Solving the Ladder Problem on the Back of an Envelope

DOI10.1080/0025570X.2007.11953477zbMath1179.26002OpenAlexW2801252028MaRDI QIDQ3635814

Dan Kalman

Publication date: 6 July 2009

Published in: Mathematics Magazine (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.jstor.org/pss/27643023

zbMATH Keywords

isoperimetric variational problemsenvelopes of families of curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to real functions (26-01) Mathematics teaching methods and classroom techniques (97D40)

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