Johann Samuel König

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

Johann Samuel König
Born	(1712-07-31)31 July 1712 Büdingen
Died	21 August 1757(1757-08-21) (aged 45) Zuilenstein near Amerongen
Known for	König's theorem
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics

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]

Gallery

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  Illustration about the article De nova quadam facili delineatu trajectoria... from Acta Eruditorum, 1735
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  Illustration about the article De centro inertiae... from Acta Eruditorum, 1738