Galileo’s Swiftest Descent Problem Revisited: Complete Analytic Solution

DOI10.1080/00029890.2022.2142031OpenAlexW4310134789MaRDI QIDQ5872075FDOQ5872075

Authors: Matti Selg 

Publication date: 26 January 2023

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2022.2142031

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Kinematics of a particle (70B05)

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