Euler's explorations of extremal ellipses

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Main Authors: Euler, Leonhard, Evans, Jonathan David
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Published: 2025
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author Euler, Leonhard
Evans, Jonathan David
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Evans, Jonathan David
contents In the 1770s, Euler wrote a series of papers (E563, E691 and E692) about finding the ellipse with minimal area or perimeter in the family of all ellipses passing through a fixed set of points. This is a translation of all three papers from the original Latin, together with a commentary which discusses Euler's results and an appendix which addresses a question from E691 which Euler left for others to consider.
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spellingShingle Euler's explorations of extremal ellipses
Euler, Leonhard
Evans, Jonathan David
History and Overview
Metric Geometry
In the 1770s, Euler wrote a series of papers (E563, E691 and E692) about finding the ellipse with minimal area or perimeter in the family of all ellipses passing through a fixed set of points. This is a translation of all three papers from the original Latin, together with a commentary which discusses Euler's results and an appendix which addresses a question from E691 which Euler left for others to consider.
title Euler's explorations of extremal ellipses
topic History and Overview
Metric Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13173