Exploring the Brachistochrone Problem

1995/04/01 by LaDawn Haws, Terry Kiser, Terry L. Kiser
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques #History and Theory of Mathematics #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/00029890.1995.11990579

Abstract

(1995). Exploring the Brachistochrone Problem. The American Mathematical Monthly: Vol. 102, No. 4, pp. 328-336.

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