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Timeline for Functional minimization problem

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Apr 22, 2015 at 4:56 history edited Pietro Majer CC BY-SA 3.0
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Apr 22, 2015 at 3:32 comment added Fan Zheng I guess it should be better known than many of the other variational problems.
Apr 21, 2015 at 10:01 comment added Mandrill Dude, would you believe that I was trying to find a solution for this equation for more than 20 years (of course I moved on but always revisiting it)? I read about calculus of variations before but only saw the brachistochrone and catenary, I feel stupid for not finding the Newton already solved it but I can't google an equation can I? How would I know it was "Newton problem"? (how did you?) Thank you so much, I really wanted to see the solution before I die (I am not dying, at least not as far as I know, well we are all dying, but you know what I mean), many many thanks!!!
Apr 21, 2015 at 9:47 vote accept Mandrill
Apr 21, 2015 at 9:38 history answered Pietro Majer CC BY-SA 3.0