Johann Samuel König Explained

Johann Samuel König
Birth Date:	31 July 1712
Birth Place:	Büdingen
Death Place:	Zuilenstein near Amerongen
Fields:	Mathematics
Known For:	König's theorem

Johann Samuel König (31 July 1712 – 21 August 1757) was a German mathematician.

Biography

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 and References

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 by Philip E. B. Jourdain, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1913
3. The Parsimonious Universe by Stefan Hildebrandt & Anthony Tromba, Springer-Verlag, 1996, p. 33 note 2.