Law |
Field |
Person(s) Named After |
Abel's theorem |
Calculus |
Niels Henrik Abel |
Amdahl's law |
Computer science |
Gene Amdahl |
Ampère's circuital law |
Physics |
André-Marie Ampère |
Archie's law |
Geology |
Gus Archie |
Archimedes' principle
Axiom of Archimedes |
Physics
Analysis |
Archimedes |
Arrhenius equation |
Chemical kinetics |
Svante Arrhenius |
Avogadro's law |
Thermodynamics |
Amedeo Avogadro |
Bell's theorem |
Quantum mechanics |
John Stewart Bell |
Benford's law |
Mathematics |
Frank Benford |
Beer–Lambert law |
Optics |
August Beer, Johann Heinrich Lambert |
Bernoulli's principle
Bernoulli's equation |
Physical sciences |
Daniel Bernoulli |
Biot–Savart law |
Electromagnetics, fluid dynamics |
Jean Baptiste Biot and Félix Savart |
Birch's law |
Geophysics |
Francis Birch |
Bogoliubov–Born–Green–Kirkwood–Yvon hierarchy |
Physics |
Nikolay Bogoliubov, Max Born, Herbert Green, John Kirkwood, and J. Yvon |
Bogoliubov transformation |
Quantum mechanics |
Nikolay Bogoliubov |
Boltzmann equation |
Thermodynamics |
Ludwig Boltzmann |
Born's law |
Quantum mechanics |
Max Born |
Boyle's law |
Thermodynamics |
Robert Boyle |
Bragg's Law |
Physics |
William Lawrence Bragg, William Henry Bragg |
Bradford's law |
Computer science |
Samuel C. Bradford |
Buys Ballot's law |
Meteorology |
C.H.D. Buys Ballot |
Byerlee's law |
Geophysics |
James Byerlee |
Carnot's theorem |
Thermodynamics |
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot |
Cauchy's integral formula
Cauchy–Riemann equations
See also: List of things named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy |
Complex analysis |
Augustin Louis Cauchy
Augustin Louis Cauchy and Bernhard Riemann |
Cayley–Hamilton theorem |
Linear algebra |
Arthur Cayley and William Hamilton |
Charles's law |
Thermodynamics |
Jacques Charles |
Chandrasekhar limit |
Astrophysics |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Church–Turing thesis |
Computer science |
Alonzo Church and Alan Turing |
Coulomb's law |
Physics |
Charles Augustin de Coulomb |
Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac (frequently called Charles's law) |
Thermodynamics |
Jacques Charles and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac |
Clifford's theorem
Clifford's circle theorems |
Algebraic geometry, Geometry |
William Kingdon Clifford |
Curie's law |
Physics |
Pierre Curie |
Curie–Weiss law |
Physics |
Pierre Curie and Pierre-Ernest Weiss |
D'Alembert's paradox
D'Alembert's principle |
Fluid dynamics, Physics |
Jean le Rond d'Alembert |
Dalton's law of partial pressure |
Thermodynamics |
John Dalton |
Darcy's law |
Fluid mechanics |
Henry Darcy |
De Bruijn–Erdős theorem |
Mathematics |
Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn and Paul Erdős |
De Morgan's law |
Logic |
Augustus De Morgan |
Dermott's law |
Celestial mechanics |
Stanley Dermott |
Descartes' theorem |
Geometry |
René Descartes |
Dirac equation
Dirac delta function
Dirac comb
Dirac spinor
Dirac operator
See also: List of things named after Paul Dirac |
Mathematics, Physics |
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac |
Drake equation |
Cosmology |
Frank Drake |
Doppler effect |
Physics |
Christian Doppler |
Ehrenfest's theorem |
Quantum mechanics |
Paul Ehrenfest |
Einstein's general theory of relativity
Einstein's special theory of relativity
See also: List of things named after Albert Einstein |
