E296 -- Elementa calculi variationum

(The Elements of the Calculus of Variations)

Summary:

According to C. G. J. Jacobi, a treatise with this title was read to the Berlin Academy on September 16, 1756.

According to the records, it was presented to the St. Petersburg Academy on December 1, 1760.

Publication:

Originally published in Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae 10, 1766, pp. 51-93
Opera Omnia: Series 1, Volume 25, pp. 141 - 176

Documents Available:

Original Publication: E296
The Euler Archive attempts to monitor current scholarship for articles and books that may be of interest to Euler Scholars. Selected references we have found that discuss or cite E296 include:
- Fraser C., “Lagrange, J. L. changing approach to the foundations of the calculus of variations.” Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 32 (2), pp. 151-191 (1985).
- Wilson C., “The great inequality of Jupiter and Saturn - from Kepler to Laplace.” Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 33 (1-3), pp. 15-290 (1985).

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