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Brown was primarily an applied mathematician. He developed an expertise in choosing or devising maximally efficient routes, coaxing the lunar theory to yield its consequences with a precision comparable to that attained in observations.
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Wilson, C. (2010). Ernest W. Brown as Theorist and Computer. In: The Hill-Brown Theory of the Moon’s Motion. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5937-9_20
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