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Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Euler's Calculus of Variations

Author(s): 
Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz

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This is the title page of the first textbook in the calculus of variations, the Method of Finding Curved Lines that Show some Property of Maximum or Minimum, by Leonhard Euler (1707-1783).  The book was published in 1744.

Index to Mathematical Treasures

Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz, "Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Euler's Calculus of Variations," Convergence (January 2011)

Mathematical Treasures from the Smith and Plimpton Collections at Columbia University