A Halley revival: another look at two of his classical gunnery rules

zbMATH Open1385.49010MaRDI QIDQ4604335FDOQ4604335

Authors: Robert Kantrowitz, Michael M. Neumann 

Publication date: 23 February 2018

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zbMATH Keywords

Lambert \(W\) functionlinear dragoptimal launch angleprojectile ballisticsquadratic dragTartaglia's inverse problemHalley's minimal energy problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimality conditions for problems involving ordinary differential equations (49K15) Variational principles of physics (49S05) One-variable calculus (26A06) General questions in geophysics (86A04)

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• Halley's Comment-Projectiles with Linear Resistance
• Extending Halley's problem: firing a mortar when there is air resistance
• An approximation model for projectile motion under air resistance proportional to a power of the speed
• The envelope of projectile trajectories
• Halley's minimal kinetic energy problem for projectile motion with drag quadratic in speed

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