| RefNo | AP/39/35 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On a class of dynamical problems' by Arthur Cayley |
| Date | 16 May 1857 |
| Description | Cayley explains that 'there are a class of dynamical problems which, so far as I am aware, have not been considered in a general manner. The problems referred to (which might be designated as continuous-impact problems) are those in which the system is continually taking into connexion with itself particles of infinitesimal mass (i. e. of a mass containing the increment of time dt as a factor), so as not itself to undergo any abrupt change of velocity, but to subject to abrupt changes of velocity the particles so taken into connexion'. He presents an equation of dynamics.
A note in pencil reads 'For the Proceedings - proofs to A C'.
Subject: Mathematics / Differential calculus
Received and read 18 June 1857.
A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a class of dynamical problems'. |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0133 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6944 | Cayley; Arthur (1821 - 1895); mathematician | 1821 - 1895 |