The brachistochrone curve problem, which asks for the curve of fastest descent between two points under gravity, was a famous challenge posed by Johann Bernoulli in the 17th century.
Sources
- List of mathematics history topics (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Brachistochrone/ (mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk)
- https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BrachistochroneProblem.html (mathworld.wolfram.com)
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0402357 (arxiv.org)
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