Applied Mathematical Methods in Theoreti
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Masujima, Michio
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Article
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2009
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Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
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German
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Calculus of Variations: Fundamentals ### 9.1 Historical Background The calculus of variations was first found in the late 17th century soon after calculus was invented. The main figures involved are Newton, the two Bernoulli brothers, Euler, Lagrange, Legendre, and Jacobi. Isaac Newton (1642-1727