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A Relationship between the Tractrix and Logarithmic Curves with Mechanical Applications
- 1.0510020 - FLÚ 2020 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Crippa, Davide - Milici, P.
A Relationship between the Tractrix and Logarithmic Curves with Mechanical Applications.
Mathematical Intelligencer. Roč. 41, č. 4 (2019), s. 29-34. ISSN 0343-6993. E-ISSN 1866-7414
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GJ19-03125Y
Institutional support: RVO:67985955
Keywords : Descartes * Leibniz * geometry * curves * logarithm
OECD category: Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Impact factor: 0.397, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00283-019-09895-7
The ‘‘problem of exactness’’ consists in determining, in different historical periods, the canons of constructions deemed appropriate for mathematical problem-solving. This article is about the changing of the canons of construction between the half of the 17th to the first half of the 18th century. We also introduce a new construction for two transcendental curves: the tractrix and the logarithmic curves.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0301497
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