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If someone learned French to read about Lagrange multipliers from Lagrange's original papers, then they would be sorely disappointed: it was actually Euler who
by iantrt 8y ago
If someone learned French to read about Lagrange multipliers from Lagrange's original papers, then they would be sorely disappointed: it was actually Euler who first used the Lagrange method! (And by some curious coincidence, the L/lambda could just as easily be a homage to Leonhard as to Lagrange...)
- lokedhs 8y agoDon't they say that mathematical concepts from Eulers era are named after the second person to use them?
- salty_biscuits 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy
- lokedhs 8y agoThat is true too. But it's slightly different from the case of Euler who just invented so many things. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Leonhard_Euler https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_L...