Definition:Tautochrone/Linguistic Note
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Linguistic Note on Tautochrone
The word tautochrone derives from the Greek tauto- meaning same, and chrono meaning time.
Sources
- 1972: George F. Simmons: Differential Equations ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: The Nature of Differential Equations: $\S 6$: The Brachistochrone. Fermat and the Bernoullis: Problem $2$
- 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {A}.17$: Huygens ($\text {1629}$ – $\text {1695}$)
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): tautochrone