Leonhard Euler's early lunar theories 1725--1752. II: Developing the methods, 1730--1744 (Q363507)

This is the second in a series of three papers in which the author describes Euler's work on the motion of the Moon. It is mainly based on an analysis of Euler's textbooks and his unpublished manuscripts written in the period 1730--1744. Euler increasingly uses equations of motion and trigonometric series expansions to find approximate solutions. In 1744 he had almost all the tools at his disposal to develop a good lunar theory. He did this in the period 1744--1752. Euler's work in that period will be discussed in the third and last paper. For the first paper see [ibid. 67, No. 3, 235--303 (2013; Zbl 1280.01004)]