The Analytical Foundation of Mechanics of Discrete Systems in Lagrange's Théorie des fonctions analytiques, Compared with Lagrange's Earlier Treatments of This Topic

Authors

Marco Panza, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1991

Abstract

The paper deals with the evolution of Lagrange's program in foundation of analytical mechanics, with particular attention for the last version of it, offered in the Théorie des fonctions analytiques (1797 and 1813), where variations are replaced with appropriate derivative functions.

Comments

This article was originally published in Historia Scientiarum, volume 44, in 1991.

Recommended Citation

Marco Panza. The Analytical Foundation of Mechanics of Discrete Systems in Lagrange's Théorie des Fonctions Analytiques, Compared with Lagrange's Earlier Treatement of This Topic. Historia Scientiarum, 1991, 1991 and 1992 (1-2(1991) and 1-3(1992)), pp.87-132 (1991) and 181-212 (1992).

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

History of Science Society of Japan