The calculus of variations and the principle of least action before Lagrange
Subtitle: Jakob and Johann Bernoulli, Euler, and Maupertuis
By: by Hernando Joseé Echeverri Dávila
Publisher: Columbia University
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Calculus of variations; Least action; Mathematics; History
Notes: Issued also on microfilm.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Teachers College.

Includes bibliography.