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Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

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The shape of the strongest column is arbitrarily close to the shape of the weakest column


Author: David C. Barnes
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 46 (1988), 605-609
MSC: Primary 73H05; Secondary 49F99, 73K05, 73K40
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/973378
MathSciNet review: 973378
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Abstract: We reconsider the problem of determining the shape of the strongest column having a given length $l$ and volume $V$. Previous results [13,7] have given optimal shapes for which the cross section vanishes at certain points. Although these results are mathematically correct, Theorem 1 below explains what is wrong with these anomalous shapes.


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