Newton's solution to the equiangular spiral problem and a new solution using only the equiangular property (Q1206490)
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Newton's solution to the equiangular spiral problem and a new solution using only the equiangular property (English)
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1 April 1993
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As part of the current interest in inverse orbit problems in Newton's Principia, the author queries the legitimacy of the proof in Book 1, Proposition 9 that the equiangular spiral requires an inverse cube law. He outlines some of the difficulties of the proof and offers a new solution.
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Newton's Principia
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orbits
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