Tractional Motion and the Legitimation of Transcendental Curves

DOI10.1111/j.1600-0498.1988.tb00714.xzbMath0647.01005OpenAlexW2050231471MaRDI QIDQ3791104

Henk J. M. Bos

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1988.tb00714.x

zbMATH Keywords

polynomial equationstranscendental functionsHuygensinstrumentsJohann BernoulliJakob BernoullitractrixCartesian geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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