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Émilie du Châtelet and Newton on the spheroid’s problem: from geometry to calculus

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Treballs Finals de Grau de Física, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2025, Tutor: Enric Pérez Canals

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This paper analyzes and compares the resolution made by Newton in the Principia and Du Châtelet in the commentary of her Principes of the problem of finding the attraction exerted by a spheroid on a corpuscle on its axis. We find her solution to be simpler and more complete

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Émilie du Châtelet and Newton on the spheroid’s problem: from geometry to calculus