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)