The brachistochrone problem revisited: a numerical solution via non-linear root-finding

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2021.1966705zbMath1499.97011OpenAlexW3202172351MaRDI QIDQ5055069

Maria Regina Kusnadi, Felisha Felisha, Jonathan Hoseana, Ivander Jeremy

Publication date: 12 December 2022

Published in: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2021.1966705

zbMATH Keywords

numerical solutionroot-findingbrachistochroneSnell's law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics, astronomy, technology, engineering (aspects of mathematics education) (97M50) Numerical analysis (educational aspects) (97N40)

Cites Work

• The Early Period of the Calculus of Variations
• Johann Bernoulli's brachistochrone solution using Fermat's principle of least time
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