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Hace 5 días · The distribution was first introduced by Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840) and published together with his probability theory in his work Recherches sur la probabilité des jugements en matière criminelle et en matière civile (1837).
Hace 2 días · Soon thereafter, convolution operations appear in the works of Pierre Simon Laplace, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Siméon Denis Poisson, and others. The term itself did not come into wide use until the 1950s or 1960s.
Hace 4 días · The Poisson distribution is the discrete probability distribution of the number of events occurring in a given time period, given the average number of times the event occurs over that time period.
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Hace 5 días · Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace, French mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who was best known for his investigations into the stability of the solar system. He successfully accounted for all the observed deviations of the planets from their theoretical orbits. Learn more about Laplace’s life and work.
Hace 2 días · In the General theorems concerning the attractive and repulsive forces acting in reciprocal proportions of quadratic distances (1840) Gauss gave the baseline of a theory of the magnetic potential, based on Lagrange, Laplace, and Poisson; it seems rather unlikely that he had knowledge of the previous works of George Green on this subject.
Hace 5 días · Siméon Denis Poisson (n. 21 iunie 1781, Pithiviers, Centre-Val de Loire, Franța – d. 25 aprilie 1840, Sceaux, Seine, Franța) a fost matematician și fizician francez. S-a născut la Pithiviers, Franța, pe 21 iunie 1781. A urmat cursurile École Polytechnique din Paris, unde a studiat matematica și fizica.
