Adriaan Fokker

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Adriaan Fokker was a Dutch physicist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and theoretical physics, particularly in developing the equation that bears his name alongside Max Planck.


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instanceOf Dutch physicist
human
physicist
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
fieldOfWork physics
statistical mechanics
theoretical physics
gender male
hasEponym Fokker–Planck equation
hasNameInFormula Fokker–Planck equation
influencedDomain diffusion theory
mathematical physics
statistical physics
stochastic processes
knownFor Fokker–Planck equation
work in statistical mechanics
work in theoretical physics
nationality Dutch
nativeLanguage Dutch
notableAchievement co-formulation of an equation describing time evolution of probability distributions in phase space
notableConcept Fokker–Planck equation
notableWork development of the Fokker–Planck equation
occupation academic
physicist
sharesEponymWith Max Planck

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Fokker–Planck equation
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