Analytic Approach to Galileo’s Theorem on the Descent Time Along Two-Chord Paths in a Circle

DOI10.4169/amer.math.monthly.119.06.468zbMath1264.51020OpenAlexW2408395654MaRDI QIDQ4908539

Maximilian Thaler, Thomas Pühringer, Robert Mandl

Publication date: 6 March 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.119.06.468

zbMATH Keywords

analytic proofGalileo's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05) Kinematics of a particle (70B05) Physics, astronomy, technology, engineering (aspects of mathematics education) (97M50) Analytic geometry, vector algebra (educational aspects) (97G70)

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