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Johann Samuel König

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Johann Samuel König (* July 31 1712 in Büdingen; † August 21 1757 in Zuilenstein) was a mathematician. Johann Bernoulli instructed both Konig and Pierre Louis Maupertuis as pupils during the same period.[1] Konig 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. [3]

Notes

  1. ^ The principle of Least Action, Philip E.B. Jourdain, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1913; p.25 ftnt.107
  2. ^ The principle of Least Action, Philip E.B. Jourdain, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1913
  3. ^ The Parsimonious Universe, Stefan Hildebrandt & Anthony Tromba, Springer-Verlag, 1996, p.33 ftnt.2
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