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The article summarizes the development of solutions of the problem of the impact of elastic bodies. It focuses on the approach of a Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer Christian Huygens, referring to his work On the Impact of Bodies, published in 1954. The approaches of René Descartes and a Czech physicist Jan Mark Marci are also mentioned. Finally, the problem is briefly analysed on secondary school level.
References:
[1] Štoll, I.: Jan Marek Marci. Prometheus, Praha, 1996.
[2] Huygens, Ch.: O dviženii tel pod vlijaniem udara (O pohybu tìles vlivem rázu). In: Tri memuara po mechanike, Izdatel’stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskva, 1951, (in Russian).
[3] Grigorjan, A. T.: Počátky klasické mechaniky. Sborník pro dějiny přírodních věd a techniky, 9 (1964), 21–69.
[4] Jáchim, F.: Christian Huygens. Rozhledy matematicko-fyzikální, 73 (1996), 23–30.
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