E337 -- Probleme. Un corps etant attire en raison reciproque quarree des distances vers deux points fixes donnes trouver les cas ou la courbe decrite par ce corps sera algebrique, resolu par M. Euler

(Problem: A body is attracted by reason of the reciprocal square of the distance towards two given fixed points, find the case where the described curve by this body will be algebraic, solved by Mr. Euler)

Summary:

According to C. G. J. Jacobi, a treatise with this title was presented to the Berlin Academy on October 28, 1762.

Publication:

Originally published in Memoires de l'academie des sciences de Berlin 16, 1767, pp. 228-249
Opera Omnia: Series 2, Volume 6, pp. 274 - 293

Documents Available:

Original publication: E337
E337 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.

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