How the Gateway Arch got its shape

DOI10.1007/S00004-010-0030-8zbMath1202.00088OpenAlexW2127661514WikidataQ125865789 ScholiaQ125865789MaRDI QIDQ708716

Robert Osserman

Publication date: 14 October 2010

Published in: Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-010-0030-8

zbMATH Keywords

parabolacatenaryhistory of mechanicsEero SaarinenGalileo GalileiGateway ArchRobert Hookeweighted catenary

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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