Let’s Derive The Catenary Equation With Calculus

<p>You can see this shape everywhere in the world and in nature. From spiderwebs to overhead powerlines.</p> <p>The catenary looks very much like a parabola. And it wasn&rsquo;t until the 17th century that Galileo Galilei recognized that the catenary is &ldquo;only an approximate parabola.&rdquo; He wasn&rsquo;t, however, able to derive an exact expression for the catenary.</p> <p>But today we have the amazing mathematical tool of calculus that we can use to derive the catenary equation.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/physicsfromscratch/derivation-catenary-equation-with-calculus-1a9e975a31ec"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>