Abstract
Apart from a brief encounter with synthetic geometry, Liouville did his first research in electrodynamics. He only published two short notes [1829] and [1831] on this subject and neither were particularly original or influential. Still, it is interesting to have a closer look at their genesis because it sheds light on the formation of Liouville as a scientist and illuminates the origin of his theory of differentiation of arbitrary order.
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Lützen, J. (1990). Juvenile Work. In: Joseph Liouville 1809–1882. Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, vol 15. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0989-8_7
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