German mathematician (1712-1757)
Johann Samuel König |
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Born | (1712-07-31)31 July 1712
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Died | 21 August 1757(1757-08-21) (aged 45)
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Known for | König's theorem |
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Fields | Mathematics |
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Johann Samuel König (31 July 1712 – 21 August 1757) was a German mathematician.
Biography
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]
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Notes
- ^ 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.
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