The origins of mechanical conservation principles and variational calculus in the 17th century

DOI10.1002/gamm.201110025zbMath1241.70003OpenAlexW2137636147MaRDI QIDQ2890608

Erwin Stein

Publication date: 11 June 2012

Published in: GAMM-Mitteilungen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/gamm.201110025

zbMATH Keywords

variational calculusbrachistochrone and tautochrony problemsconservation principles of mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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