Newton's Principia and inverse-square orbits in a resisting medium: A spiral of twisted logic

DOI10.1006/hmat.1998.2192zbMath0934.01002OpenAlexW2071386023MaRDI QIDQ1277360

Robert Weinstock

Publication date: 28 March 2000

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1998.2192

zbMATH Keywords

Newtonresisting mediumChandraskeharErlichsoninverse-square orbitKing-Hele

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orbital mechanics (70M20) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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