Physics |
Albert Einstein |
Erdős–Anning theorem
See also: List of things named after Paul Erdős |
Mathematics |
Paul Erdős and Norman H. Anning |
Erdős–Beck theorem |
Mathematics |
Paul Erdős and József Beck |
Erdős–Gallai theorem |
Mathematics |
Paul Erdős and Tibor Gallai |
Erdős–Kac theorem |
Mathematics |
Paul Erdős and Mark Kac |
Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem |
Mathematics |
Paul Erdős, Ke Zhao, and Richard Rado |
Erdős–Nagy theorem |
Mathematics |
Paul Erdős and Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy |
Erdős–Rado theorem |
Mathematics |
Paul Erdős and Richard Rado |
Erdős–Stone theorem |
Mathematics |
Paul Erdős and Arthur Harold Stone |
Erdős–Szekeres theorem |
Mathematics |
Paul Erdős and George Szekeres |
Erdős–Szemerédi theorem |
Mathematics |
Paul Erdős and Endre Szemerédi |
Euclid's theorem |
Number theory |
Euclid |
Euler's theorem
See also: List of things named after Leonhard Euler |
Number theory |
Leonhard Euler |
Faraday's law of induction
Faraday's law of electrolysis |
Electromagnetism
Chemistry |
Michael Faraday |
Faxén's law |
Fluid dynamics |
Hilding Faxén |
Fermat's principle
Fermat's last theorem
Fermat's little theorem |
Optics
Number theory
Number theory |
Pierre de Fermat |
Fermi paradox
Fermi's golden rule
Fermi acceleration
Fermi hole
Fermionic field
Fermi level
See also: List of things named after Enrico Fermi |
Cosmology, Physics |
Enrico Fermi |
Fick's law of diffusion |
Thermodynamics |
Adolf Fick |
Fitts's law |
Ergonomics |
Paul Fitts |
Fourier's law |
Thermodynamics |
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier |
Gauss's law
Gauss's law for magnetism
Gauss's principle of least constraint
Gauss's digamma theorem
Gauss's hypergeometric theorem
Gaussian function
See also: List of things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss |
Mathematics, Physics |
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss |
Gay–Lussac law |
Chemistry |
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac |
Gibbs–Helmholtz equation |
Thermodynamics |
Josiah Willard Gibbs, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz |
Gödel's incompleteness theorems |
Mathematics |
Kurt Gödel |
Graham's law |
Thermodynamics |
Thomas Graham |
Grimm's law |
Linguistics |
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm |
Gustafson's law |
Computer science |
John L. Gustafson |
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle |
Theoretical physics |
Werner Heisenberg |
Hellmann–Feynman theorem |
Physics |
Hans Hellmann, Richard Feynman |
Henry's law |
Thermodynamics |
William Henry |
Hertz observations |
Electromagnetism |
Heinrich Hertz |
Hess's law |
Thermodynamics |
Germain Henri Hess |
Hilbert's basis theorem
Hilbert's axioms
Hilbert function
Hilbert's irreducibility theorem
Hilbert's syzygy theorem
Hilbert's Theorem 90
Hilbert's theorem |
Mathematics |
David Hilbert |
Hohenberg–Kohn theorem |
Quantum mechanics |
Pierre Hohenberg and Walter Kohn |
Helmholtz's theorems
Helmholtz theorem
Helmholtz free energy
Helmholtz decomposition
Helmholtz equation
Helmholtz resonance |
Thermodynamics
Physics |
Hermann von Helmholtz |
Hooke's law |
Physics |
Robert Hooke |
Hopkinson's law |
Electromagnetism |
John Hopkinson |
Hubble's law |
Cosmology |
Edwin Hubble |
Hund's rules |
Atomic physics |
Friedrich Hund |
