List of things named after Charles Hermite

Numerous things are named after the French mathematician Charles Hermite (1822–1901):

Hermite

 * Cubic Hermite spline, a type of third-degree spline
 * Gauss–Hermite quadrature, an extension of Gaussian quadrature method
 * Hermite class
 * Hermite differential equation
 * Hermite distribution, a parametrized family of discrete probability distributions
 * Hermite–Lindemann theorem, theorem about transcendental numbers
 * Hermite constant, a constant related to the geometry of certain lattices
 * Hermite-Gaussian modes
 * The Hermite–Hadamard inequality on convex functions and their integrals
 * Hermite interpolation, a method of interpolating data points by a polynomial
 * Hermite–Kronecker–Brioschi characterization
 * The Hermite–Minkowski theorem, stating that only finitely many number fields have small discriminants
 * Hermite normal form, a form of row-reduced matrices
 * Hermite numbers, integers related to the Hermite polynomials
 * Hermite polynomials, a sequence of polynomials orthogonal with respect to the normal distribution
 * Continuous q-Hermite polynomials
 * Continuous big q-Hermite polynomials
 * Discrete q-Hermite polynomials
 * Wiener–Hermite expansion
 * Hermite reciprocity, a reciprocity law concerning covariants of binary forms
 * Hermite ring, a ring over which every stably free module is free of unique rank
 * Hermite-Sobolev spaces

Hermite's

 * Hermite's cotangent identity, a trigonometric identity
 * Hermite's criterion
 * Hermite's identity, an identity on fractional parts of integer multiples of real numbers
 * Hermite's problem, an unsolved problem on certain ways of expressing real numbers
 * Hermite's theorem, that there are only finitely many algebraic number fields of discriminant less than a given magnitude

Hermitian

 * Einstein–Hermitian vector bundle
 * Deformed Hermitian Yang–Mills equation
 * Hermitian adjoint
 * Hermitian connection, the unique connection on a Hermitian manifold that satisfies specific conditions
 * Hermitian form, a specific sesquilinear form
 * Hermitian function, a complex function whose complex conjugate is equal to the original function with the variable changed in sign


 * Hermitian manifold/structure
 * Hermitian metric, is a smoothly varying positive-definite Hermitian form on each fiber of a complex vector bundle
 * Hermitian matrix, a square matrix with complex entries that is equal to its own conjugate transpose
 * Skew-Hermitian matrix
 * Hermitian operator, an operator (sometimes a symmetric operator, sometimes a symmetric densely defined operator, sometimes a self-adjoint operator)
 * Hermitian polynomials, a classical orthogonal polynomial sequence that arise in probability
 * Hermitian symmetric space, a Kähler manifold which, as a Riemannian manifold, is a Riemannian symmetric space
 * Hermitian transpose, the transpose of a matrix and with the complex conjugate of each entry
 * Hermitian variety, a generalisation of quadrics
 * Hermitian wavelet, a family of continuous wavelets
 * Non-Hermitian quantum mechanics

Astronomical objects

 * 24998 Hermite, a main-belt asteroid
 * Hermite (crater)