Bemerkungen zur Brachistochrone. (Remarks on the brachistochrone problem) (Q1071246)
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Bemerkungen zur Brachistochrone. (Remarks on the brachistochrone problem) (English)
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1984
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The author reduces the classical brachistochrone problem, which was first solved by John Bernoulli in 1696, to an equivalent convex optimization problem by means of a simple transformation and proves that the Euler- Lagrange equation is a necessary and sufficient condition for the solution.
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brachistochrone problem
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convex optimization problem
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Euler-Lagrange equation
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