Newton's problem of the body of minimal resistance in the class of convex developable functions

Mathematische Nachrichten

Volumn 226, Issue , 2001, Pages 153-176

  Lachand Robert, T ^a   Peletier, M A ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body of minimal resistance; Convexity constraint; Developable functions; Non convex minimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040435060     PISSN: 0025584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2616(200106)226:1<153::AID-MANA153>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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