. W. M. Heun

Hicks equation Fluid dynamics William Mitchinson Hicks

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 Liquid crystals John K. Hunter and Ralph Saxton

Hunter–Zheng equation PDE John K. Hunter and Yuxi Zheng
Ishimori equation PDE Y. Ishimori

John's equation Calculus Fritz John

Johnson–Holmquist
Ceramic science Johnson Holmquist
equation of state

Kadomtsev–Petviashvili B. B. Kadomtsev and V. I.

equation Wave mechanics Petviashvili
Kadomtsev–Petviashvili– Wave mechanics B. B. Kadomtsev, V. I. Petviashvili,
Burgers equation and J. M. Burgers

Kapustinskii equation Crystallography Anatoli Kapustinskii

Theodore von Kármán and Leslie

Kármán–Howarth equation Turbulence
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
Probability distribution Andrey Kolmogorov
equation

Kolmogorov–Feller Andrey Kolmogorov and William

Probabilistic models
equation[10] Feller

Diederik Korteweg and Gustav de

Korteweg–de Vries equation Wave mechanics, Solitons
Vries

Fluid dynamics, Unit

Kozeny–Carman equation Josef Kozeny and Philip C. Carman
operations

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 Lev Landau, Evgeny Lifshitz, and T.
Magnetization
equation L. Gilbert

Jonathan Homer Lane and Robert

Lane–Emden equation Astrophysics
Emden

Langevin equation Statistical physics Paul Langevin

Electromagnetism, Fluid
Laplace's equation Pierre-Simon Laplace
dynamics
Laplace's tidal equations Pierre-Simon Laplace
Fluid dynamics

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

Liñán's equation Combustion Amable Liñán

Lindley equation Queueing theory Dennis Lindley

Liouville equations Differential geometry Joseph Liouville

Lommel differential
Calculus Eugen von Lommel
equation

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 S. V. Manakov

 optics

Marchenko equation Scattering theory Vladimir Marchenko

Mark–Houwink equation Polymer chemistry Herman Francis Mark and Houwink

Atmospheric
Mason equation Basil John Mason
thermodynamics

Mason–Weaver equation Sedimentation theory Max Mason and Warren Weaver

Periodic phenemena,
Mathieu equation Émile Léonard Mathieu
Parametric resonance

Mathisson–Papapetrou– General relativity, Mathisson, A. Papapetrou, and G.

Dixon equations Gravitational waves W. Dixon

Lie groups, Differential Ludwig Maurer and Élie Joseph

Maurer–Cartan equation
geometry Cartan

Maxwell's equations Electrodynamics James Clerk Maxwell

Maxwell Relations Thermodynamics James Clerk Maxwell

Frank R. Mayo and Frederick M.

Mayo–Lewis equation Polymer chemistry
Lewis

Leonor Michaelis and Maud

Michaelis–Menten equation Chemical kinetics
Menten

Gaspard Monge and André-Marie

Monge–Ampère equation Calculus
Ampère

Morison equation Fluid dynamics J. R. Morison

Nahm equations Differential equations Werner Nahm

Claude-Louis Navier and George

Navier–Stokes equations Fluid dynamics
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 Theoretical physics Erwin Schrödinger

equation

Ornstein–Zernike equation Statistical mechanics Leonard Ornstein and Frits Zernike

Painlevé equations Differential equations Paul Painlevé

Fluid dynamics, Stability William McFadden Orr and Arnold

Orr–Sommerfeld equation
analysis Sommerfeld

Osipkov–Merritt model Astrophysics Leonid Osipkov and David Merritt

Papapetrou–Dixon General relativity,

A. Papapetrou and G. W. Dixon
equations Gravitational waves

Pauli equation Quantum mechanics Wolfgang Pauli

Pell's equation Number theory John Pell

Howard Penman
Penman equation Agronomy
Howard Penman and J. L.
Penman–Monteith equation Agronomy
Monteith

Charles Émile Picard and Lazarus

Picard–Fuchs equation Calculus
Fuchs

Siméon Denis Poisson

Poisson's equation Calculus
Siméon Denis Poisson and
Poisson–de Rham equation Astrophysics
Georges de Rham

Pople—Nesbet equations Quantum Chemistry John Pople and R. K. Nesbet

Ludwig Prandtl and Hermann

Prandtl–Glauert equation Compressible flows
Glauert

Evolutionary dynamics,
Price equation George R. Price
Evolutionary biology

Prony equation Hydraulics Gaspard de Prony

Rabinovich–Fabrikant
Chaotic systems M. I. Rabinovich and A. L. Fabrikant
equations