Huygens–Fresnel principle |
Optics |
Christiaan Huygens and Augustin-Jean Fresnel |
Joule's laws |
Physics |
James Joule |
Jurin's law |
Physics |
James Jurin |
Kasha's rule |
Photochemistry |
Michael Kasha |
Kepler's laws of planetary motion |
Astrophysics |
Johannes Kepler |
Kirchhoff's laws |
Electronics, thermodynamics |
Gustav Kirchhoff |
Kopp's law |
Thermodynamics |
Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp |
Lagrangian point
Lagrange reversion theorem
Lagrange polynomial
Lagrange's four-square theorem
Lagrange's theorem
Lagrange's theorem (group theory)
Lagrange invariant
Lagrange multiplier
See also: List of things named after Joseph-Louis Lagrange |
Mathematics, Astrophysics |
Joseph-Louis Lagrange |
Lambert's cosine law |
Physics |
Johann Heinrich Lambert |
Lamm equation |
Chemistry, Biophysics |
Ole Lamm |
Langmuir equation |
Surface Chemistry |
Irving Langmuir |
Laplace transform
Laplace's equation
Laplace operator
Laplace distribution
Laplace invariant
Laplace expansion
Laplace principle
Laplace limit
See also: List of things named after Pierre-Simon Laplace |
Mathematics
Physics
Probability Theory
Statistical mechanics |
Pierre-Simon Laplace |
Le Chatelier's principle |
Chemistry |
Henri Louis le Chatelier |
Leibniz's law |
Ontology |
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz |
Lenz's law |
Physics |
Heinrich Lenz |
Leonard–Merritt mass estimator |
Astrophysics |
Peter Leonard, David Merritt |
l'Hôpital's rule |
Mathematics |
Guillaume de l'Hôpital |
Mach principle
Mach reflection |
Physics |
Ernst Mach |
Marconi's law |
Radio technology |
Guglielmo Marconi |
Markovnikov's rule |
Organic chemistry |
Vladimir Markovnikov |
Maupertuis' principle |
Mathematics |
Pierre Louis Maupertuis |
Maxwell's equations
Maxwell relations |
Electrodynamics
Thermodynamics |
James Clerk Maxwell |
Mendelian inheritance/Mendel's laws |
Genetics |
Gregor Mendel |
Metcalfe's law |
Network theory |
Robert Metcalfe |
Mikheyev–Smirnov–Wolfenstein effect |
Particle physics |
Stanislav Mikheyev, Alexei Smirnov, and Lincoln Wolfenstein |
Milner–Rado paradox |
Mathematical logic |
Eric Charles Milner and Richard Rado |
Minkowski's theorem |
Number theory |
Hermann Minkowski |
Mitscherlich's law |
Crystallography
Condensed matter physics |
Eilhard Mitscherlich |
Moore's law |
Computing |
Gordon Moore |
Nash embedding theorem
Nash equilibrium |
Topology
Game Theory |
John Forbes Nash |
Nernst equation |
Electrochemistry |
Walther Nernst |
Newton's law of cooling
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Newton's laws of motion
See also: List of things named after Isaac Newton |
Thermodynamics
Astrophysics
Mechanics |
Isaac Newton |
Noether's theorem |
Theoretical physics |
Emmy Noether |
Nurgaliev's law |
Demography |
Nurgaliev's law |
Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem |
Information theory |
Harry Nyquist, Claude Elwood Shannon |
Occam's razor |
Philosophy of science |
William of Ockham |
Ohm's law |
Electronics |
Georg Ohm |
Osipkov–Merritt model |
Astrophysics |
Leonid Osipkov, David Merritt |
Ostwald dilution law |
Physical chemistry |
Wilhelm Ostwald |
Paley–Wiener theorem |
Mathematics |
Raymond Paley and Norbert Wiener |
Pareto distribution
Pareto efficiency
Pareto index
Pareto principle |
Economics |
Vilfredo Pareto |
Pascal's law
Pascal's theorem |
Physics
Geometry |
Blaise Pascal |
