List of things named after Hermann von Helmholtz

Hermann von Helmholtz (1821 – 1894), German physician and physicist who made significant contributions to several widely varied areas of modern science, is the eponym of the topics listed below.

Astronomy

• 11573 Helmholtz
• Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism
• Helmholtz (lunar crater)

Mathematics, physics and chemistry

• Gibbs–Helmholtz equation
• Helmholtz coil
• Helmholtz condition
• Helmholtz decomposition
  • Helmholtz–Hodge decomposition
  • Helmholtz–Leray decomposition
• Helmholtz equation
  • Kirchhoff–Helmholtz integral
• Helmholtz flow
• Helmholtz free energy
• Helmholtz free entropy
• Kelvin–Helmholtz instability
• Helmholtz layer
• Helmholtz minimum dissipation theorem
• Helmholtz motion
• Helmholtz reciprocity
• Helmholtz resonance
• Helmholtz theorem (classical mechanics)
  • Generalized Helmholtz theorem
• Helmholtz's theorems
• Helmholtz–Kohlrausch effect
• Gibbs–Helmholtz equation
• Helmholtz-Smoluchowski equation
• Smith-Helmholtz invariant

Music

• Helmholtz pitch notation
• Helmholtz temperament
• Helmholtz-Ellis notation

Other

• Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
• Helmholtz machine
• Helmholtz–Thévenin theorem

Physiology

• Young–Helmholtz theory