HISTORY OF THE

CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS.

Cambridge:

PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A.

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS

OF THE

CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS

DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Isaac

BY I. TODHUNTER, M.A.

FELLOW AND PRINCIPAL MAThematical leCTURER OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE,

CAMBRIDGE.

MACMILLAN AND CO.

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AND 23, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN,
London.

1861.