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EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783). Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes, sive solutio problematis isoperimetrici latissimo sensu accepti. Lausanne & Genève: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1744.
In-4 (242 x 183 mm). Vignette gravée sur la page de titre, 5 planches dépliantes gravées, insérées à la fin. (Texte et planches légèrement brunis, sans le premier feuillet blanc.) Basane racinée de l'époque, dos lisse orné, tranches mouchetées, (petites éraflures et usures aux coiffes, mors légèrement fendus).
ÉDITION ORIGINALE. "Euler was the first to formulate the principal problems of the calculus of variations and to create general methods for the solution... The very title of the work shows that Euler widely employed geometric representations of functions as flat curves. Here he introduced, using different terminology, the concepts of function and variation and distinguished between problems of absolute extrema and relative extrema, showing how the latter are reduced to the former" (DSB). TRèS BON EXEMPLAIRE DANS SA PREMIèRE RELIURE. Dibner 111; Horblit 28; Norman 731; Sparrow 60.
In-4 (242 x 183 mm). Vignette gravée sur la page de titre, 5 planches dépliantes gravées, insérées à la fin. (Texte et planches légèrement brunis, sans le premier feuillet blanc.) Basane racinée de l'époque, dos lisse orné, tranches mouchetées, (petites éraflures et usures aux coiffes, mors légèrement fendus).
ÉDITION ORIGINALE. "Euler was the first to formulate the principal problems of the calculus of variations and to create general methods for the solution... The very title of the work shows that Euler widely employed geometric representations of functions as flat curves. Here he introduced, using different terminology, the concepts of function and variation and distinguished between problems of absolute extrema and relative extrema, showing how the latter are reduced to the former" (DSB). TRèS BON EXEMPLAIRE DANS SA PREMIèRE RELIURE. Dibner 111; Horblit 28; Norman 731; Sparrow 60.
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First edition of one of Euler's most original contributions to mathematics, his research on the calculus of variations.