Unpublished paper, 'A memoir on the calculus of variations' by John Walsh
Reference number: AP/10/28
Date: 24 April 1832
Description
Walsh suggests his own calculus of variations, intended to disprove [Joseph-Louis] Lagrange's 1755 theory of the calculus of variations.
Subject: Mathematics
Written by Walsh in Cork [Ireland].
- Reference number
- AP/10/28
- Earliest possible date
- 24 April 1832
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 8 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished paper, 'A memoir on the calculus of variations' by John Walsh, 24 April 1832, AP/10/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_10_28/unpublished-paper-a-memoir-on-the-calculus-of-variations-by-john-walsh, accessed on 11 November 2025
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