Her work stemmed from the fact that George Green had worked as a miller near Nottingham. Green was a mathematician who was well known to almost all students of mathematics around the world, yet little was known of his life. Flauvel writes in:
Kanyang trabaho stemmed mula sa katotohanan na George Green ay nagtrabaho bilang isang tagakiskis malapit Nottingham. Green ay isang dalub-agbilang na noon ay kilala din sa halos lahat ng mga mag-aaral ng matematika sa buong mundo, kaunti pa ay kilala ng kanyang buhay. Flauvel magsusulat sa: