Johann Samuel König | |
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Born | |
Died | 21 August 1757
Zuilenstein near
Amerongen | (aged 45)
Known for | König's theorem |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Johann Samuel König (31 July 1712 – 21 August 1757) was a German 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]