Eur. Phys. J. H 38, 595–615 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/e2013-40029-y

Aspects of Lagrange’s Mechanics and their legacy^⋆

Accademia dei Lincei & INFN-Roma1, Italy

^a e-mail: giovanni.gallavotti@roma1.infn.it

Received: 21 June 2013
Received in final form: 7 August 2013
Published online: 7 October 2013

Abstract

From the “vibrating string” and “Kepler’s equation” theories to relativistic quantum fields, (divergent) series resummations, perturbation theory, KAM theory.