J. L. Lagrange's changing approach to the foundations of the calculus of variations

DOI10.1007/BF00329871zbMath0567.01011MaRDI QIDQ1059621

Craig G. Fraser

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00329871

zbMATH Keywords

L. Euler; integrability; foundations of the calculus of variations; non-parametric method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A50: History of mathematics in the 18th century

49-03: History of calculus of variations and optimal control

01A55: History of mathematics in the 19th century

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• J. L. Lagrange's early contributions to the principles and methods of mechanics
• The history of differential forms from Clairaut to Poincaré
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