The Catenary Art, Architecture, History, and Mathematics

Year: 2008 Authors: Gail Kaplan

Core claim

The catenary is a mathematically distinct curve with important historical, artistic, and architectural applications that makes interdisciplinary teaching effective.

Topics

catenary curve, interdisciplinary teaching, architectural form, mathematical visualization

Domains

functions, hyperbolic cosine, differential equations, projectile motion, architecture, sculpture, industrial design, visual art

Methods

graph comparison, historical survey, photographic illustration, overlaid equations

Media

chain, graphs, photographs, architectural structures

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