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A Property Characterizing the Catenary
by Edward Parker (Brown University)
This article originally appeared in:Mathematics Magazine
February, 2010
Subject classification(s): Calculus | Advanced Calculus
Applicable Course(s): 4.11 Advanced Calc I, II, & Real Analysis
The author shows that the ratio of the area under a catenary curve to the arc length is independent of the interval over which they are measured.
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