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A History of the Calculus of Variations in the Eighteenth Century (Ams Chelsea Publishing)
A History of the Calculus of Variations in the Eighteenth Century - Ams Chelsea Publishing
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: 9780821836477
ISBN-10: 0821836471
Publication Date: 4/13/2004
Pages: 154
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Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Book Type: Hardcover
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