Newton's \textit{Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica} ``Jesuit'' edition: the tenor of a huge work
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Newton's \textit{Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica} ``Jesuit'' edition: the tenor of a huge work
zbMATH Open document ID: 1311.01015
DOI: 10.4171/RLM/686
author: Paolo Bussotti
author: Raffaele Pisano
published in: Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Serie IX. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni
publication date: 2015-01-07T00:00:00Z
review text: The third edition of Newton's \textit{Principia} appeared in 1726. It was the textual base of the so-called Jesuit edition of this monograph that consisted of four volumes and appeared in the years 1739 up to 1742 commenting upon every proposition. The three commentators were Thomas Le Seur, Francois Jacquier, and Jean Louis Calandrini. The paper consists of three sections. First of all, it explains the history of the editions of the \textit{Principia} up to J. M. F. Wright's commentary on them that was published in 1833. Secondly, it presents the Jesuit edition and deals with its main characteristics. Thirdly, it analyses (in order to give a special example) Newton's solution of the fundamental inverse problem of central forces (Book I, Section 8, Proposition 41) and its explanations of the commentators. The authors of the paper intend to elaborate a thorough analysis of the whole edition.
reviewed by: Eberhard Knobloch
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A50
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A55
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A85
zbMATH DE Number: 6384251
zbMATH Keywords: Newton
zbMATH Keywords: Jesuit edition
zbMATH Keywords: Le Seur
zbMATH Keywords: Jacquier
zbMATH Keywords: Calandrini
zbMATH Keywords: central forces
zbMATH Keywords: commentary
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6384251