On a tautochrone-related family of paths

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 symmetrie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: R. Muñoz, G. Fernández-Anaya
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:México
Institución:Universidad Iberoamericana
Repositorio:Redalyc-UIA
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57048175010
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57048175010
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Analytical mechanics
Huygens’s isochrone curve
Abel’s mechanical problem
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Sumario: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.