| | Joseph Louis de Lagrange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | The first volumecontains a memoir on the theory of the propagation of sound; in this he indicates a mistake made by Newton, obtains the general differential equation for the motion, and integrates it for motion in a straight line. |
 | | The second volume contains a long paper embodying the results of several memoirs in the first volume on the theory andnotation of the calculus of variations; and he illustrates its use by deducing the principle of least action, and by solutions of various problems in dynamics. |
 | | The book is divided into three parts: of these, thefirst treats of the general theory of functions, and gives an algebraic proof of Taylor's theorem, the validity of which is, however, open to question; the second deals with applicationsto geometry; and the third with applications to mechanics. |
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