Bessel

Bessel may refer to:

Mathematics and science

• Bessel beam
• Bessel ellipsoid
• Bessel function in mathematics
• Bessel's inequality in mathematics
• Bessel's correction in statistics
• Bessel filter, a linear filter often used in audio crossover systems
• Bessel transform, also known as Fourier-Bessel transform or Hankel transform
• Bessel window, in signal processing
• Besselian date, see Epoch (astronomy)#Besselian years

Places

• Bessel Fjord, NE Greenland
• Bessel Fjord, NW Greenland
• Bessel (crater), a small lunar crater

People

Surname

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784–1846), German mathematician, astronomer, and systematizer of the Bessel functions
• Johann Franz Bessel (1672–1749), German Benedictine abbot and historian
• Vasily Bessel (1843–1907), Russian music publisher

Given name

• Bessel Kok (born 1941), Dutch businessman and chess organiser
• Bessel van der Kolk (born 1943), Dutch psychiatrist

Other uses

• 1552 Bessel, an asteroid
• MV Bessel, a German merchant ship in service 1928–45, latterly for the Kriegsmarine
• V. Bessel and Co., a musical publishing firm co-founded by Vasily Bessel

See also

• Bessell