Johann Samuel König (31 July 1712 – 21 August 1757) was a German mathematician.
Biography
Johann Bernoulli
Johann Bernoulli (also known as Jean in French or John in English; – 1 January 1748) was a Swiss people, Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infin ...
instructed both König and
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (; ; 1698 – 27 July 1759) was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the director of the Académie des Sciences and the first president of the Prussian Academy of Science, at the ...
as pupils during the same period. König is remembered largely for his disagreements with
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler ( ; ; ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician, geographer, and engineer. He founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made influential ...
, concerning the
principle of least action
Action principles lie at the heart of fundamental physics, from classical mechanics through quantum mechanics, particle physics, and general relativity. Action principles start with an energy function called a Lagrangian describing the physical sy ...
. He is also remembered as a tutor to
Émilie du Châtelet
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet (; 17 December 1706 – 10 September 1749) was a French mathematician and physicist.
Her most recognized achievement is her philosophical magnum opus, ''Institutions de Physique'' ...
, one of the few female physicists of the 18th century.
[''The Parsimonious Universe'' by Stefan Hildebrandt & Anthony Tromba, Springer-Verlag, 1996, p. 33 note 2.]
Gallery
File:Acta Eruditorum - V geometria monete, 1735 – BEIC 13454660.jpg, Illustration about the article ''De nova quadam facili delineatu trajectoria...'' from ''Acta Eruditorum
(from Latin: ''Acts of the Erudite'') was the first scientific journal of the German-speaking lands of Europe, published from 1682 to 1782.
History
''Acta Eruditorum'' was founded in 1682 in Leipzig by Otto Mencke, who became its first edit ...
'', 1735
File:Acta Eruditorum - I geometria, 1738 – BEIC 13460219.jpg, Illustration about the article ''De centro inertiae...'' from ''Acta Eruditorum'', 1738
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18th-century German mathematicians
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
1712 births
1757 deaths
People from Büdingen
Academic staff of the University of Franeker
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