The falling slinky

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.124.1.24zbMATH Open1391.70033OpenAlexW2583273150WikidataQ58290857 ScholiaQ58290857MaRDI QIDQ4575210FDOQ4575210

Authors: Robert J. Vanderbei 

Publication date: 13 July 2018

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.124.1.24

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-body problems (70F10)

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