Isoperimetric Inequality/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Isoperimetric Inequality
The problem of determining the plane figure which has the maximum area for a given perimeter was first solved by Jacob Bernoulli.
He also went ahead with a generalisation of the problem.
Sources
- 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{VIII}$: Nature or Nurture?