A history of the progress of the calculus of variations during the nineteenth century
Book Description
Accurate and complete, this classic volume surveys a century of progress in the calculus of variations. More than mere introductions to a variety of treatises and memoirs, the author provides numerous remarks, criticisms, and corrections that clarify important developments in mathematical history. Surveys encompass the works of Lagrange, Lacroix, Dirksen, Ohm, Gauss, Poisson, Delaunay, Cauchy, and many other significant mathematicians of the era. The text concludes with a brief history of the theory of the conditions of integrability. 1861 ed.
Table Of Content
I. Langrange. Lacroix
II. Dirksen. Ohm
III. Gauss
IV. Poisson
V. Ostrogradsky
VI. Delaunay
VII. Sarrus
VIII. Cauchy
IX. Legendre, Bruanacci, Jacobi
X. Commentators on Jacobi
XI. On Jacobi’s Memoir
XII. Miscellaneous Memoirs
XIII. Systematic Treatises
XIV. Minor Treatises
XV. Miscellaneous Articles
XVI. Miscellaneous Articles
XVII. Conditions of Integrability