In classical mechanics, Maupertuis's principle (named after Pierre Louis Maupertuis, 1698 – 1759) states that the path followed by a physical system is...

having invented the principle of least action; a version is known as Maupertuis's principle – an integral equation that determines the path followed by a physical...

are summarized below. In classical mechanics, Maupertuis's principle (named after Pierre Louis Maupertuis) states that the path followed by a physical...

the chain. The history of the variational principle in classical mechanics started with Maupertuis's principle in the 18th century. Felix Klein's 1872 Erlangen...

these principles see action principle names. When total energy and the endpoints are fixed, Maupertuis's least action principle applies. For example, to...

condition for Γ to be a ray path (Fermat's principle) becomes This has the form of Maupertuis's principle in classical mechanics (for a single particle)...

is called Hamilton's principle and it is invariant under coordinate transformations. Hamilton's principle and Maupertuis' principle are occasionally confused...

Australia Maupertuis (crater), a lunar crater (named after Pierre Louis Maupertuis) Maupertuis' principle, a formulation of the principle of least action...

Hamilton around 1831. It may be viewed as linking Huygens' principle of optics with Maupertuis' principle of mechanics. While Hamilton discovered the analogy...

general principle.: 68  In 1744 and 1746, Pierre Louis Maupertuis generalized Fermat's concept to mechanics,: 97  in the form of a principle of least...