Green's theorem (redirected from Greens theorem)

Green's theorem [′grēnz ‚thir·əm]

(mathematics)

Under certain general conditions, an integral along a closed curveCinvolving the sum of functionsP(x,y) andQ(x,y) is equal to a surface integral, over the regionDenclosed byC, of the partial derivatives ofPandQ;namely,

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(humour)

Green's Theorem - (TMRC) For any story, in any group of people there will be at least one person who has not heard the story. A refinement of the theorem states that there will be *exactly* one person (if there were more than one, it wouldn't be as bad to re-tell the story). The name of this theorem is a play on a fundamental theorem in calculus.