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Although many of the artifices employed in the works before mentioned are remarkable for their elegance, it is easy to see they are adapted only to particular objects, and that some general method, capable of being employed in every case, is still wanting.

George Green

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George Green

George Green

Born: July 14, 1793
Died: May 31, 1841 (aged 47)
Bio: George Green was a British mathematician and physicist, who wrote An Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism. The essay introduced several important concepts, among them a theorem similar to modern Green's theorem, the idea of potential functions as currently used in physics, and the concept of what are now called Green's functions.
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  1. Mathematical papers of the late George Green
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  3. George Green's, the Lion Who Couldn't Roar

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