Pauli exclusion principle |
Quantum mechanics |
Wolfgang Pauli |
Peano axioms |
Foundational mathematics |
Giuseppe Peano |
Planck's law |
Electromagnetism |
Max Planck |
Poincaré–Bendixson theorem |
Mathematics |
Henri Poincaré and Ivar Otto Bendixson |
Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem |
Mathematics |
Henri Poincaré, George David Birkhoff, and Ernst Witt |
Poincaré–Hopf theorem |
Mathematics |
Henri Poincaré and Heinz Hopf |
Poincaré recurrence theorem
Poincaré conjecture
Poincaré lemma
See also: List of things named after Henri Poincaré |
Mathematics |
Henri Poincaré |
Poiseuille's law |
Fluidics |
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille |
Poisson distribution
Poisson's equation
See also: List of things named after Siméon Denis Poisson |
Statistics
Calculus |
Siméon Denis Poisson |
Price's theorem |
Natural selection |
George R. Price |
Ptolemy's theorem |
Geometry |
Ptolemy |
Pythagorean theorem |
Geometry |
Pythagoras |
Raman scattering |
Physics |
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman |
Rado's theorem |
Discrete mathematics |
Richard Rado |
Ramanujan–Nagell equation
See also: List of things named after Srinivasa Ramanujan |
Mathematics |
Srinivasa Ramanujan and Trygve Nagell |
Raoult's law |
Physical chemistry |
François-Marie Raoult |
Riemann zeta function
Riemann hypothesis
Riemann integral
Riemann lemma
Riemannian manifold
Riemann sphere
Riemann theta function
See also: List of things named after Bernhard Riemann |
Number theory, analysis, geometry |
Bernhard Riemann |
Rolle's theorem |
Differential calculus |
Michel Rolle |
Saha ionization equation |
Plasma physics |
Meghnad Saha |
Schrödinger equation |
Physics |
Erwin Schrödinger |
Sérsic's law |
Astrophysics |
J. L. Sérsic |
Snell's law |
Optics |
Willebrord van Roijen Snell |
Sokolov–Ternov effect |
Particle Physics |
Arsenij Sokolov and Igor Ternov |
Sommerfeld–Kossel displacement law |
Spectroscopy |
Arnold Sommerfeld and Walther Kossel |
Stefan–Boltzmann law |
Thermodynamics |
Jožef Stefan and Ludwig Boltzmann |
Stokes' law |
Fluid mechanics |
George Gabriel Stokes |
Stoletov's law |
Photoelectric effect |
Aleksandr Stoletov |
Tarski's undefinability theorem
Tarski's axioms
See also: List of things named after Alfred Tarski |
Mathematical logic, Geometry |
Alfred Tarski |
Thales' theorem |
Geometry |
Thales |
Titius–Bode law |
Astrophysics |
Johann Daniel Titius and Johann Elert Bode |
Torricelli's law |
Physics |
Evangelista Torricelli |
Umov effect |
Physics |
Nikolay Umov |
Van der Waals equation |
Chemistry |
Johannes Diderik van der Waals |
Vlasov equation |
Plasma physics |
Anatoly Vlasov |
Von Neumann bicommutant theorem
Von Neumann entropy
von Neumann paradox
Von Neumann ergodic theorem
Von Neumann universe
Von Neumann neighborhood
Von Neumann's trace inequality
See also: List of things named after John von Neumann |
Mathematics, Quantum mechanics |
John von Neumann |
Weinberg–Witten theorem |
Quantum Gravity |
Steven Weinberg and Edward Witten |
Weyl character formula
See also: List of things named after Hermann Weyl |
Mathematics |
Hermann Weyl |
Wien's law |
Physics |
Wilhelm Wien |
Wiener–Khinchin theorem |
Mathematics |
Norbert Wiener and Aleksandr Khinchin |
Young–Laplace equation |
Fluid dynamics |
Thomas Young and Pierre-Simon Laplace |
Zipf's law |
Linguistics |
George Kingsley Zipf |