An episode in the history of dynamics: Jakob Hermann's proof (1716-1717) of proposition 1, book 1, of Newton's Principia

DOI10.1006/hmat.1996.0016zbMath0849.01009OpenAlexW2033595587MaRDI QIDQ1915876

Niccolò Guicciardini

Publication date: 21 August 1996

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1996.0016

zbMATH Keywords

Isaac NewtonKepler's lawscentral forcesJakob Hermann

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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