The first variational problem, necessary conditions. Euler's equation. Generalization to dependent and independent variables. Constraints and Lagrange multipliers. Application to dynamics and ...

WHILE Paul Nahin is not the first to proclaim the power and beauty of mathematics, few have alluded to the “erotic connection between mathematical insight and sexual orgasm”. A stretch too far, ...

GOOGLE has paid tribute to Leonhard Euler – a man considered by many as the world's greatest mathematician and physicist – on his 306th birthday, posting a quirky animated doodle on its home page.

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