Tractional Motion and the Legitimation of Transcendental Curves
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DOI10.1111/j.1600-0498.1988.tb00714.xzbMath0647.01005OpenAlexW2050231471MaRDI QIDQ3791104
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.tb00714.x
polynomial equationstranscendental functionsHuygensinstrumentsJohann BernoulliJakob BernoullitractrixCartesian geometry
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