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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Pisa, 56127, Pisa, Italy

    Giuseppe Buttazzo & Bernhard Kawohl

  2. Mathematisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50923, Köln, Germany

    Giuseppe Buttazzo & Bernhard Kawohl

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Buttazzo, G., Kawohl, B. On Newton’s problem of minimal resistance. The Mathematical Intelligencer 15, 7–12 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03024318

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