Spring 2003 Lagrange's equations Joseph-Louis lagrange 1736-1813 http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/-history/mathematicians/lagranGe.html Born in Italy. later lived in berlin and paris Originally studied to be a lawyer Interest in math from reading halleys 1693 work on
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