@article{RHM_1996__2_1_67_0, author = {Archibald, Thomas}, title = {From {Attraction} {Theory} to {Existence} {Proofs:} {The} {Evolution} of {Potential-Theoretic} {Methods} in the {Study} of {Boundary-Value} {Problems,} 1860-1890}, journal = {Revue d'histoire des math\'ematiques}, pages = {67--93}, publisher = {Soci\'et\'e math\'ematique de France}, volume = {2}, number = {1}, year = {1996}, zbl = {0855.01010}, language = {en}, url = {http://www.numdam.org/item/RHM_1996__2_1_67_0/} }