John Wallis and the “Rectification” of the Parabola
The problem of the <i>rectification</i> of curves and the <i>calculation</i> (for which we shall adopt the more geometric term “flattening”) of the surface of a rotating solid generated by a curve, once the rotation axis has been fixed, were treated by John Wallis in two shor...
Main Author: | Emilia Florio |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-04-01
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Series: | Mathematics |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/7/1170 |
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