Fictitious Problems in Mathematics
Abstract
IN NATURE of May 18 the wording of a problem set near the beginning of my ``Rigid Dynamics'' is rather adversely commented on. In the problem a man is described as walking along a perfectly rough board which rests on a smooth table, and the criticism is that the two suppositions are inconsistent; but this depends on what is meant by the words used, and perhaps I may be allowed to make an explanation.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- May 1905
- DOI:
- 10.1038/072078b0
- Bibcode:
- 1905Natur..72...78R