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- who: Revista Brasileira de Ensino and collaborators from the Institut Universidade have published the paper: Maupertuis, d’Arcy, d’Alembert e o princ´ıpio de a¸c˜ao m´ınima na ´optica: uma an´alise cr´ıtica, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
- what: This analysis shows that the principle of least action was not well grounded since the reflection and refraction of light do not obey a general principle of minimum.
- how: This paper discusses the foundation of Maupertuis' work and the criticism it received from d'Alembert and d'Arcy.
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