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The 12 pages that link to Potential theory, each with the reason it gives.

• Carl Friedrich GaussRelated: It connects Gauss’s work on gravitation and electrostatics to differential equations.

• Scalar fieldRelated: Many physical scalar fields are analyzed through potential theory.

• Adrien-Marie LegendreRelated: Its problems connect Legendre polynomials with gravitational and electrostatic fields.

• Elliptic partial differential equationNarrower topic: Its classical problems motivated foundational analysis of elliptic equations.

• LaplacianNarrower topic: The Laplacian became central to equations governing gravitational and electrostatic potentials.

• Divergence theoremRelated: Flux identities of this kind connect field behavior to sources in potential theory.

• Harmonic functionNarrower topic: Harmonic functions form its central class of solutions.

• Integral equationRelated: Boundary-value problems in potential theory helped motivate integral-equation methods.

• Feynman–Kac formulaRelated: Potential terms in the equation become accumulated weights along stochastic paths.

• Siméon Denis PoissonNarrower topic: His equation became a foundational tool in this field.

• EquipotentialNarrower topic: It provides the framework for analyzing many physical potential fields.

• Harnack's principleNarrower topic: Harnack's principle is a basic convergence tool within this broader theory.