The Hodograph, or a New Method of Expressing in Symbolic Language the Newtonian Law of Attraction

Hamilton, W. R. (1847). The Hodograph, or a New Method of Expressing in Symbolic Language the Newtonian Law of Attraction. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 344-353.

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Year

1847

Pages

344-353

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• Hodograph
  • A hodograph is the locus or diagram obtained by translating a variable vector so its tail remains fixed and plotting the position of its head as the parameter changes; for motion, it is commonly the trajectory of the velocity vector in velocity space.

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