Researches in the Calculus of Variations, Principally on the Theory of Discontinuous Solutions: An Essay to which the Adams Prize was Awarded in the University of Cambridge in 1871 |
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| Title | Researches in the Calculus of Variations, Principally on the Theory of Discontinuous Solutions: An Essay to which the Adams Prize was Awarded in the University of Cambridge in 1871 |
| Author | Isaac Todhunter |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, 1871 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 278 pages |
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