The Brachistochrone Problem: Johann and Jakob Bernoulli

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 2 in The Early Period of the Calculus of Variations, 2016, pp 39-57 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter we present the early solutions of the brachistochrone problem in the same mathematical words of their authors, if not simply in their words. We restate the problem.

Keywords: Incline Plane; Isoperimetric Problem; Heavy Body; Original Passage; Brachistochrone Problem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-38945-5_2

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