| Law |
Field |
Person(s) Named After
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| 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 |
Physics |
Archimedes
|
| Arrhenius equation |
Chemical kinetics |
Svante Arrhenius
|
| Avogadro's law |
Thermodynamics |
Amedeo Avogadro
|
| 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 Felix 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
|
| Boyle's law |
Thermodynamics |
Robert Boyle
|
| 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 |
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
|
| 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
|
| Dalton's law of partial pressure |
Thermodynamics |
John Dalton
|
| Darcy's Law |
Fluid mechanics |
Henry Darcy
|
| De Morgan's law |
Logic |
Augustus De Morgan
|
| Dermott's Law |
Celestial mechanics |
Stanley Dermott
|
| Descartes' theorem |
Geometry |
René Descartes
|
| Dirac equation |
Physics |
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
|
| Drake equation |
Cosmology |
Frank Drake
|
Einstein's general theory of relativity
Einstein's special theory of relativity |
Physics |
Albert Einstein
|
| Euclid's theorem |
Number theory |
Euclid
|
| Euler's theorem |
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 |
Cosmology |
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' law |
Physics |
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
|
| 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
|
| Heisenberg's uncertainty principle |
Theoretical physics |
Werner Heisenberg
|
| Hellmann–Feynman theorem |
Physics |
Hans Hellmann, Richard Feynman
|
| Henry's law |
Thermodynamics |
William Henry
|
| Hess's law |
Thermodynamics |
Germain Henri Hess
|
| Hohenberg–Kohn theorem |
Quantum mechanics |
Pierre Hohenberg and Walter Kohn
|
| Hooke's law |
Physics |
Robert Hooke
|
| Hopkinson's law |
Electromagnetism |
John Hopkinson
|
| Hubble's law |
Cosmology |
Edwin Hubble
|
| Huygens–Fresnel principle |
Optics |
Christiaan Huygens and Augustin-Jean Fresnel
|
| Joule's laws |
Physics |
James Joule
|
| Kepler's laws of planetary motion |
Astrophysics |
Johannes Kepler
|
| Kirchhoff's laws |
Electronics, thermodynamics |
Gustav Kirchhoff
|
| Kopp's Law |
Thermodynamics |
Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp
|
| Lamm equation |
Chemistry, Biophysics |
Ole Lamm
|
| 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
|
| Markovnikov's rule |
Organic Chemistry |
Vladimir Markovnikov
|
Maxwell's equations
Maxwell relations |
Electrodynamics
Thermodynamics |
James Clerk Maxwell
|
| Metcalfe's law |
Network theory |
Robert Metcalfe
|
| Mikheyev–Smirnov–Wolfenstein effect |
Particle Physics |
Stanislav Mikheyev, Alexei Smirnov, and Lincoln Wolfenstein
|
| Minkowski's theorem |
Number theory |
Hermann Minkowski
|
| 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 |
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
|
Pascal's law
Pascal's theorem |
Physics
Geometry |
Blaise Pascal
|
Pareto distribution
Pareto efficiency
Pareto index
Pareto principle |
Economics |
Vilfredo Pareto
|
| Pauli exclusion principle |
Quantum mechanics |
Wolfgang Pauli
|
| Peano axioms |
Foundational mathematics |
Giuseppe Peano
|
| Planck's law |
Electromagnetism |
Max Planck
|
| Poiseuille's law |
Fluidics |
Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille
|
Poisson distribution
Poisson's equation |
Statistics
Calculus |
Siméon Denis Poisson
|
| Ptolemy's theorem |
Geometry |
Ptolemy
|
| Pythagorean theorem |
Geometry |
Pythagoras
|
| Raoult's law |
Physical chemistry |
Francois Marie Raoult
|
Riemann zeta function
Riemann hypothesis
Riemann integral
Riemann lemma
Riemannian manifold
Riemann sphere
Riemann theta function |
Number theory, analysis, geometry |
Bernhard Riemann
|
| Rolle's theorem |
Differential calculus |
Michel Rolle
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Young–Laplace equation |
Fluid dynamics |
Thomas Young and Pierre-Simon Laplace
|
| Wien's law |
Physics |
Wilhelm Wien
|
| Zipf's law |
Linguistics |
George Kingsley Zipf
|
