An investigation into a half page from Newton's Principia in the wake of Chandra

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dc.creatorGolub, R.
dc.creatorSnow, W. M.
dc.date2002-10-23
dc.date2002-10-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:48:18Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:48:18Z
dc.descriptionThere is a section in Chandrashekar's ''Newton's Principia for the Common Reader '', (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995) in which he claims to find a small error in the Principia. . However we believe that there is a mistake of interpretation underlying Chandra's claim and that the Principia is correct as it stands. This short paper describes Chandra's misinterpretation of a geometric construction of Newton and gives an outline of Newton's demonstration by following the standard English version of the Principia line by line and converting it into modern mathematical notation in the spirit of Chandra's book.
dc.descriptionReplacements to improve location of figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0210097
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0210097
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/84978
dc.subjectHistory and Philosophy of Physics
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.titleAn investigation into a half page from Newton's Principia in the wake of Chandra
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