English Title
On the smallest oscillations of rigid and flexible bodies. A new and easy method.
Enestrom Number
40
Fuss Index
482
Original Language
Latin
Content Summary
This is Euler's first paper on vibrating bars. He integrates the differential equation k4y''' = y using power series. (Based on Clifford Truesdell's An idiot's fugitive essays on science: methods, criticisms, training, circumstances.)
Topics
Mechanics of Elastic Bodies
Published as
Journal article
Published Date
1740
Written Date
1735
Original Source Citation
Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae, Volume 7, pp. 99-122.
Opera Omnia Citation
Series 2, Volume 10, pp.17-34.
Record Created
2018-09-25
