Euler and variations

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Authors Eberhard Knobloch

Publication date 17 April 2013

Published in Documenta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://www.emis.de/journals/DMJDMV/vol-ismp/15_knobloch-eberhard-2.html

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zbMATH Keywords

Euler's estate in LietzowEuler's lossesSeven-Years' War

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of calculus of variations and optimal control (49-03)

Review text

This nice little article shows that Leonhard Euler not only was a master in the (mathematical) calculus of variations, but also a master in private (financial) calculus of variations. And all this is well demonstrated by contemporary sources.

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