Lorentz 715831 220054497 2008-06-18T02:01:01Z Brownsteve 188622 Lorenz attractor '''Lorentz''' may refer to: In '''literature''': * Friedrich Lorentz, author of works on the [[Pomeranian language]] * [[Pare Lorentz]] (1905-1992), American author and film director In '''physics''': * [[Hendrik Lorentz]] (1853–1928), Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner * [[Lorentz factor]], Doppler effect * [[Lorentz Force]], the force exerted on a charged particle in an electromagnetic field * [[Lorentz transformation]], the formula that provides the mathematical backbone for Einstein's theory of special relativity * The [[Lorentz group]], the group containting all Lorentz transformations * Lorentz-[[Cauchy Distribution]], a distribution used in fitting peaks in a spectrum * [[Lorenz attractor]], a butterfly-shaped chaotic map In '''other fields''': * [[Lorentz (crater)]], crater on the Moon * [[Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz]] (1871-1944), Dutch explorer and diplomat * [[Lorentz National Park]], a national park in [[Indonesia]]n [[New Guinea]], named for Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz * [[Lorentz Reige]] (b. 1990), Swedish dancer ==See also== * [[Lorenz]], disambiguation page, spelled without the 't' <!-- note added because it's easy to overlook why this is here --> {{disambig}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:Given names]] <!-- It does not help to add hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a given name or surname --> [[de:Lorentz]] [[fr:Lorentz]] [[nl:Lorentz]] [[ja:ローレンツ]]