Snippets of Physics: 21. Extreme physics

Padmanabhan, T. (2009) Snippets of Physics: 21. Extreme physics Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 14 (9). pp. 907-915. ISSN 0971-8044

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Abstract

Variational principles play a central role in theoretical physics in many guises. We will discuss, in this instalment, some curious features associated with a couple of variational problems.

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Keywords:Brachistochrone; Cycloid; Extremum Problem; Bernoulli
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