LANDSBERG, GEORG.

Über die Krümmung in der Variationsrechnung.

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1908. 4to. In "Mathematische Annalen", 65. Band, 3 Heft, 1865". In the original printed wrappers, without backstrip. Front wrapper with small stamp to lower part, otherwise fine and clean. [Clebsch:] Pp. 313-349. [Entire issue: Pp. 331-432].

First printing of Polish mathematician Landsberg's paper on the curvature of calculus of variations; a topic originating in the brachistochrone curve problem raised by Johann Bernoulli (1696).

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