Assertion: gauss | /r/CapableOf | state the law of least constraint
Facets:
value: in it
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In it Gauss stated the law of least constraint: the motion of a system departs as little as possible from free motion, where departure, or constraint, is measured by the sum of products of the masses times the squares of their deviations from the path of free motion. presented it merely as a new formulation equivalent to the well-known principle of d’Alembert.