English Title

The solution to a certain problem proposed by the celebrated Daniel Bernoulli

Authors

Leonhard Euler

Enestrom Number

99

Fuss Index

384

Original Language

Latin

Content Summary

The problem that Euler solves here was put forward by Daniel Bernoulli in a letter dated May 24, 1738 (see Fuss, Corr. II, p. 448), and had been solved by Euler by July 30, 1738 (see his letter to Johann Bernoulli on this date; Bibl. math. 53, 1904, p. 284).

Published as

Journal article

Published Date

1747

Written Date

1738

Original Source Citation

Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae, Volume 10, pp. 164-180.

Opera Omnia Citation

Series 1, Volume 25, pp.84-97.

Record Created

2018-09-25

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