Accurate and complete, this classic volume surveys a century of progress in the calculus of variations. Surveys encompass the works of Lagrange, Lacroix, Dirksen, Ohm, Gauss, Poisson, Delaunay, Cauchy, and many other significant mathematicians and conclude with a brief history of the theory of the conditions of integrability. 1861 edition.
This classic offers more than mere introductions to a variety of treatises and memoirs; it provides numerous remarks, criticisms, and corrections that clarify important developments in mathematical history. 1861 edition.
