Institutiones calculi differentialis

Short description: Mathematical work by Leonhard Euler

Institutiones calculi differentialis

Institutiones calculi differentialis (Foundations of differential calculus) is a mathematical work written in 1748 by Leonhard Euler and published in 1755. It lays the groundwork for the differential calculus. It consists of a single volume containing two internal books; there are 9 chapters in book I, and 18 in book II.

W. W. Rouse Ball (1888) writes that "this is the first textbook on the differential calculus which has any claim to be both complete and accurate, and it may be said that all modern treatises on the subject are based on it."

See also

• Institutiones calculi integralis
• List of important publications in mathematics

References

• Euler, Leonhard (2000) (in English). Foundations of Differential Calculus. Part I. Springer-Verlag New York. doi:10.1007/b97699. ISBN 978-0-387-98534-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=RqFc0GC1RhcC. 
• Ball, W. W. Rouse (1888), A Short Account of the History of Mathematics, Macmillan, p. 368 

External links

• Full text in Latin available from e-rara.ch.
• German translation Vollständige Anleitung zur Differenzial-Rechnung available from e-rara.ch.