Resumen de The brachistochrone problem revisited: a numerical solution via non-linear root-finding

Jonathan Hoseana, Maria Regina Kusnadi, Ivander Jeremy, Felisha Felisha

• We revisit the famous brachistochrone problem – determining the shape of the frictionless slide connecting two points at different altitudes which allows a particle to travel under gravity in the shortest possible time – and discuss a modest numerical solution which employs – and hence could enrich the teaching of – iterative rootfinding methods.