The History of Stokes' Theorem

1979/05/01 by Victor Katz · 84 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · Mathematics · #Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Mathematics #Calculus (dental)

paper · doi:10.1080/0025570x.1979.11976770

published in Mathematics Magazine 52(3), 146-156 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

Let us give credit where credit is due: Theorems of Green, Gauss and Stokes appeared unheralded in earlier work.

Citations

• Sur certaines expressions différentielles et le problème de Pfaff

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