List of things named after Isaac Newton

This is a list of things named after Isaac Newton.

Disambiguation

• Newton number: (in mathematics) see kissing number; (in physics) see power number ;

Mathematics

• Gauss–Newton algorithm
• Newton–Cotes formulas
• Newton–Gauss line
• Newton–Okounkov body
• Newton–Pepys problem
• Newton fractal
• Newton's identities
• Newton's inequalities
• Newton's method also known as Newton–Raphson
• Newton's method in optimization
• Newton's notation
• Newton number (mathematics), see Newton number above.
• Newton polygon
• Newton polynomial
• Newton series (finite differences) also known as Newton interpolation, see Newton polynomial
• Newton's theorem about ovals
• Truncated Newton method

Physics

• Newton's bucket, see bucket argument
• Newton's cannonball
• Newton's constant, see universal gravitational constant
• Newton's cradle
• Newton disc
• Newton–Cartan theory
• Newton–Euler equations
• Newton's law of cooling
• Newton's laws of motion
• Newton's law of universal gravitation
• Newton's metal
• Newton number (physics), see Newton number above.
• Newton's reflector, see also Newtonian telescope - a different design
• Newton's rings
• Newton's rotating sphere argument, see rotating spheres
• Newton scale
• Newton's sphere theorem, see shell theorem
• Newton telescope, see Newtonian telescope
• Newton's theorem of revolving orbits
• Schrödinger–Newton equations
• Newton (unit), the International System of Units (SI) derived unit of force.

Newtonian

• Newtonianism, the philosophical principle of applying Newton's methods in a variety of fields
• Newtonian cosmology
• Newtonian dynamics
• Newtonian fluid, a fluid that flows like water—its shear stress is linearly proportional to the velocity gradient in the direction perpendicular to the plane of shear
  • Non-Newtonian fluids, in which the viscosity changes with the applied shear force
• Newtonian mechanics, also known as classical mechanics
• Newtonian telescope, a type of reflecting telescope
• Post-Newtonian expansion
• Post-Newtonian formalism

Other

• Isaac Newton Institute
• Isaac Newton Telescope
• Newton (Blake), a painting by William Blake about Isaac Newton
• Newton (Paolozzi), a sculpture by Eduardo Paolozzi inspired by Blake's painting
• Newton Township, Miami County, Ohio, in the United States
• Newtontoppen, the highest mountain in Svalbard.
• Newton Island (Antarctica), near Lagrange Island, Descartes Island (Antarctica), Laplace Island (Antarctica), Pascal Island and Monge Island
• Newton (platform), a 1990s personal digital assistant by Apple Inc
• Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form, a specialist maths and science school
• 8000 Isaac Newton, a minor planet.

See also

• Newtonian (disambiguation)