Yet Another Elementary Solution of the Brachistochrone Problem

• Autores: Gary Brookfield
• Localización: Mathematics magazine, ISSN 0025-570X, Vol. 83, Nº. 1, 2010, págs. 59-62
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.4169/002557010x480017
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• Resumen

  • This note provides an elementary solution of the brachistochrone problem. This problem is to find the curve connecting two given points so that an object slides without friction along the curve from one point to the other point in the least possible time. The key is to introduce a coordinate system where the expected cycloid solutions are built in.