Is Mathematics to Be Useful? The Case of de la Hire, Fontenelle, and the Epicycloid

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-22258-5_2zbMath1350.01011OpenAlexW2319163927MaRDI QIDQ2805743

Christopher Baltus

Publication date: 13 May 2016

Published in: Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22258-5_2

zbMATH Keywords

mechanicscycloidRobervalepicycloidde La Hire

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of real functions (26-03)

Cites Work

• Some Historical Notes on the Cycloid

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