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List of scientific laws named after people

This is a list of scientific laws named after people

Law Field Person(s) Named After Abel’s theorem Calculus Niels Henrik Abel Amdahl’s law Computer science Gene Amdahl Ampère’s circuital law André-Marie Ampère Archie’s law Geology Gus Archie Archimedes’s principle Physics Archimedes Axiom of Archimedes Analysis Arrhenius equation Chemical kinetics Svante Arrhenius Avogadro’s law Thermodynamics Amedeo Avogadro Quantum Bell’s theorem John Stewart Bell mechanics Benford’s law Frank Benford August Beer, Johann Beer–Lambert law Optics Heinrich Lambert Bernoulli’s principle Physical sciences Daniel Bernoulli Bernoulli’s equation Electromagnetics, Jean Baptiste Biot and Félix Biot–Savart law fluid dynamics Savart Birch’s law Geophysics Francis Birch Nikolay Bogoliubov, Max Bogoliubov–Born–Green–Kirkwood–Yvon Physics Born, Herbert Green, John hierarchy Kirkwood, and J. Yvon Quantum Bogoliubov transformation Nikolay Bogoliubov mechanics Boltzmann equation Thermodynamics Ludwig Boltzmann Quantum Born’s law Max Born mechanics Boyle’s law Thermodynamics Robert Boyle William Lawrence Bragg’s Law Physics 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

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Augustin Louis Cauchy Cauchy’s integral formula Augustin Louis Complex analysis Cauchy–Riemann equations Cauchy and Bernhard Riemann Arthur Cayley and William Cayley–Hamilton theorem Linear algebra Hamilton Charles’s law Thermodynamics Jacques Charles Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar limit Astrophysics Chandrasekhar Alonzo Church and Alan Church–Turing thesis Computer science Turing Charles Augustin de Coulomb’s law Physics Coulomb Law of Charles and Gay- Jacques Charles and Joseph Thermodynamics Lussac (frequently called Charles’s law) Louis Gay-Lussac Algebraic Clifford’s theorem geometry, William Kingdon Clifford Clifford’s circle theorems Geometry Curie’s law Physics Pierre Curie Pierre Curie and Pierre- Curie–Weiss law Physics Ernest Weiss D’Alembert’s paradox Fluid dynamics, Jean le Rond d’Alembert D’Alembert’s principle Physics Dalton’s law of partial pressure Thermodynamics John Dalton Darcy’s law Fluid mechanics Henry Darcy Nicolaas Govert de De Bruijn–Erdős theorem Mathematics Bruijn and Paul Erdős De Morgan’s law Logic Augustus De Morgan Celestial Dermott’s law Stanley Dermott mechanics Descartes’s theorem Geometry René Descartes Dirac equation Mathematics, Dirac comb Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac Physics Dirac spinor Dirac operator Drake equation Cosmology Frank Drake Doppler effect Physics Christian Doppler

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Quantum Ehrenfest’s theorem Paul Ehrenfest mechanics Einstein’s general theory of relativity Physics Albert Einstein Einstein’s special theory of relativity Paul Erdős and Norman H. Erdős–Anning theorem Mathematics 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 Paul Erdős, Ke Zhao, Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem Mathematics and Richard Rado Paul Erdős and Béla Erdős–Nagy theorem Mathematics Szőkefalvi-Nagy Paul Erdős and Richard Erdős–Rado theorem Mathematics Rado Paul Erdős and Arthur Erdős–Stone theorem Mathematics Harold Stone Paul Erdős and George Erdős–Szekeres theorem Mathematics Szekeres Paul Erdős and Endre Erdős–Szemerédi theorem Mathematics Szemerédi Euclid’s theorem Number theory Euclid Euler’s theorem Number theory Faraday’s law of induction Electromagnetism Michael Faraday Faraday’s law of electrolysis Chemistry Faxén’s law Fluid dynamics Hilding Faxén Fermat’s principle Optics Fermat’s last theorem Number theory Pierre de Fermat Fermat’s little theorem Number theory Fermi paradox Fermi’s golden rule Fermi acceleration Cosmology, Enrico Fermi Fermi hole Physics Fermionic field Fermi level Fick’s law of diffusion Thermodynamics Adolf Fick Fitts’s law Ergonomics Paul Fitts Fourier’s law Thermodynamics Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

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Gauss’s law Gauss’s law for magnetism Gauss’s principle of least constraint Mathematics, Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss Gauss’s digamma theorem Physics Gauss’s hypergeometric theorem Gaussian function Gay-Lussac’s law Chemistry Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac –Helmholtz equation Thermodynamics Gibbs, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz Gödel’s incompleteness theorems Mathematics Kurt Gödel Graham’s law Thermodynamics Thomas Graham Green’s law Fluid dynamics George Green Grimm’s law Linguistics Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Gustafson’s law Computer science John L. Gustafson Theoretical Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle Werner Heisenberg physics Heaps’ law LInguistics Harold Stanley Heaps Hans Hellmann, Richard Hellmann–Feynman theorem Physics 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 Mathematics David Hilbert Hilbert’s syzygy theorem Hilbert’s Theorem 90 Hilbert’s theorem Quantum Pierre Hohenberg Hohenberg–Kohn theorem mechanics and Walter Kohn Helmholtz’s theorems Helmholtz theorem Helmholtz free energy Thermodynamics Helmholtz decomposition Physics Helmholtz equation Helmholtz resonance Hooke’s law Physics Robert Hooke

