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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to shorter research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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Constructive solution of the 1918 problem of Lord Rayleigh
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by M. N. McAllister, S. M. Rohde and G. T. McAllister PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 76 (1979), 60-66 Request permission

Abstract:

In 1918 Lord Rayleigh posed the problem of finding the profile (shape) of a one dimensional slider bearing which will support the greatest weight. In this paper we give, in closed form, the solution of this problem.
References
    Lord Rayleigh, Notes on the theory of lubrication, Philos. Mag. 35 (1918), 1-12.
  • Charles B. Morrey Jr., Multiple integrals in the calculus of variations, Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, Band 130, Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., New York, 1966. MR 0202511
  • Charles B. Morrey Jr., Multiple integral problems in the calculus of variations and related topics, Univ. California Publ. Math. (N.S.) 1 (1943), 1–130. MR 11537
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  • © Copyright 1979 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 76 (1979), 60-66
  • MSC: Primary 49A10; Secondary 76A99
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1979-0534391-7
  • MathSciNet review: 534391