E199 -- Examen de la dissertation de M. le Professeur Koenig, inseree dans les actes de Leipzig, pour le mois de mars 1751

(Examination of the dissertation of Professor Koenig inserted into the Acts of Leipzig for the month of March 1751)

Summary:

This paper concerns the Argument over the principle of least action.

According to C. G. J. Jacobi, a treatise with the Latin title given above was presented to the Berlin Academy on December 21, 1752.

Publication:

Originally published in Memoires de l'academie des sciences de Berlin 7, 1753, pp. 219-245
Opera Omnia: Series 2, Volume 5, pp. 194 - 213
Reprinted in Dissertatio de principio minimae actionis(see E186), 1753, pp. 99, 101, …221, 223; pages 199, …, 223: “Addition”
Reprinted in Dissertation sur le principe de la moindre action (see E1862), 1753, . 37-88; pages 77-88: “Addition”

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Original publication: E199
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