EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783). Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes, sive solutio problematis isoperimetrici latissimo sensu accepti. Lausanne and Geneva: M.-M. Bousquet, 1744. 4 o (253 x 197 mm). Title printed in red and black, engraved title vignette, 5 engraved plates, woodcut head-piece and initial. (Very pale marginal dampstaining on title, very pale occasional spotting.) 19th-century calf, morocco lettering pieces, spine gilt, by Andrew Grieve, Edinburgh (rubbed, small tear to foot of spine). Provenance : Alexander Irvine, Esq. of Drum (19th-century armorial bookplate and arms with motto on covers). FIRST EDITION of Euler's most valuable contribution to mathematics in which he developed the concept of the calculus of variations. Euler was the first to formulate the principal problems of the calculus of variations and to create general methods for their solution. In this work he introduced the concepts of function and variation, distinguished between problems of absolute and relative extrema, and deduced the differential equation that now bears his name. Dibner Heralds of Science 101; Grolier/Horblit 28; Norman 731.
EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783). Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes, sive solutio problematis isoperimetrici latissimo sensu accepti. Lausanne and Geneva: M.-M. Bousquet, 1744. 4 o (253 x 197 mm). Title printed in red and black, engraved title vignette, 5 engraved plates, woodcut head-piece and initial. (Very pale marginal dampstaining on title, very pale occasional spotting.) 19th-century calf, morocco lettering pieces, spine gilt, by Andrew Grieve, Edinburgh (rubbed, small tear to foot of spine). Provenance : Alexander Irvine, Esq. of Drum (19th-century armorial bookplate and arms with motto on covers). FIRST EDITION of Euler's most valuable contribution to mathematics in which he developed the concept of the calculus of variations. Euler was the first to formulate the principal problems of the calculus of variations and to create general methods for their solution. In this work he introduced the concepts of function and variation, distinguished between problems of absolute and relative extrema, and deduced the differential equation that now bears his name. Dibner Heralds of Science 101; Grolier/Horblit 28; Norman 731.
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