johann, samuel, könig, july, 1712, august, 1757, german, mathematician, born, 1712, july, 1712büdingendied21, august, 1757, 1757, aged, zuilenstein, near, amerongenknown, forkönig, theoremscientific, careerfieldsmathematics, contents, biography, gallery, notes. Johann Samuel Konig 31 July 1712 21 August 1757 was a German mathematician Johann Samuel KonigBorn 1712 07 31 31 July 1712BudingenDied21 August 1757 1757 08 21 aged 45 Zuilenstein near AmerongenKnown forKonig s theoremScientific careerFieldsMathematics Contents 1 Biography 2 Gallery 3 Notes 4 External linksBiography EditJohann 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 Emilie du Chatelet one of the few female physicists of the 18th century 3 Gallery Edit Illustration about the article De nova quadam facili delineatu trajectoria from Acta Eruditorum 1735 Illustration about the article De centro inertiae from Acta Eruditorum 1738Notes Edit The principle of Least Action Philip E B Jourdain Chicago The Open Court Publishing Company 1913 p 25 ftnt 107 The Principle of Least Action by Philip E B Jourdain Chicago The Open Court Publishing Company 1913 The Parsimonious Universe by Stefan Hildebrandt amp Anthony Tromba Springer Verlag 1996 p 33 note 2 External links EditO Connor John J Robertson Edmund F Johann Samuel Konig MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive University of St Andrews This article about a German mathematician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johann Samuel Konig amp oldid 1133180956, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
