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A distribution is a continuous linear functional on the space $\mathcal{C}^{\infty}_c$ of smooth (indefinitely differentiable) functions with compact support. Though they appeared in formal computations in the physics and engineering literature in the late $19^{th}$ century, their formal setting was brought up by the work of S. Sobolev and L. Schwartz in the middle of the $20^{th}$ century.

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How to generalize the various vector calculus theorems to distributions?

This is an addition to Dirk's answer. It is of course impossible to give an all-embracing answer to your question—there are so many identities. But the general answer is a resounding YES. The proof …
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