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–Leray decomposition
• Helmholtz equation
• Helmholtz free energy
• Helmholtz free entropy
• Helmholtz layer
• Helmholtz reciprocity
• Helmholtz resonance
• Helmholtz theorem (classical mechanics)
  • Generalized Helmholtz theorem
• Helmholtz's theorems
• Helmholtz–Kohlrausch effect
• Gibbs–Helmholtz equation
• Helmholtz–Leray projection, see Leray projection, Helmholtz–Leray decomposition
• Kelvin–Helmholtz instability

Music

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

Other

• Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
• Helmholtz machine

Physiology

• Young–Helmholtz theory