Johann Samuel König (31 July 1712 – 21 August 1757) was a German mathematician.
Johann Samuel König | |
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| Born | 31 July 1712 |
| Died | 21 August 1757 (aged 45) Zuilenstein near Amerongen |
| Known for | König's theorem |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
Biography edit
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 edit
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Illustration about the article De nova quadam facili delineatu trajectoria... from Acta Eruditorum, 1735 -
Illustration about the article De centro inertiae... from Acta Eruditorum, 1738
Notes edit
- ^ 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 edit
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Johann Samuel König", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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