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Summaryi. Introductionii. Bernoulli’s solutioniii. Translation into Hamilton’s termsvi. Concluding remarksA study in anachronism...H.H. Goldstine, A History of the Calculus of Variations from the 17th through the 19th Century.Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences 5, Springer 1980J.A. van Maanen, Een Complexe Grootheid, leven en werk van Johann Bernoulli. 1667–1748.Epsilon Uitgaven 34 1995D.J. Struik (ed.), A Source Book in Mathematics 1200–1800. Harvard University Press 1969;Princeton University Press 1986
IntroductionJohann Bernoulli (1667 - 1748)‘his’ brachistochrone problem- Groningen period 1695 – 1705- Acta Eruditorum 1697Opera Johannis Bernoullii. G. Cramer (ed.; 4 delen), Genève 1742
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