Leibniz and the brachistochrone

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Authors Eberhard Knobloch

Publication date 17 April 2013

Published in Documenta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

brachistochronecycloiddifferential calculusGalileiJohann BernoulliLeibnizpriority dispute

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of calculus of variations and optimal control (49-03)

Review text

A short overview over the competition on the brachistochrone problem, posed by Johann Bernoulli in 1696, and its role in the priority dispute between Leibniz and Newton is given and the work of Galilei on a related, but more special question is discussed.

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