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Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Euler's Calculus of Variations
Author(s):
Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz
This is the title page of the first textbook in the calculus of variations, the Method of Finding Curved Lines that Show some Property of Maximum or Minimum, by Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). The book was published in 1744.
Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz, "Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Euler's Calculus of Variations," Convergence (January 2011)
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