E253 -- De problematibus indeterminatis, quae videntur plus quam determinata
(On indeterminate problems which appear to be quite determinate)
Summary:
Euler looks at solving problems of the type "formulas = squares".
According to C. G. J. Jacobi, a treatise with this title was read to the Berlin Academy on July 5,
1753.
Publication:
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Originally published in Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae 6, 1761, pp. 85-114
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Opera Omnia: Series 1, Volume 2, pp. 399 - 427
- Reprinted in Commentat. arithm. 1, 1849, pp. 245-259 [E253a]
- A handwritten French translation of this treatise can be found in the library of the observatory in
Uccle, near Brussels.
Documents Available:
- Original publication: E253
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