The Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Volume 13

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J.W. Parker, 1875 - Mathematics
 

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Page 192 - Denoting, as in the corresponding problem for the free motion of a material particle under the action of a central force, by u and 9 the reciprocal of the radius vector and the polar angle respectively, by p.
Page 40 - C and 0 contains a set of points of the body which are momentarily at rest, the most general motion of a rigid body of which one point is fixed consists in the rolling of a cone fixed in the body upon a cone fixed in space — the vertices of both being at the fixed point.
Page 108 - The discussion, when и is negative, is left to the student. EXAMPLE . Express the area of a segment of a parabola cut off by any focal chord in terms of I, the length of the chord, and p, the parameter of the parabola.
Page 59 - Cycloid. The cycloid is a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on a straight line tangent to the circle.
Page 221 - A uniform flexible cord, in free equilibrium under the action of a central repulsive force varying inversely as the square of the distance...
Page 225 - ... according to the law of the inverse fifth power of the distance.
Page 87 - Find the locus of a point, the square of whose distance from a given point is proportional to its distance from a given line.

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