List of things named after Charles Hermite
# 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)
