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Pixel-art race between three ramps from A down to B: a straight violet line, a lime quarter circle and a cyan cycloid, with the cycloid bead ahead, titled The quickest way down

The Brachistochrone: Finding the Fastest Way Down

What shape of ramp gets a ball to the bottom fastest? Not a straight line, and not Galileo's circle. Here is the 1696 brachistochrone challenge, the cycloid that answers it,...

The Brachistochrone: Finding the Fastest Way Down

What shape of ramp gets a ball to the bottom fastest? Not a straight line, and not Galileo's circle. Here is the 1696 brachistochrone challenge, the cycloid that answers it,...