GEORGE GREEN — MILLER AND SELF‐MADE MATHEMATICIAN FROM NOTTINGHAM

Abstract

In 1993 the 200th anniversary of George Green, a great physicist and mathematician's, birth was celebrated. His contribution to world's science is beyond the question. This can best be seen in the frequency of mentioning his name and quoting his works in other physicists' and mathematicians' works. Some of historians of science and researchers are deeply convinced that George Green together with Maxwell originated modern electromagnetism. George Green is also famous for his inventions as far as light, stress and accoustic theories are concerned but electromagnetism ows him most of all. Indeed, none of those who have ever dealt with mathematical electromagnetism will question George Green's part and position. In nearly each paper referring to it, Green's function or Green's identities are the terms that are mentioned or quoted. Without these notions contemporary numerical techniques such as finite element method (first Green's identity) or boundary element method (second Green's identity) or integral methods (Green's function) are hard to imagine.

Citation

Krawczyk, A. (1994), "GEORGE GREEN — MILLER AND SELF‐MADE MATHEMATICIAN FROM NOTTINGHAM", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 13-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051829