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A new look at the brachistochrone problem

✍ Scribed by René Van Dooren; Jacques Vlassenbroeck


Publisher
Springer
Year
1980
Tongue
English
Weight
241 KB
Volume
31
Category
Article
ISSN
0044-2275

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