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Why the path of quickest descent is not a straight line

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Nick Lord
Nick Lord*
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Tonbridge School, Kent TN9 1JP
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 97 , Issue 538 , March 2013 , pp. 169 - 171
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2013

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