E198 -- Sur le principe de la moindre action

E198 -- Sur le principe de la moindre action

(On the principle of least action)

Summary:

According to C. G. J. Jacobi, a treatise with this title was presented to the Berlin Academy on February 22, 1753.

Publication:

Originally published in Memoires de l'academie des sciences de Berlin 7, 1753, pp. 199-218
Opera Omnia: Series 2, Volume 5, pp. 179 - 193
Reprinted in Dissertatio de principio minimae actionis (see E186), 1753, pp. 3, 5, 7, … , 93, 95
Reprinted in Dissertation sur le principe de la moindre action (see E1862), 1753, pp. 1-36

Documents Available:

Original publication: E198
E198 can be viewed or downloaded from Digitalisierte Akademieschriften und Schriften zur Geschichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, which includes serial publications of the Prussian Academy of Science in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Michael Saclolo and Peter Wake of St. Edward's University have completed a translation of E198, which they have made available to the Euler Archive.

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