Lagrange formal calculus as applied to Lagrange mechanics: An exercise in anachronism
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DOI: 10.1177/10812865221096685
Abstract: When Lagrange wrote his masterpiece Mécanique Analytique, the foundations of analysis were not completely understood: to erect the great building of Analytical Mechanics upon solid foundations, the Piedmontese mathematician tried to lay the foundations of… read more here.
Keywords: lagrange; calculus applied; formal calculus; mechanics ... See more keywords