Shortest Lines and Geodesics

Paolo Freguglia () and Mariano Giaquinta
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Paolo Freguglia: Università di L’Aquila, Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics
Mariano Giaquinta: Scuola Normale Superiore

Chapter Chapter 4 in The Early Period of the Calculus of Variations, 2016, pp 101-121 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the 1697 Journal des Savans [23], Johann BernoulliBernoulli, Johann proposed sixchallenging), challenging ‘the geometers who believe to have methods to treat problems of this nature’.

Keywords: Great Circle; Short Line; Unit Tangent Vector; Geodesic Curvature; Rotational Surface (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-38945-5_4

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