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Archimedes' Floating
Paraboloid
A computer algebra system attempt to understand Archimedes'
extraordinary Floating Body II results.
Mathematica 4.0 notebook
(with output deleted, so you can have the fun yourself)
PDF version (download to
see fairly quickly what the notebook does)
Newton's Nose-Cone
Problem
The Mathematica Journal, 7 (1997), 64-71
Newton's Principia investigation of the optimal shape of a
rocket nose-cone.
Mathematica 4.0 notebook
(without figures)
Figures (HTML)
(PowerPoint)
PDF version (quick
download to see what the notebook does)