Newton's argument for Proposition 1 of the \textit{Principia}

DOI10.1007/S00407-002-0062-XzbMATH Open1034.01007OpenAlexW2028398536MaRDI QIDQ1809896FDOQ1809896

Authors: Bruce Pourciau 

Publication date: 28 October 2003

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-002-0062-x

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Two-body problems (70F05) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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