Talk:Newton's minimal resistance problem

Hi I hope this is ok. I thought the original did no justice to Newton's approach to the problem.

Even its application of the Euler-Lagrange equation was not too pretty since it produced a complicated expression that simplifies to the differential equation: $$ y \ddot{y}(3 - \dot{y}^2) + \dot{y}^2 (1 + \dot{y}^2) = 0 $$

It is my intention to add Newton's method of proof to this article, if that is deemed desirable.

Mikerollem (talk) 10:49, 22 October 2017 (UTC)