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A history of the calculus of variations in the eighteenth century
A history of the calculus of variations in the eighteenth century
Author: Robert Woodhouse
Shortly after the invention of differential and integral calculus, the calculus of variations was developed. The new calculus looks for functions that minimize or maximize some quantity, such as the brachistochrone problem, which was solved by Johann Bernoulli, Leibniz, Newton, Jacob Bernoulli and l'Hopital and is sometimes considered as the sta...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780821829097
ISBN-10: 0821829092
Pages: 154
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Publisher: AMS Chelsea Publishing
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