On a tautochrone-related family of paths

Authors

  • R. Muñoz
  • G. Fernández-Anaya

Keywords:

Analytical mechanics, Huygens's isochrone curve, Abel's mechanical problem

Abstract

An alternative approach to the properties of the tautochrone and brachistochrone curves is used to introduce a family of curves complying with relations where the time of descent is proportional to a fractional power of the height difference. These curves are classified acording with their symmetries. Further properties of these curves are studied.

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2010-01-01

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R. Muñoz and G. Fernández-Anaya, “On a tautochrone-related family of paths”, Rev. Mex. Fis. E, vol. 56, no. 2 Jul-Dec, pp. 227–233, Jan. 2010.

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Vol. 56 No. 2 Jul-Dec (2010): Revista Mexicana de Física E

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