Newton on the equiangular spiral: An addendum to Erlichson's account

DOI10.1006/hmat.1994.1018zbMath0804.01003OpenAlexW2059847316MaRDI QIDQ1332247

Curtis A. Wilson

Publication date: 22 January 1995

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1994.1018

zbMATH Keywords

Newtonspiral

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of differential geometry (53-03) Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

Cites Work

• D'Alembert versus Euler on the precession of the equinoxes and the mechanics of rigid bodies
• Newton's solution to the equiangular spiral problem and a new solution using only the equiangular property
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