The Early Period of the Calculus of Variations

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-38945-5zbMath1350.01001OpenAlexW2488247828MaRDI QIDQ2809563

Paolo Freguglia, Mariano Giaquinta

Publication date: 30 May 2016

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38945-5

zbMATH Keywords

LagrangeEulerhistory of calculus of variations18th-century analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of calculus of variations and optimal control (49-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02)

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