Extraordinary architectures, heroes, billiards and problems of maxima and minima (Q2878068)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6335451
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6335451 |
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28 August 2014
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Heron's problem
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reflexion and refraction problems
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billiard problems
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Dido's problem
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Senodoros
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arithmetic-geometric means
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Heron's formula
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Brahmagupta's formula
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packing problems
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Viviani's theorem
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Snellius
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Fagnano's billiard problem
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Fermat-Torricelli problem
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Kepler-Hales problem
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Extraordinary architectures, heroes, billiards and problems of maxima and minima (English)
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In this very nice, condensed paper one first finds an exposée of several classical minimax problems connected to mathematicians over a lot of ages. The main authors here are: Heron, Dido, Zenodoros, Brahmagupta, Viviani, Snellius, Fagnano, Fermat-Torricelli, Kepler-Hales. Especially treated are reflexion and refraction problems, billiard problems, minimax problems, packing problems.
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