List of things named after George Airy

This is a list of things named after George Biddell Airy, a 19th-century mathematician and astronomer.

Mathematics and related physics concepts

  • Airy beam
  • Airy condition
  • Airy disc
  • Airy distribution
  • Airy differential equation
    • Airy functions Ai(x) and Bi(x)
  • Airy points.
  • Airy stress functions
  • Airy transform
  • Airy wave theory.[1]
  • Airy zeta function

Astronomy and geosciences

  • Airy–Heiskanen model, see "Airy hypothesis".
  • Airy, a crater on Mars.[2]
    • Airy-0, another smaller crater, whose location within Airy, defines the prime meridian of that planet.[3]
  • Airy (lunar crater) named in his honour.[4]
  • Airy ellipsoid
  • Airy hypothesis
  • Airy Mean Time
  • Airy projection[5]
  • Airy Transit Circle[6][7]

Other

References

  1. ^ Holthuijsen, Leo H. (2007). Waves in oceanic and coastal waters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-521-86028-4.
  2. ^ "Mars Nomenclature: Crater, craters". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS: Astrogeology Research Program. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  3. ^ Morton, Oliver (2002). Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World. New York: Picador USA. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-312-24551-3.
  4. ^ Cocks, E. E. & Cocks, J. C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 0-936389-27-3.
  5. ^ Weisstein, Eric W. "Airy Projection." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AiryProjection.html
  6. ^ The Airy Transit Circle
  7. ^ The Airy Transit Circle, By Emily Winterburn, BBC. Last updated 2011-02-17