English Title
On the shortest line joining two points on a surface
Enestrom Number
9
Fuss Index
403
Original Language
Latin
Content Summary
This article arose out of a homework assignment that Euler did for Johann Bernoulli. Bernoulli asked Euler to find the shortest line between two points on a surface. This work provided some of the first analytical foundations for the calculus of variations.
Published as
Journal article
Published Date
1732
Written Date
1730
Original Source Citation
Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae, Volume 3, pp. 110-124.
Opera Omnia Citation
Series 1, Volume 25, pp.1-12.
Record Created
2018-09-25
