Johann Samuel König
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Johann Samuel König | |
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Born | |
Died | 21 August 1757 Zuilenstein near Amerongen | (aged 45)
Known for | König's theorem |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Johann Samuel König (31 July 1712 – 21 August 1757) was a German mathematician.
Biography
Johann Bernoulli instructed both König and Pierre Louis Maupertuis as pupils during the same period.[1] König is remembered largely for his disagreements with Leonhard Euler, concerning the principle of least action.[2] He is also remembered as a tutor to Émilie du Châtelet, one of the few female physicists of the 18th century.[3]
Gallery
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Illustration about the article De nova quadam facili delineatu trajectoria... from Acta Eruditorum, 1735
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Illustration about the article De centro inertiae... from Acta Eruditorum, 1738
Notes
- ^ The principle of Least Action, Philip E.B. Jourdain, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1913; p. 25 ftnt.107
- ^ The Principle of Least Action by Philip E. B. Jourdain, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1913
- ^ The Parsimonious Universe by Stefan Hildebrandt & Anthony Tromba, Springer-Verlag, 1996, p. 33 note 2.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Johann Samuel König", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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