On newton's proof that inverse-square orbits must be conics

DOI10.1080/00033799100200181zbMath0722.01008OpenAlexW2074717400WikidataQ58307684 ScholiaQ58307684MaRDI QIDQ5753903

Bruce Pourciau

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00033799100200181

zbMATH Keywords

inverse-square force field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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Proofs and Contexts: the Debate between Bernoulli and Newton on the Mathematics of Central Force Motion ⋮ Un Altro Presente: on the historical interpretation of mathematical texts ⋮ The instantaneous impulse construction as a formula for central force motion on an arbitrary plane curve with respect to an arbitrary force centre in the plane of that curve ⋮ A retelling of Newton's work on Kepler's laws ⋮ Newton's \textit{Principia} and inverse-square orbits: The flaw reexamined ⋮ Newton's solution of the one-body problem ⋮ Radical principia ⋮ Proposition II (Book I) of Newton's \(Principia\)

Cites Work

• Dismantling a centuries-old myth: Newton’s P r i n c i p i a and inverse-square orbits
• Long-buried dismantling of a centuries-old myth: Newton’s P r i n c i p i a and inverse-square orbits

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