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Divergence Theorem
Statement
Let V be a region in space with boundary dV. Then the divergence theorem states that the volume integral of the divergence Divergence(F) of F over V and the surface integral of F over the boundary dV of V are related by integral_VDivergence(F) dV = integral_(dV)F·da.
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History
formulation date | 1762 (264 years ago) formulator | Joseph-Louis Lagrange status | proved proof date | 1826 (64 years later) (200 years ago) prover | Mikhail Vasilevich Ostrogradski additional people involved | Carl Friedrich Gauss | George Green
Associated equation
integral_VDivergence(F) dV = integral_(dV)F·da