Newton's early computational method for dynamics

DOI10.1007/BF01686278zbMath0801.01005WikidataQ64684364 ScholiaQ64684364MaRDI QIDQ1316105

Michael Nauenberg

Publication date: 1 December 1994

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01686278

zbMATH Keywords

dynamics; orbital motion; Newton; central forces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A45: History of mathematics in the 17th century

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