BIB_ID
299302
Accession number
MA 3871.17
Creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
Display Date
1747 July 26.
Credit line
Gift of H.P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Includes mathematical equations.
Part of a large collection of letters from Euler to Maupertuis. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 3871 and MA 3872 for details.
Part of a large collection of letters from Euler to Maupertuis. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 3871 and MA 3872 for details.
Summary
A lengthy letter on the calculus of variations. The letter also mentions a visit to Berlin by the geographer Delisle and some Academy publications.
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