Geodesic
A Central Result from Newton's Principia Mathematica: The Body of Least Resistance
Matematica, cultura e società, Série 1, Tome 6 (2021) no. 2, pp. 115-125

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Following an invitation of Hugo Beirão da Veiga I gave on February, 28, 2018, two lectures at the Centro de Matemática Computacional e Estocástica, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, and I thank him very much for the possibility of presenting theses gems of Newton's inventions. The topics were “Central Results from Newton's Principia Mathematica”, namely “The Body of Least Resistance”, where Newton treats a variational problem in a truly astonishing way, and “The Force of Attraction of a Spherical Body”, where he uses Greek geometry in order to evaluate a singular integral. This paper contains the first lecture. 
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Bemelmans, Josef. A Central Result from Newton's Principia Mathematica: The Body of Least Resistance. Matematica, cultura e società, Série 1, Tome 6 (2021) no. 2, pp. 115-125. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/RUMI_2021_1_6_2_a1/