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Hopkinson’s law Electromagnetism John Hopkinson Hubble’s law Cosmology Edwin Hubble Hund’s rules Atomic physics Friedrich Hund Christiaan Huygens–Fresnel principle Optics 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 Electronics, Kirchhoff’s laws Gustav Kirchhoff thermodynamics Kopp’s law Thermodynamics Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp Lagrangian point Lagrange reversion theorem Lagrange polynomial Lagrange’s four-square theorem Mathematics, Joseph-Louis Lagrange Lagrange’s theorem Astrophysics Lagrange’s theorem (group theory) Lagrange invariant Lagrange multiplier Lambert’s cosine law Physics Johann Heinrich Lambert Chemistry, Lamm equation Ole Lamm Biophysics Langmuir equation Surface Chemistry Irving Langmuir Laplace transform Laplace’s equation Mathematics Physics Laplace distribution Probability Theory Pierre-Simon Laplace Laplace invariant Statistical Laplace expansion mechanics Laplace principle Laplace limit 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

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Llinás’s law Neuroscience Rodolfo Llinás Mach principle Physics Ernst Mach Mach reflection Marconi’s law Radio technology Guglielmo Marconi Markovnikov’s rule Organic chemistry Vladimir Markovnikov Maupertuis’s principle Mathematics Pierre Louis Maupertuis Maxwell’s equations Electrodynamics James Clerk Maxwell Maxwell relations Thermodynamics Mendelian inheritance/Mendel’s laws Gregor Mendel Metcalfe’s law Network theory Robert Metcalfe Stanislav Mikheyev, Alexei Mikheyev–Smirnov–Wolfenstein effect Particle physics Smirnov, and Lincoln Wolfenstein Eric Charles Milner–Rado paradox Mathematical logic Milner and Richard Rado Minkowski’s theorem Number theory Hermann Minkowski Crystallography Mitscherlich’s law Condensed matter Eilhard Mitscherlich physics Moore’s law Computing Gordon Moore Nash embedding theorem Topology John Forbes Nash Nash equilibrium Game Theory Nernst equation Electrochemistry Walther Nernst Newton’s law of cooling Thermodynamics Newton’s law of universal gravitation Astrophysics Newton’s laws of motion Mechanics Niven’s theorem Mathematics Ivan Niven Theoretical Noether’s theorem Emmy Noether physics Nurgaliev’s law Demography Nurgaliev’s law Harry Nyquist, Claude Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem Information theory Elwood Shannon Philosophy of Occam’s razor William of Ockham science Ohm’s law Electronics Georg Ohm Leonid Osipkov, David Osipkov–Merritt model Astrophysics Merritt Ostwald dilution law Physical chemistry Wilhelm Ostwald

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Raymond Paley and Norbert Paley–Wiener theorem Mathematics Wiener Pareto distribution Pareto efficiency Economics Vilfredo Pareto Pareto index Pareto principle Pascal’s law Physics Blaise Pascal Pascal’s theorem Geometry Quantum Pauli exclusion principle Wolfgang Pauli mechanics Foundational Peano axioms Giuseppe Peano mathematics Planck’s law Electromagnetism Max Planck Henri Poincaré and Ivar Otto Poincaré–Bendixson theorem Mathematics Bendixson Henri Poincaré, George Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem Mathematics David Birkhoff, and Ernst Witt Henri Poincaré and Heinz Poincaré–Hopf theorem Mathematics Hopf Poincaré recurrence theorem Poincaré conjecture Mathematics Henri Poincaré Poincaré lemma Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille’s law Fluidics Poiseuille Poisson distribution Statistics Siméon Denis Poisson Poisson’s equation Calculus Price’s theorem George R. Price Ptolemy’s theorem Geometry Ptolemy Pythagorean theorem Geometry Pythagoras Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman scattering Physics Raman Discrete Rado’s theorem Richard Rado mathematics Srinivasa Ramanujan–Nagell equation Mathematics Ramanujan and Trygve Nagell Raoult’s law Physical chemistry François-Marie Raoult

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Riemann zeta function Riemann hypothesis Riemann integral Number theory, Riemann lemma Bernhard Riemann analysis, geometry Riemannian manifold Riemann sphere Riemann theta function Differential Rolle’s theorem Michel Rolle calculus 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 Arsenij Sokolov and Igor Sokolov–Ternov effect Particle Physics Ternov Arnold Sommerfeld–Kossel displacement law Spectroscopy Sommerfeld and Walther Kossel Jožef Stefan and Ludwig Stefan–Boltzmann law Thermodynamics Boltzmann Stokes’s law Fluid mechanics George Gabriel Stokes Photoelectric Stoletov’s law Aleksandr Stoletov effect Tarski’s undefinability theorem Mathematical Alfred Tarski Tarski’s axioms logic, Geometry Thales’s theorem Geometry Thales Johann Daniel Titius–Bode law Astrophysics Titius and Johann Elert Bode Torricelli’s law Physics Evangelista Torricelli Umov effect Physics Nikolay Umov Johannes Diderik van der Van der Waals equation Chemistry Waals Vlasov equation Plasma physics Anatoly Vlasov

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Von Neumann bicommutant theorem Von Neumann entropy von Neumann paradox Mathematics, Von Neumann ergodic theorem Quantum John von Neumann Von Neumann universe mechanics Von Neumann neighborhood Von Neumann’s trace inequality Steven Weinberg–Witten theorem Quantum Gravity Weinberg and Edward Witten Weyl character formula Mathematics Hermann Weyl Wien’s law Physics Wilhelm Wien Norbert Wiener–Khinchin theorem Mathematics Wiener and Aleksandr Khinchin Thomas Young and Pierre- Young–Laplace equation Fluid dynamics Simon Laplace Zipf’s law Linguistics George Kingsley Zipf Please Share your comments using Facebook ID

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