Tag: Brachistochron
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The Fastest Way to Travel is not a Straight Line
What Is the Brachistochrone? The Challenge The Calculus of Variations Deriving the Solution The Cycloid What Is the Brachistochrone? One of the most fascinating problems in the history of mathematics is the brachistochrone problem, posed in the 17th century. It seeks to answer a seemingly simple question: what is the fastest read more
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