The brachistochrone problem solved geometrically: a very elementary approach

DOI10.4169/MATH.MAG.85.3.193MaRDI QIDQ4913554zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Raymond Boute

Publication date 8 April 2013

Published in Mathematics Magazine (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4169/math.mag.85.3.193

zbMATH Keywords

brachistochrone problemgeometry of the tautochroneleast time modelvelocity of a particle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05) Optimality conditions for free problems in one independent variable (49K05) Physics, astronomy, technology, engineering (aspects of mathematics education) (97M50) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Plane and solid geometry (educational aspects) (97G40) Plane and spherical trigonometry (educational aspects) (97G60)

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