List of things named after Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

The German mathematician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859) is the eponym of many things.

Mathematics

 * Theorems named Dirichlet's theorem:
 * Dirichlet's approximation theorem (diophantine approximation)
 * Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions (number theory, specifically prime numbers)
 * Dirichlet's unit theorem (algebraic number theory and rings)
 * Dirichlet algebra
 * Dirichlet beta function
 * Dirichlet boundary condition (differential equations)
 * Neumann–Dirichlet method
 * Dirichlet characters (number theory, specifically zeta and L-functions. 1831)
 * Dirichlet conditions (Fourier series)
 * Dirichlet convolution (number theory and arithmetic functions)
 * Dirichlet density (number theory)
 * Dirichlet average
 * Dirichlet distribution (probability theory)
 * Dirichlet-multinomial distribution
 * Dirichlet negative multinomial distribution
 * Generalized Dirichlet distribution (probability theory)
 * Grouped Dirichlet distribution
 * Inverted Dirichlet distribution
 * Matrix variate Dirichlet distribution
 * Dirichlet divisor problem (currently unsolved) (Number theory)
 * Dirichlet eigenvalue
 * Dirichlet's ellipsoidal problem
 * Dirichlet eta function (number theory)
 * Dirichlet form
 * Dirichlet function (topology)
 * Dirichlet hyperbola method
 * Dirichlet integral
 * Dirichlet kernel (functional analysis, Fourier series)
 * Dirichlet L-function
 * Dirichlet principle
 * Dirichlet problem (partial differential equations)
 * Dirichlet process
 * Dependent Dirichlet process
 * Hierarchical Dirichlet process
 * Imprecise Dirichlet process
 * Dirichlet ring (number theory)
 * Dirichlet series (analytic number theory)
 * Dirichlet series inversion
 * General Dirichlet series
 * Dirichlet space
 * Dirichlet stability criterion (dynamical systems)
 * Dirichlet tessellation, Dirichlet cell, Dirichlet polygon also called a Voronoi diagram (geometry)
 * Dirichlet's test (analysis)
 * Dirichlet's energy
 * Pigeonhole principle/Dirichlet's box (or drawer) principle (combinatorics)
 * Latent Dirichlet allocation
 * Class number formula

Physics

 * Dirichlet membrane

Non-mathematical

 * 11665 Dirichlet
 * Dirichlet (crater)
 * Dirichlet–Jackson Basin