Polygons and Parabolas: Some Problems Concerning the Dynamics of Planetary Orbits*

DOI10.1111/J.1600-0498.1988.TB00738.XMaRDI QIDQ3826501zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors E. J. Aiton

Publication date 1988

Published in Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1988.tb00738.x

zbMATH Keywords

centrifugal forcefirst-order infinitesimal arc representationVarignon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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