History
The theorem was first discovered by Lagrange in 1762, then later independently rediscovered by Gauss in 1813, by Green in 1828, and in 1826 by Ostrogradsky, who also gave the first proof of the theorem. Subsequently, variations on the divergence theorem are correctly called Ostrogradsky's theorem, but also commonly Gauss's theorem, or Green's theorem.
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