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title: "List of things named after Hermann von Helmholtz"
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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
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
Helmholtz Watson, a character in Brave New World


== Physiology ==
Young–Helmholtz theory