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Was anyone else expecting it to be a catenary? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary
by prezjordan 12y ago
Was anyone else expecting it to be a catenary?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary
- letstryagain 12y agoThis is actually a closely related problem, solved using the same mathematical tools - calculus of variations.
- wunderlust 12y agono, but it makes sense!
- wging 12y agoActually in another link, someone is mentioned as having attempted to prove it was a catenary for months until Newton showed it wasn't.