Srinivasa Ramanujan and Trygve

Ramanujan–Nagell equation Number theory
Nagell
Rankine–Hugoniot equation Compressible flows
Rarita–Schwinger equation
Raychaudhuri equation
Rayleigh's equation
Rayleigh–Pitot equation
Rayleigh–Plesset equation
Reynolds-averaged Navier–
Stokes equations
Relativistic Euler equations
Riccati equation
Richards equation
Riemann theta function
Riemann zeta function
Riemann's differential
equation
Rodrigues equation
Roothaan equations or
Roothaan–Hall equations
Sackur–Tetrode equation
Sagan equation
Saha–Langmuir equation
Saint-Venant equations
William Rankine and Pierre Henri
Hugoniot
William Rarita and Julian
Quantum electrodynamics
Schwinger
General relativity Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri
Lord Rayleigh
Stability of inviscid flows
Lord Rayleigh and Henri Pitot
Gasdynamics
Lord Rayleigh and Milton S.
Bubble oscillation
Plesset
Osborne Reynolds, Claude-Louis
Turbulent flows
Navier, and George Stokes
Astrophysics, Fluid
Leonhard Euler
dynamics
Calculus Jacopo Riccati
Hydrology Lorenzo Richards
Special functions Bernhard Riemann
Number theory Bernhard Riemann
Differential equation Bernhard Riemann
Chromatography Alirio E. Rodrigues
Clemens Roothaan and George
Quantum chemistry
Hall
Hugo Martin Tetrode and Otto
Statistical thermodynamics
Sackur
Cosmology Carl Sagan
Quantum mechanics, Megh Nad Saha and Irving
Statistical mechanics Langmuir
Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de
Fluid dynamics
Saint-Venant
Sakuma–Hattori equation[11] Thermal radiation Fumihiro Sakuma and Susumu
Hattori

Sawada–Kotera equation[12] Wave mechanics K. Sawada and T. Kotera

Scheil–Gulliver equation Metallurgy G. H. Gulliver and E. Scheil

Schrödinger equation Erwin Schrödinger

Quantum mechanics
Schrödinger–Newton Erwin Schrödinger and Isaac
Quantum mechanics
equations Newton

Julian Schwinger and Freeman

Schwinger–Dyson equation Quantum field theory
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

George Gabriel Stokes and Albert

Stokes–Einstein equation Diffusion of particles
Einstein

Strominger's equations Heterotic string theory Andrew Strominger

Stuart–Landau equation Fluid dynamics John Trevor Stuart and Lev Landau

Jacques Charles François Sturm

Sturm–Liouville equation Differential equation
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 Control theory James Sylvester

Sylvester's formula Matrix theory James Sylvester

Taft equation Physical organic Chemistry Robert W. Taft

Tanaka equation Stochastic theory Hiroshi Tanaka

Taylor–Goldstein equation Fluid dynamics G.I. Taylor and Sydney Goldstein

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

Anatoly Vlasov
Vlasov equation Plasma physics
Anatoly Vlasov and Siméon Denis
Vlasov–Poisson equation Plasma physics
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 Statistics, Uncertainty

B. L. Welch and F. E. Satterthwaite
equation analysis

John Archibald Wheeler and Bryce

Wheeler–deWitt equation Quantum gravity
DeWitt

Whewell equation Geometry William Whewell

Whitham equation Wave mechanics, Solitons Gerald Whitham

Wiener equation Brownian motion Norbert Wiener

Yang–Baxter equation Statistical mechanics Chen Ning Yang and Rodney J.

Yang–Mills–Higgs Gauge theory, Quantum field Baxter
equations theory
 Chen Ning Yang, Robert Mills, and
Peter Higgs

Thomas Young and Lewis Dupré

Young–Dupré equation Interfacial dynamics
Thomas Young and Pierre-Simon
Young–Laplace equation Fluid dynamics
Laplace

Stochastic differential
Zakai equation M. Zakai
equations

Zakharov–Schulman system Vladimir E. Zakharov and E. I.

Acoustic waves
of equation Schulman

Uke-Wisdom system of
Geometry [Uke Wisdom Malachy ]]
equation

See also
Eponym
List of eponymous laws
List of laws in science
List of equations
Scientific constants named after people
 Scientific phenomena named after
people
Scientific laws named after people

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