Johann Samuel König
German mathematician (1712-1757)
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Johann Samuel König (31 July 1712 – 21 August 1757) was a German mathematician.
Born31 July 1712
Died21 August 1757 (aged 45)
Zuilenstein near Amerongen
KnownforKönig's theorem
FieldsMathematics
Johann Samuel König | |
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| Born | 31 July 1712 |
| Died | 21 August 1757 (aged 45) Zuilenstein near Amerongen |
| Known for | König's theorem |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
Biography
Johann Bernoulli instructed both König and Pierre Louis Maupertuis as pupils during the same period.[1] König is remembered largely for his disagreements with Leonhard Euler, concerning the principle of least action.[2] He is also remembered as a tutor to Émilie du Châtelet, one of the few female physicists of the 18th century.[3]
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Illustration about the article De nova quadam facili delineatu trajectoria... from Acta Eruditorum, 1735
Illustration about the article De centro inertiae... from Acta Eruditorum, 1738
