Die Streitschriften von Jacob und Johann Bernoulli, variationsrechnung
1992; Elsevier BV; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0315-0860(92)90046-e
ISSN1090-249X
AutoresJakob Bernoulli, Jean Bernoulli, Herman H. Goldstine, Patricia Radelet-de Grave, David Speiser, Otto-Spiess-Stiftung, Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Basel,
Tópico(s)History and Theory of Mathematics
ResumoThe calculus of variations is central to modern mathematics, with its applications extending to science, technology and economics. In these polemical treatises, edited and annotated by Herman Goldstine, one of the inventors of the modern computer, we see the Bernoulli brothers demonstrating how variation problems, dealing with questions of maximization and minimization of mathematical and physical properties and processes, can be methodically formulated, thus making meaningful answers possible.
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