Item A4 - Notebook labelled 'Variations'

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Todhunter/A/A4

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GB 275 Todhunter/A/A4

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Notebook labelled 'Variations'

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  • 1850–1861 (Circa) (Creation)

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126 folios paper

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Notes on works published on variations 1797-1860. f.1-6.

'History of the calculus of variations.' f.7-12.

Notes relating to Lagrange. f.13-26.

'Lacroix.' f.27.

'Dicksen.' f.28-29.

'Ohm.' f.30.

'Errata in the Memoir of Gauss.' f.31.

'Errata in the Memoir of Bertrand.' f.32.

'Poisson's Memoir.' f.33-34.

'Essay by M. Sarrus.' f.35-36.

'Legendre's Memoir.' f.37.

'Mainardi's Memoir Tortolini Vol III.' f.38-40.

'Brioschi's note Tortolini Vol III.' f.41.

'Researchs on the calculus of variations by Dr F. Eisenlohr.' f.42.

'Hesse.' f.43.

'Clebsch first memoir.' f.44.

'Clebsch second memoir.' f.45-47.

'Minding.' f.48-50.

'Björling.' f.51.

'Ostrogradsky.' f.52-76.

'Schellbach. Gelle's Journal Vol 41.' f.77-80.

'Strauch.' f.81-87.

'Jellett.' f.88-92.

Mathematical notes. f.93-97.

'Article on the calculus of variations by Price.' f.98-99.

'On the surface which has its mean curvature constant.' f.100-105.

'On conditions of integrability. Camb. Phil. Trans.' f.106-107.

'Lagrange. Lecons sur le calcul des fonctions.' f.108-109.

'Dublin Calendar 1850. Lloyd Exhibition.' f.110.

'Dublin Calendar 1852. Election of Fellows.' f.111-112.

Notice of the history of the calculus of variations in Grunert's Archiv der Mathematik und Physik Vol 36.' f.113-114.

Extracts from reviews of Todhunter's History of the Calculus of Variations. f.115-116.

Latin letter from Strauch to Todhunter, thanking him for sending copy of 'A history of the progress of the calculus of variations' and sending him three works in German. Undated. f.117.

Extract from review of 'A history of the progress of the calculus of variations' from 'The Mathematical Monthly' (August 1861). f.126.

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