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History of the Calculus of Variations in the 18th Century
History of the Calculus of Variations in the 18th 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'Hôpital and is sometimes considered ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780828401777
ISBN-10: 0828401772
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