Johann Bernoulli's brachistochrone solution using Fermat's principle of least time

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/20/5/301zbMath0954.01006OpenAlexW2006644742WikidataQ55967921 ScholiaQ55967921MaRDI QIDQ4719465

Herman Erlichson

Publication date: 15 February 2000

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/59594cfd12c5230e72b932d97b527e684a97b3d6

zbMATH Keywords

brachistochrone

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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