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

Pérez Canals, EnricVilanova Martínez, Adrià2025-09-232025-09-232025-06https://hdl.handle.net/2445/223366Treballs Finals de Grau de Física, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2025, Tutor: Enric Pérez CanalsThis 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 complete7 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd (c) Vilanova, 2025http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Història de la físicaMecànica celesteTreballs de fi de grauHistory of physicsCelestial mechanicsBachelor's thesesÉmilie du Châtelet and Newton on the spheroid’s problem: from geometry to calculusinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess