Siméon Denis Poisson
The life of Siméon Denis Poisson - The Clumsy Surgeon
Poisson Distribution
Probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval.
\[ P(k) = \frac{\lambda^k e^{-\lambda}}{k!} \]
Poisson Equation
Generalization of Laplace's equation for systems with charge/mass density.
\[ \nabla^2 \varphi = f \]
Sources: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Poisson/


