Johann Samuel König

Johann Samuel König
Born	July 31, 1712
Died	August 21, 1757 (aged 45)
Fields	Mathematics
Known for	König's theorem

Johann Samuel König (July 31, 1712 in Büdingen – August 21, 1757 in Zuilenstein near Amerongen) was a mathematician. Johann Bernoulli instructed both König and Pierre Louis Maupertuis as pupils during the same period.^[1] König is remembered largely for his disagreements with Leonhard Euler, concerning the principle of least action.^[2] He is also remembered as a tutor to Émilie du Châtelet, one of the few female physicists of the 18th century.^[3]

Notes

1. The principle of Least Action, Philip E.B. Jourdain, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1913; p.25 ftnt.107
2. The principle of Least Action, Philip E.B. Jourdain, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1913
3. The Parsimonious Universe, Stefan Hildebrandt & Anthony Tromba, Springer-Verlag, 1996, p.33 ftnt.2

External links

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Johann Samuel König", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.