Jacobi's criticism of Lagrange: The changing role of mathematics in the foundations of classical mechanics

DOI10.1006/hmat.1997.2186zbMath0927.01009OpenAlexW2048787645WikidataQ64005252 ScholiaQ64005252MaRDI QIDQ1273193

Helmut Pulte

Publication date: 23 February 1999

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/d3a88da337b83b4ca2d58333cee0291b07797652

zbMATH Keywords

LagrangeaxiomDirichletconventionprinciple of virtual velocitiesJacobiLakatosphilosophy of mechanicspure and applied mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Axiomatics, foundations (70A05) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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