was discovered, new doors for mathematics were opened. In the 18th century, the Divergence Theorem was proposed. This theorem “equates a surface integral with a triple integral over the volume inside the surface” [6]. read more
George Stokes' father, Gabriel Stokes, was the Protestant minister of the parish of Skreen in County Sligo. His mother, Elizabeth Haughton, was the daughter of a minister of the church, so George Stokes' upbringing was a very religious one. read more