List of waves named after people

This is a list of waves named after people (eponymous waves).

WaveFieldPerson(s) named after
Alfvén waveMagnetohydrodynamicsHannes Alfvén
Bloch waveSolid state physics, condensed matter physicsFelix Bloch
de Broglie waveQuantum physicsLouis de Broglie
Elliott waveFinanceRalph Nelson Elliott
Faraday waveWater wavesMichael Faraday
Gerstner wave[1]Water waves, oceanographyFrantišek Josef Gerstner
Kelvin waveOceanography, atmospheric dynamicsLord Kelvin
Lamb waveAcoustics, elastic wavesHorace Lamb
Langmuir wavePlasma physicsIrving Langmuir
Love waveElastodynamics, surface wavesAugustus Edward Hough Love
Mach waveFluid dynamicsErnst Mach
Rayleigh wave or Rayleigh–Lamb waveSurface acoustic waves, seismologyLord Rayleigh and Horace Lamb
Rossby waveMeteorology, oceanographyCarl-Gustaf Rossby
Stokes waveSurface gravity waves, water wavesGeorge Gabriel Stokes
Tollmien–Schlichting waveStability of laminar flowsWalter Tollmien and Hermann Schlichting

See also

References
  1. Truesdell, C.; Rajagopal, K. R. (2008). An Introduction to the Mechanics of Fluids (2 ed.). Birkhäuser. ISBN 978-0-8176-4845-9. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
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